Quiet thoughts

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Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom.
At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt.
As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward.
College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft.
To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot.
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American History 1988

Ever since Dean learned at Morgan Tailer's in Galena that the federal government's ban on online commerce had specific targets, he accelerated the commercialization of Price's List.


Although Meshnet only operated in Ohio, it was still a considerable market. Profitability was not Dean's main concern at the moment – what mattered was at least breaking even.


In the wild era of internet development, the first to capture the market and establish a brand image would lay a solid foundation for Price's List to dominate the classified services websites in future.


Just like in the letter sent by the president of AT&T, Vail, to shareholders at the beginning of the 20th century, "It's not a viable long-term plan to use two communication systems in the same community. If people can reach everyone they want to with just one system, nobody would want to use two."


In other words, once AT&T had more users in a certain place, other communication companies would find it hard to compete.


Chapter 59 Advertising Push