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jwoods19yesterday at 5:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

“In a gold rush, sell shovels”… Well, at some point in the gold rush everyone already has their shovels and pickaxes.


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krupanyesterday at 5:13 PM

Or people start to realize that the expected gold isn't really there and so stop buying shovels

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gopher_spaceyesterday at 6:17 PM

The version I heard growing up was "In a gold rush, sell eggs."

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