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Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom

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Qualcomm and Avago - The Network Effect of the Telephone

Qualcomm was founded back in 1985 by University of San Diego professor Erwin Jacobs. The network effect that Qualcomm was started around, even though it became a semiconductor company, was the original network effect of the telephone. We went with singular specifically because my dad decided that he wanted to make a bet on GSM.

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