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Comment on Ask HN: Whats the worst startup idea you've heard, which turned out to be genius?

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Twitter.

I was in an Austin Ruby meetup when these guys came in who had a music startup (this was when everyone and his dog had a music startup). They were hiring for the startup, and they presented this side project they had. They described it as "basically your myspace status, only that's all there is".

Thought the music startup was dumb and Twitter made it look smart. They were hiring. I could have been a really early hire…

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