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Re:Ask HN: Best startup/tech movies? by ch4ch4 on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:18PM (#11464717)
Ghostbusters.

They identified a niche, bootstrapped their company, solved a real pain point for their customers, and spread through word of mouth from their satisfied customers to become the dominant player in their space.

Re:Ask HN: Best startup/tech movies? by nextweek2 on Sunday April 10, 2016 @04:36AM (#11465427)
I'm not so sure:

* They didn't invest in redundant systems * They had problems at scale * They had high running costs * They took health and safety risks with their employees