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Re:37 Signals hates competition by axod on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @07:31PM (#215450)
Sure, but so does a guy with a lemonade stand. It's being able to grow and replicate that.

From wikipedia: "Lifestyle Businesses are businesses that are set up and run by their founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more."

And that's great if you want to create a business that sustains your lifestyle.

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Re:37 Signals hates competition by briansmith on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @07:46PM (#215474)
Orange Julius and Jamba Juice are both basically glorified lemonade stands. Starbucks is just an upscale version of your gas station's coffee dispenser.
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Re:37 Signals hates competition by axod on Thursday June 12, 2008 @05:51AM (#215795)
Sure, but my original point was that they don't seem to want to grow. They don't seem to want to be a chain of lemonade stands, they just want to be their own profitable lemonade stand. Which is great and fine, but it's perhaps not aligned with many of our aims.
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