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Patient0 on June 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why founding a 3-person startup with 0 revenue is ...

The similarity between the stories struck me: particularly that they both stressed the point about reports being circulated with no authors at all... OK it doesn't prove that he made it all up, but I would be willing to bet some money on it.

wisty on June 27, 2011 [–]

It could be a common joke that quants tell, especially those in the companies where it happens.

His article does sound a lot like other ones though. I doubt he's deliberately copying them, but he's not entirely unique.

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