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> You don't need to take the post at face value, but if you're claiming this is a result of survivorship bias, then you're arguing that successful companies just happen to have these traits, and they don't actually help the companies succeed. I don't think that's true.

I think this is exactly what he's arguing

If you're of the opinion that startup successes are mostly luck and timing, then this makes perfect sense.

If a team/company had every single positive/beneficial trait on that list, then how much more likely are they to "succeed"?



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