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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by kabdib on Monday June 27, 2016 @10:53AM (#11986514)
Remember who really got rich in the gold rushes of the 1800s? Not the miners.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by bazqux2 on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:29PM (#11988302)
Samuel Brannon established his tool monopoly by diverting church money and using thugs to keep out the competition. Once he made his money he lost it all in real estate speculation and a divorce.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by eonw on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @03:21PM (#11996696)
so the ex-wife made all the money from the gold rush? ;)
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