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Alfred Lin

07/31/14

@ Y Combinator

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, there were many ups and downs for e-commerce companies, but by 2005 and 2006, many were starting to recover.

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Alfred Lin with Justin Kan

@ Y Combinator

07/31/14

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