Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry’s vs. Amazon

Joel Spolskyjoelonsoftware.comWritten May 200013 min read

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Every company has to choose between slow organic growth like Ben and Jerry's and fast land-grab growth like Amazon, then build everything around that choice.

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