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by xnx 28 days ago
It's stories like this that really dispell the genius/merit theory of successful business. The best you can say about Zuck is he didn't prevent Facebook from becoming huge.
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This is the real point. If an average person had access to the same amount of capital and ended up with the same ownership terms, there would have been a more sensible outcome for everyone affected.
> The best you can say about Zuck is he didn't prevent Facebook from becoming huge.

Doesn't the legend go Zuck didn't even see the big picture until Sean Parker spelled it out for him?