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Sure. My point is that, averaged out over all the great success stories and their corresponding books, the greatest common divisor fits in a blog post:

- Make big bets - Build core, differentiating technology - Lead by example - Science the sh*t out of operations and finance






Important to note that many huge successful companies got there by making big bets and most companies that make big bets fail.

The market rewards innovation in the aggregate, but if you’re a founder trying to make it big, there’s still a lot of luck involved.




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