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> no advertising in the first several years,
Standard VC funded startup
> real name policy
This may be the one non-obvious choice.
> dropping out of college
Like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
> moving to silicon valley
ahem, document.location == "ycombinator.com"
> hiring experienced tech executives
How is hiring experienced tech executives unintuitive for a tech company? Google hired Eric Schmidt. Microsoft hired Steve Ballmer.
> buying a dead-simple photo filter app for 1 billion dollars
Paying a fortune for apps with eyeballs was the m.o. of the first dotcom era, and hasn't subsided.
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> no advertising in the first several years,
Standard VC funded startup
> real name policy
This may be the one non-obvious choice.
> dropping out of college
Like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
> moving to silicon valley
ahem, document.location == "ycombinator.com"
> hiring experienced tech executives
How is hiring experienced tech executives unintuitive for a tech company? Google hired Eric Schmidt. Microsoft hired Steve Ballmer.
> buying a dead-simple photo filter app for 1 billion dollars
Paying a fortune for apps with eyeballs was the m.o. of the first dotcom era, and hasn't subsided.