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Five Myths About Building Billion-Dollar Startups

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Re: Five Myths About Building Billion-Dollar Startups

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Post by javajosh »

colordrops wrote: post #2

Are these really myths? Maybe they were 15 years ago. No one believes them now.

I feel pedanticdirty pointing this out, but something can be a myth AND also not be believed. I bet most myths are like that. That said, your criticism is right on, because you're responding to the implicit synonym to the title: 5 things you believe that aren't true about startups. But the assertion that we believe them is false, and false is bad.

The correct title here would be "5 things that some people at some point in time may have believed that aren't true that we are dusting off for an original content listicle." Which I think has a nice ring to it!

Re: Five Myths About Building Billion-Dollar Startups

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Post by ineedasername »

javajosh wrote: post #4
colordrops wrote: post #2

Are these really myths? Maybe they were 15 years ago. No one believes them now.

I feel pedanticdirty pointing this out, but something can be a myth AND also not be believed. I bet most myths are like that. That said, your criticism is right on, because you're responding to the implicit synonym to the title: 5 things you believe that aren't true about startups. But the assertion that we believe them is false, and false is bad. The correct title here would be "5 things that some people at some poi…

Sure, but we're not talking about Greek Mythology here. In this context, the semantic weight of "myth" tends to be in the sense of misconceptions that many people do believe.
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