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		jpdb on April 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Build versus Buy > Is it something that will actually give you a competitive advantage if you do it better than everyone else? I think you also need to evaluate if it can even be done better than everyone else, and the effort required to do so.

ska on April 13, 2020 [–]

Sure, but that's sort of the entire point of your business.

Joel's quote is more narrow, which is a subset of the dangers of being completely reliant on someone else for your business.

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