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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by codinghorror on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @03:06PM (#4603651)
startups are like cancers, remember? they have to grow because they have to grow.
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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by Mvandenbergh on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @05:34PM (#4604469)
Or like rockets. Being in a stable orbit is fine, now you can alter your orbit at leisure. Seeming to be on the way up to a stable orbit is fine too, as long as the fuel lasts. Running out of fuel before you reach orbit means that the party is about to end.
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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by ericpete on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @04:42PM (#4604150)
http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?4&TheScorpiona... ... grin
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