JamesMitchell

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by JamesMitchell 18y ago
In many industries, there is a non-stoppable trend towards larger and larger companies. In retailing, Wal-Mart is crushing their competitors, who are also extremely large but they do not have the economies of scale that Wal-Mart. (In additi
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by JamesMitchell 18y ago
Joel on Software makes a similar point: http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000022.html
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by JamesMitchell 18y ago
As noted above, the VC firm Charles River has a seed fund that invests $250,000 per deal: www.crv.com/AboutCRV/CRVQuickStartFAQ.html This is a brilliant idea! Ycombinator has been a true innovator -- they saw a gap in the capital markets, t
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by JamesMitchell 19y ago
My comments relate to Graham’s Cliff Notes summary of his essay, rather than his underlying essay. Every profession has a pecking order. The fact is some people are better at doing X than other people are. There are at least four factors th
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by JamesMitchell 19y ago
I find it totally confusing as to how to post a comment. You really need to have some instructions, it is completely unobvious. I ended up posting the same thing three times because the comment never seemed to show up and then deleted the s
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by JamesMitchell 19y ago
My comments relates to Graham’s Cliff Notes summary of his essay, rather than his underlying essay. Every profession has a pecking order. The fact is some people are better at doing X than other people are. There are at least four factors t
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by JamesMitchell 19y ago
The readers may be interested in "Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128" by AnnaLee Saxenian, a professor at Berkeley: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674753402/ref=cm_cr_pr_pro... The book was writ