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		misuba on Jan 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Kill Yourself We could, of course, start accounting for the fact that communication skills are as important as engineering skills when it comes to making a successful business... thereby taking responsibility for our own perceived problems and eliminating the frustration.

yters on Jan 29, 2009 [–]

But the people who devote themselves more to communication and promotion than engineering seem to have a disproportionate leg up.

DougBTX on Jan 29, 2009 | [–]

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to promote it, does anyone come to the party?

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