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		davidw on Nov 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Make Wealth One of my favorite, fun reads about this era, with a lot of insight, is "20 years of high tech marketing disasters": http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C6MQA8?ie=UTF8&tag=... The 'conclusion' is that the most successful companies aren't necessarily all that brilliant, it's just that they screw up less than the competition.

Symmetry on Nov 8, 2011 [–]

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