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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 10 Dec 2017
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    Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Jason  ✨BeKind ✨ Lemkin

    You'd be surprised how many companies have a prehistory which doesn't really count and which generally gets skipped over in the company narrative. (Nothing wrong with that! When I give the Tell Me About Yourself speech I fast forward immediately to interesting bits.)https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/939989722775949312 …

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    Jason  ✨BeKind ✨ Lemkin @jasonlk
    You sort of have to get to $10m in ARR by Year 4 or so or the team will get too tired But ... you can redefine when Day 1 is, and write off the time before that That's OK
    2:48 PM - 10 Dec 2017
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      2. Jason Crawford‏ @jasoncrawford 10 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @patio11

        Basically:pic.twitter.com/lRQCTKemaU

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      3. Adrian‏ @adrianmcli 11 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @jasoncrawford @patio11

        Let's be honest, there's probably a lot more that happened before that first Techcrunch post 😁

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      2. Kyle Corbitt‏ @corbtt 10 Dec 2017
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        One side effect of this: listeners assume successful founders are just born with a passion for their market. Truth is, that passion often starts as a casual interest and grows as they start building the business.

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      3. shawn swyx wang‏ @swyx 10 Dec 2017
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        still... so many VC’s want that personal story of how the problem you’re trying to solve is something you’ve wrestled with since birth and will fight tooth and nail to find a solution

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      1. Fabian Flatz  🦖‏ @fabian_flatz 10 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @Springcoil @patio11

        Even successful startups that have been around for a while continously change their “narative” or founder stories.

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      1. ao 🔅‏ @revisionistv 10 Dec 2017
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        No, I wouldnt.

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      1. ao 🔅‏ @revisionistv 10 Dec 2017
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        I’d be surprised you work for said.

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      1. Matt Durgavich‏ @devenvexe 11 Dec 2017
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        Nintendo started off with small toys and playing cards. These things come up in bar trivia semi-often.

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