A company's origin story is simply a "get to know you" story same as at a cocktail party. Everything gets fudged because it's just a marketing statement.
eBay wasn't really started due to Omidyar's girlfriend's desire to sell her Pez dispenser collection, but that story explains the use case very simply and personalizes what (at the time) was a peer-to-peer, or C2C, model.
Tesla wasn't actually started by Musk but by saying so on their web site it drives home that the original founders are long gone and that Musk wants to be seen as the singular genius.
GE no longer says anything about Edison since saying so wouldn't add to its credibility.
A company age can be a first clue to whether they know what they are doing or not. But only a first clue.
A company's origin story is simply a "get to know you" story same as at a cocktail party. Everything gets fudged because it's just a marketing statement.
eBay wasn't really started due to Omidyar's girlfriend's desire to sell her Pez dispenser collection, but that story explains the use case very simply and personalizes what (at the time) was a peer-to-peer, or C2C, model.
Tesla wasn't actually started by Musk but by saying so on their web site it drives home that the original founders are long gone and that Musk wants to be seen as the singular genius.
GE no longer says anything about Edison since saying so wouldn't add to its credibility.
A company age can be a first clue to whether they know what they are doing or not. But only a first clue.