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Except for the part where there are 10 companies ranked higher than Apple...

• drats 15y ago
  Given what this is ranking I am surprised they are so high, this has nothing to do with market cap, cash on hand or the devotion of fans.
  • joshbetz 15y ago
    What does it have to do with? The 217,000 most important companies, financial firms, and people...
    • yariang 15y ago
      Why did you stop there though? "...in the startup world..." In fact, I am surprised to see a lot of non-startup companies like Nokia listed quite highly.
      • herdrick 15y ago
        Me too.
      • AVTizzle 15y ago
        Apple is in the startup world. How different would the startup economy be without Apple's platforms to develop, deploy, and discover on?
      • joshbetz 15y ago
        So Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are in the startup world, but Apple isn't?