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by jballanc 3571 days ago
My favorite part of his history in business is how the company whose name he eventually adopted for his whole operation (Berkshire Hathaway) was actually one of his self-admitted stupidest acquisitions, one based on vengeance rather than strategy. Seems like an unspoken bit of advice from him: name your company after your biggest fuck up, so you'll never forget you're only human.