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karzeem on Oct 22, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit lesson #3: fuck facebook, make real friends

This is a great illustration of why exposing yourself to randomness is useful. I'd bet that all successful startups have similar stories of chance meetings that led to something great.

altay on Oct 22, 2007 [–]

Yup, here's another inspiring one: http://bnoopy.typepad.com/bnoopy/2004/09/always_take_a_c.htm...

Joe Kraus' story of how Excite got funded.

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