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		edj on March 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Full Stack Startups This is one of the older stories in business. Right. This strategy can be traced back at least as far as Andrew Carnegie in the 19th Century.[1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertically_integrated

maxerickson on March 15, 2014 [–]

I think my favorite example is Ford investing in rubber plantations.

plumeria on March 16, 2014 | [–]

Interesting factoid.

maxerickson on March 16, 2014 | | [–]

I looked it up later to see how correct my memory was and the thing I didn't recall was that it was a massive failure.

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