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John Deere brags about sabotaging competitors & customers on hot mic - they're PROUD of it!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's a cool little company. Also, "Stealing Tesla's Ideas", ha.

Related to the sibling comment, good ideas are rarely the whole story to a company's success. Execution (and luck) matter.

I'm going to need to read up more on them. The jump from "regular truck drivers who do repairs" to "so we put a locomotive drivetrain in our truck" is too big and I think it's really the key to them getting off the ground.