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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by winslow on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:21AM (#17263311)
This reminds me of 37Signal's [1] & ZachHolmans [2] talk about Your Product is your Byproduct. Real eye opener on how to think about what you're building and/or identify cross promotion etc.

[1] - https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1620-sell-your-by-products

[2] - https://zachholman.com/talk/product-is-the-byproduct/

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by nickjj on Friday June 08, 2018 @08:19AM (#17264568)
Reminds me of how McDonalds is really a real estate business.
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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by mywittyname on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:06PM (#17267467)
This realization is how Ray Kroc came to own McDonalds instead of the original founders, Richard and Maurice McDonald.
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