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Even though this was just a fluff PR piece, there is a hint of the kind of entrepreneurial creativity story that first drew me to HN.
by poulsbohemian 8y ago
Even though this was just a fluff PR piece, there is a hint of the kind of entrepreneurial creativity story that first drew me to HN.
- nerdponx 8y agoI for one appreciate when an article's title is good enough that I don't need to read the article.
- marmshallow 8y agoFor you and anyone else that didn't read the full article, there was another single line that was interesting: > To get customers to come into the first Home Depot store, Marcus gave away cash. Golly gee, seems't the ancient hardware startups aren't so different from today's computer startups!
- vorg 8y ago> ancient hardware startups aren't so different from today's computer startups It reminds me of the grossly fabricated download numbers some open-source software products boast of to give the impression of a large user base. Not sure if it really works when they add four zeroes.