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reagency on June 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Has Apple Spawned So Few Startups?

Because Apple is not a webapp company, and webapps are the easiest and most common kind of startup.

hayksaakian on June 7, 2015 [–]

Mobile app startups are a big #2 at the very least, and what with apple being a manufacturer of a very popular phone I'd expect more from there.

akhilcacharya on June 7, 2015 | [–]

Apple doesn't have very many people working in software compared to hardware, sales, design, etc.

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