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Ferrari: Zero-to-one startup success depends on luck, not talent or work ethic
“We saw almost no correlation between the teams we considered more talented and more hardworking and those who came out on top, and so we concluded probably, I mean, it's not a huge sample, but probably to go from zero to one, Luck plays a huge role. There are …”
Ferrari: Bending Spoons was seeded with €40k leftover from failed startup Evertail
“We had about 40,000 euros left. The, that money belonged to the VC because of liquidation preferences, but it was too little for the size of that fund, and they told us, look, it's just too much hassle and legal cost for us to go through this administrative pr…”