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teamonkey
on Jan 15, 2012
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The Greatest Running Shoe Never Sold
> Patagonia started with Yvon Chouinard building mountain climbing equipment in cooperation with a machinist and basically out of a shed.
...in the '70s. Clothing manufacturing economics are not the same now as they were then.
draggnar
on Jan 16, 2012
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but the passion for starting a new business by identifying hardcore users that will invest in you by way of being an early adopter has not changed.
teamonkey
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OK, yes, I buy that argument.
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...in the '70s. Clothing manufacturing economics are not the same now as they were then.