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by Sam Altman
Why Silicon Valley Works
I wrote this for the FT, but it's behind a paywall. Since I wrote it, I feel like it's probably ok for me to post it here. The natural state of a start-up is to die; most start-ups require multiple miracles in their early days to escape this fate.
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Duration
~4 minutes (3K characters)
Release date
Nov 3, 2014