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Re:Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the ... by nemothekid on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:01AM (#11017854)
>and the common perception is just marketing/how they made their mark initially.

It makes no sense to categorize McDonalds as a real estate company because its cost structure, hiring policies, marketing efforts, and everything else about the company in no way reflect the components of a traditional marketing company.

If "LeBron James" was a publicly traded company and you categorized him as an advertising spokesperson, would you then take him out of the gym and have him spend 4 years pursing an MBA?

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Re:Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the ... by stcredzero on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @12:44PM (#11020968)
would you then take him out of the gym and have him spend 4 years pursing an MBA?

No. Neither would the shareholders. Also, he's a lot more successful than a lot of MBAs. The whole point is that maybe the preconceived notions and categorizations aren't all there is to it.

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