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Comment by alaskamiller | Hacker News Reader

Reddit: faked accounts to seed activities

AirBnB: scraped and spammed craigslist

OrderAhead: faked phone in orders to restaurants not participating

LendingClub: faked financial viability to lenders

Zenefits: faked hours for accrediting licenses

Homejoy: faked out investors

And Theranos?

Different class.

Part of being a modern startup means you have to break the rules to catch up with established competition. If you get big before the law catches up with you, you win.

See: Uber. Flagrantly illegal, but it's gotten big enough to pressure governments rather than the other way around.

"Startup = growth"

:/

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