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		maxerickson on March 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Full Stack Startups 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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