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A comment on Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from 200+ Startups (2016). Parent comment

Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by lgas on Saturday January 06, 2018 @05:49PM (#16087925)
I think he just means it's fortunate from Zuck/FB's perspective, not from the perspective of the rest of the world. The context is startup success.
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Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by whatyoucantsay on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:40AM (#16090092)
Isn't "impact" generally about social change rather than monetary success?

For example, "the Khan Academy has made a tremendous impact".

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