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by giarc 3028 days ago
Is it? Perhaps the headline should be "Why You Should Ignore THIS Founder’s Story About How They Started Their Company"

I feel like if the author is going to make a broad generalization about founding stories, he should use more than 1 example. I don't count Netflix as one of his examples because he simply says "That didn’t actually happen." So to combat Reed saying this is how I started Netflix... the author just says "no" without any proof. Who am I going to believe? The founder or a blogger?
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ronilan 3028 days ago
It is a good read.

You read it. You feel about it. You formulate an opinion (pro/con). You learn something. You doubt something.

That’s what a good read is.

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giarc 3028 days ago
I guess that's subjective. I would have like to seen more proof to back up the argument.

The author provides proof that the Netflix startup story is about "rental fees" a long time ago. But then fails to provide any evidence that is not true.

The author then switches to Walmart to prove that founder stories are not true, but doesn't provide any evidence that people claim Walmart was an overnight success. Overall it's a bad article in my opinion.

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