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I really wonder what the purpose of these kinds of articles are. Millionaires become billionaires? People who attend prestigious universities get rich?

• gutnor 9y ago
  It pleases the HN crowd, after all a lot of people here are in the startup business so that's sort of understandable. What worries more is that this article, like the one about Musk, are really too ego driven. Not a word on teams. That is more understandable here I guess, but the Musk article took it to the next level - the lone genius furiously and successfully solving the world biggest issues with nothing else than his own brain and the moral support of his family. The moral of those article: there is no place for sidekicks in this world, you are at the top, or you are a loser. And that's where all those ultra-secretive, "I will give you 1% of the company, all you have to do is implement this idea in software", "that will make you a millionaire if we exit don't complain", founders are born.
  • joeblow9999 9y ago
    Agreed. They clearly hired well.
  • cjsawyer 9y ago
    The more I read about Musk the more parallels I see with Edison.