Startups don’t fail because of ideas, they fail because of people.
SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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This is Silicon Valley feel-good BS. Theranos had amazing 'people' - Stanford grads, experienced board members, charismatic CEO. The idea was fundamentally flawed pseudoscience. Sometimes ideas are just garbage, period.
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