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		gull on Oct 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA > why not charge on day 1? Some of the most successful companies, like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, didn't charge on day 1.

trcollinson on Oct 10, 2015 [–]

This is a pretty common fallacy of an argument.

Some of the most successful companies, like HP, Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe, changed on day 1.

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