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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by isoskeles on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:54AM (#18094407)
Every other founder is virtually unknown before they become known. Is he unknown because he lives in China and didn't attend Stanford? What does it mean that he is Unknown?
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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by coldtea on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:11PM (#18094552)
>Every other founder is virtually unknown before they become known

Not really. Tesla's founder was well known, for example (as a founder and exiter of another company). Ditto for the founder of NeXT.

And "unknown" here also means not born with a silver spoon, no heir, no previous positions eg. as CEO/CTO somewhere, no major tech connections, etc.

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by miyhhbftdx on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:52PM (#18094865)
> Tesla's founder was well known, for example (as a founder and exiter of another company).

Tesla's original founders are indeed "unknown."

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by jamiegreen on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:34PM (#18094709)
Maybe they intended to write

>Virtually Every other founder is unknown before they become known

.. :)

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by NonEUCitizen on Saturday September 29, 2018 @08:44PM (#18103870)
should've asked instead: "...because he lives in China and didn't attend Tsinghua?"
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