Here are a few reasons why the angle of community comes in place for startups.
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Whoop never asked users to turn recovery scores into a competition.
It happened anyway, and did more for revenue than any campaign either company ran.
There's a specific reason it happens, and most startups accidentally prevent it while chasing followers.
the Fortune 500 "PayPal Mafia" photo might be the most iconic image in Silicon Valley.
most people notice Thiel, Hoffman, or Karim.
but look at the guy in the leather jacket next to Thiel. There's a reason he's dead center, holding the cards.
and most people don't know why...
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Knowing when to quit is the most important skill in building a startup.
The best place to learn it is a poker table.
Instagram was a bloated app called Burbn that nobody used.
Systrom folded the whole thing, kept one feature, photos, and sold to Facebook for a billion eighteen months later.
Airbnb was dying in 2020. They read the room, went all in on long stays, and IPO'd at a hundred billion by December.
January 2025
>Cybertruck sales drop 68%
>only 20,237 sold all year
>10 recalls in 24 months
>"it's over for Tesla"
>BYD becomes #1 EV seller
>stock somehow +50% anyway
January 2026
>Cybercab production starts April
>7 billion FSD miles logged
>Robotaxis live in Austin (31 units)
>FSD v14 "car will feel sentient"
>California threatens to ban Tesla sales
>deliveries down 2nd year in a row
>Waymo hits 2,500 robotaxis
>stock trading at $430-$447
>$1.5 trillion valuation on robotaxi promises
>oops, turns out it's all priced in