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A cautionary tale that produces a fast-growing company now worth at least $100 million dollars? I'll take it.
by kelseydh 10y ago
A cautionary tale that produces a fast-growing company now worth at least $100 million dollars? I'll take it.
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- tedmielczarek 10y agoSilicon Valley is littered with the corpses of overvalued cautionary tales.
- kelseydh 10y agoThe real measure of success is whether the company becomes a cautionary tale before or after its exit. Just ask Marc Cuban.
- kesselvon 10y agoThat's basically admitting a lot of tech companies have the same mentality as snake oil salesmen.
- dragonwriter 10y agoWell, yeah. Was that ever in dispute?
- dibstern 10y agoIf you're aiming for a failed company and a pile of cash that makes you feel empty inside, or just a failed company, you're on the right track.
- mbillie1 10y agoHere, in a nutshell, is everything that is wrong with the toxic valley startup culture.
- kelseydh 10y agoI agree with you. I don't support this mentality -- I'm just making fun of it.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoTheranos anyone?
- clock_tower 10y agoI think of Iomega: $100/share in 1998, $2/share in 2005. There are better investments...