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leokennis on Sept 30, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is everything so hard in a large organization?

Although it depends on the business the megacorp is in, reputation is also important.

Would you entrust your live saving to FinanZly? Would you go on a family vacation in a car from DriveFlow.io?

I think megacorps are mainly successful due to being the safe choice.

People love loss aversion, and you never go wrong with Bank of America or Ford.

mathattack on Sept 30, 2021 [–]

Very true. “Nobody got fired for buying IBM” is a subtle form of economy of scale. And perhaps allowed them to extend their relevance well beyond what their internal disfunctions should have allowed.

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