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Re:The best founders are futurists by _delirium on Friday May 31, 2013 @04:04PM (#5801049)
A corollary is that both these claims can simultaneously be true: 1) most successful founders are futurists; and 2) most futurists are cranks.
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Re:The best founders are futurists by S4M on Friday May 31, 2013 @04:55PM (#5801333)
So, the successful founders are futurists that are not cranks. And what would be the proportions of futurists that are not crank? That could be a good recipe to predict which founders will be successful...
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Re:The best founders are futurists by _delirium on Friday May 31, 2013 @05:50PM (#5801559)
Well, some might be cranks and also be successful. ;-)
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Re:The best founders are futurists by krapp on Friday May 31, 2013 @05:56PM (#5801578)
(cough Nikola Tesla cough)
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Re:The best founders are futurists by lifeisstillgood on Friday May 31, 2013 @06:32PM (#5801673)
That just gives you a Venn diagram with three circles Cranks, futurists and genius. The union there is exactly one
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Re:The best founders are futurists by zikzikzik on Friday May 31, 2013 @07:11PM (#5801803)
Do you mean intersection?
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