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This is a particularly interesting anecdote about someone faking his way into Google, and then later starting a company almost as famous.

https://www.wired.com/2013/04/fakeit/




Ugh. This is a good example of how self-promoters operate. Biz Stone makes it sound like it's "him & Ev". But since this came out there have been more revelations about the early days of Twitter. Biz Stone lobbied Ev to get his title inflated to co-founder but the equity stake tells all: 3% (versus Jack Dorsey's 20% and Ev's 70%). "Stone's co-founder title didn't get him a ton of equity, but it did afford him the ability to say he was co-founder of Twitter. That became priceless later on..."[1]

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/how-biz-stone-became-a-twitte...


Imposture syndrome is very much the other side of the same coin, unfortunately.


Can't tell if typo or coincidentally-interesting new phrase. :p




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