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		kevmo314 78 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Bell Labs Worked > Maybe the 2025 Bell Labs is the wider ecosystem of VCs and free floating innovators who end up starting startups instead of doing things in house. Yep, agree with this statement. That's exactly what I think happened.

codr7 78 days ago [–]

I have no idea what Bell Labs was like on the inside, but the startups I've been involved in didn't leave a lot of room for experimentation, trying and failing.

Quite the opposite, always a mad rush towards profit at any cost.

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