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>Notice how the most successful startups in the world all have remarkable genesis stories.

I like this article and philosophy, but I had to scoff at this point. I've seen too many startups invent their remarkable genesis story to create a convenient narrative. The truth is usually mundane and largely/entirely money-driven.

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All we did was evolve from apes, but for much of that we were telling ourselves that we were in fact diving beings of light temporarily ensconed in corporeal flesh. History suggests that it's a winning formula.

Very true, but some of the stories are relatively documentable and able to be corroborated, as well. Not really a founding story, but the infamous FTP server comment on Dropbox's initial HN post comes to mind. And I doubt pg is embellishing Airbnb's or reddit's origin stories.

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