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How many of those companies are still around? It takes more than just dollars to build a vibrant and robust ecosystem.





Twitter _seems_ to be stil around and if buying the election is a successful investment, they were "successful".

Microsoft did this also.

It happens often.


Uber is still the market leader. They were practically giving away taxi services for a long time.



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