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by bluelightning2k 1408 days ago
The reality is that fame (even the notoriety version) gives people the ability to summon literally hundreds of millions of marketing for free.

All things being equal, that makes them a pretty good bet.

Flow probably will have a far easier time getting PR than almost any other startup this year. Same goes for inbound CVs, follow on investment, and basically anything else that makes startups tick.

So it's not that surprising that he can raise from an S Tier investor with a smile and a landing page that's literally just a logo.