Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made

Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by jey on Monday July 25, 2016 @02:19PM (#12160480)

You could move to Berkeley, where we still have Al Lasher's Electronics right in downtown with knowledgeable staff.

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Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by StavrosK on Monday July 25, 2016 @03:54PM (#12161135)

The main problem is that, if the staff know about how to design circuits, why are they working at an electronics store?

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Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by im_down_w_otp on Monday July 25, 2016 @06:43PM (#12162144)

There are lots and lots of knowledgeable people who are also very, very bad at the self-promotion that's necessary to get high-paying jobs in "industry".

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Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by nitrogen on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:13PM (#12161273)

Commission? Or maybe it's just a hobby?

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Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by michaelt on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:40PM (#12161455)

I can't imagine there's much commission to be made selling a Raspberry Pi :)

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Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by milesokeefe on Monday July 25, 2016 @05:11PM (#12161640)

Unfortunately that's the only component shop in town. IIRC I couldn't even find one in SF to my amazement.

Kudos to Al Lasher's though, there's few places like that still around.

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Re:Polycom’s co-founder on the best investment he ever made by coreyp_1 on Monday July 25, 2016 @03:53PM (#12161123)

I'm @ Notre Dame. I have to use Amazon and eBay. :)

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