1879 Alexander Graham Bell tried to sell his patents to Western Union for $100,000 Rejected: "No one wants Voice"https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2007/aug/06/bellvwestern?client=safari …
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
but did they make the wrong decision? This from 2006 http://www.chyp.com/gone_west/
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Replying to @dgwbirch
David, The patents turned out to be worth >$100 trillion dollars. Biggest technology mistake in history.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
yes agree but it took more than a generation for telegraph to peak, so the management at the time were rational, if wrong
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Replying to @dgwbirch
David, indeed. Most companies view disruption as a irrational and tend to view only the current direction as the rational path.
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