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daleharvey on Oct 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

Would it be less or more worthy of criticism if pg had specifically planned to sell viaweb and start ycombinator?

tlammens on Oct 31, 2011 [–]

I would say no, it can be the necessary stepping stone to something else. In that case it can be a stepping stone for both the sellers and the buyers whom did not have the "right" people for the job yet, but by selling got the people who could do it.

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