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Ev Williams is my founder hero. People often sweat about having a cool idea or atleast great tech before they do startups. Not Ev Williams. He has created start
by telltruth 8y ago
Ev Williams is my founder hero. People often sweat about having a cool idea or atleast great tech before they do startups. Not Ev Williams. He has created startups after startups that has no real novelty, has no technology challenges and even doesn't target any real problem that world has. Still, his startups eats of millions of dollars in investment while having tiny little teams and finally gets sold or even IPOed for billions of dollars in windfall. I wager that if anyone else appeared at any of the VC with ideas of his startups, they would have been laughed off out the building. The amazing part is that he stays low most of the time, avoids any self-PR and still manages to mobilize massive public attention to his startups. That one is his single most important skill that none of the other founders can even come close.
- sytelus 8y ago> The amazing part is that he stays low most of the time, avoids any self-PR and still manages to mobilize massive public attention to his startups. So how does he do that? This is obviously a billion dollar skill.
- rchaud 8y agoHe's the cofounder of Twitter and has a track record of getting traction with his products. I would imagine VCs care more about that than his public profile.
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- loriverkutya 8y ago"none of Williams' notable businesses have been profitable" - wikipedia
- draw_down 8y agoThis is such a more interesting interpretation than we usually get. Most people here would focus on him burning investors’ money, but that’s between him and his investors as far as I’m concerned.
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