About a wise investor and startups

There was a wise and rich investor. And he had a lot of money. And he invested this money in startups. And I got more money.

People came to the investor and said, we have a start-up, but the investor interrupted them and said - be silent. Don't say anything to me.

And he started calling start-ups himself, and people whose startups he called came to him and received money. And the others left without receiving anything.

Once a wanderer came to the investor and asked him to open a storehouse of wisdom for him. The investor said: - There is no wisdom in this, only sound calculation! Look:
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I have 5 sites open in the browser. These are media sites. I read them and when I see a new startup there, I’m putting it on my list. Getting into these sites is not easy. So they are valuable - only a truly popular startup gets there. And the rest, whether they are a hundred times more interesting and useful, do not fall. And what do I care about their benefits if people are not interested in them?

The enlightened wanderer left, and he understood that the main thing was not the idea, not the realization, but powerful publicity in the media.

That's how Twitter came about.