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Re:Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after the... by enjeyw on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:40PM (#23797413)
The difference is that the sample size for Fincher is a lot larger - 9 of his 10 films have grossed >100mil, so we have very good confidence on his hit rate.

Startup Savvy CEOs have 2, maybe 3 successful companies under their belt, so it's harder to judge how much of their success is due to repeatable factors.

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Re:Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after the... by notahacker on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:07PM (#23797655)
Katzenberg revived Disney and cofounded Dreamworks so he's not exactly short of samples of his ability to produce hit movies. Also getting the scaleup eBay CEO to sort out the internet bit was a bonus...
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