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Hard lessons2017-04-09 · Archive

How a Large Customer Can Kill a Startup

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“I had learned to recognize the "one big customer will bring us to the promised land" pattern as one of the surest indicators of failure. …”

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How a Large Customer Can Kill a Startup

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