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One was a university student, the other had immediate access to Google's founders at the highest level. This isn't a fair comparison.
by ampdepolymerase 5y ago
One was a university student, the other had immediate access to Google's founders at the highest level. This isn't a fair comparison.
- mtlynch 5y agoGP is saying that it's surprising for Elizabeth Holmes to be more famous than Anne Wojcicki. The fact that Anne Wojcicki is the younger sister of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki makes Anne's lack of fame even more surprising.
- dagw 5y agoThe fact that Anne Wojcicki is the younger sister of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki makes Anne's lack of fame even more surprising. Close family member of Rich And Successful CEO founds successful company is not an interesting story. In fact it is how most people assume it works, if you come from a rich family of course your company is a success. 'Poor' kid pulls themselves up by their own bootstraps and builds company with nothing but grit and brilliance, now that is a story you can sell. Especially if it's a company doing something the 'experts' said couldn't be done.
- cblconfederate 5y agoHolmes wasn't poor and unconnected. Quite the opposite actually
- thrashh 5y agoPlenty of poor people people who pull themselves up don’t make the news like Holmes. Undoubtedly Holmes was also good at marketing. That alone is a skill, one that alone admittedly doesn’t make a viable product, but that’s the real explanation for her success.
- jart 5y ago> GP is saying that it's surprising for Elizabeth Holmes to be more famous than Anne Wojcicki. Who's Holmes? GP has probably been spending too much time on the grey web.
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