Why $200B Binance's origin story isn't lightning in a bottle

And then, in July 2015, a bunch of Chinese comp companies came to us saying they want systems for just say, by the way sorry to interrupt you.

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And then, in July 2015, a bunch of Chinese comp

companies came to us saying they want systems for just say, by the way sorry to interrupt you. But it's really incredible because there are so many founder stories. When somebody says, I've started a company, and then somebody says, well, how much is it worth or how successful is it? And, you know let's just say Binance is a $200,000,000,000

company. Probably less than that. But It's in the neighborhood.

A lot of people think that there is some incredible origin story that is like lightning in a bottle. But so often than not,

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The hosts discuss how Binance, now worth around $200 billion, doesn't have the mythical lightning-in-a-bottle origin story that people expect from massively successful companies. They explore the reality that most billion-dollar companies have more mundane beginnings than the legendary founder narratives suggest.

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This moment debunks the myth of magical startup origins by using Binance's massive success as a counterexample to expected founder folklore.

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