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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?