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Thinking Machines Lab's Clare J.T. Birch argues tech giants rely on early capital and elite networks rather than pure bootstrapping

The debate cited Amazon's parental funding and Google's Stanford networks

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clare ❤️‍🔥@clarejtbirch#1909inTech

so true. no hard work involved in taking seed investment and turning it into a multi-trillion dollar enterprise over decades

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No billionaire actually built a billion dollar company through hard work. Apple’s cofounder said the garage story is a myth. Bezos got a $300k investment from his parents. Google’s founders were Stanford grads with access to venture capital. Stop promoting the bootstrap ideology.

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Martin Shkreli@MartinShkreli

@clarejtbirch too ez

clare ❤️‍🔥@clarejtbirch

so true. no hard work involved in taking seed investment and turning it into a multi-trillion dollar enterprise over decades

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vslira@vslira1

@clarejtbirch It’s common knowledge that every rich child becomes the world’s richest man at least once during their lifetimes

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