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" I got lucky because my dad moved us to Silicon Valley before it really was known worldwide as an important tech hub. "

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" Everyone is on Facebook. It is very rare that I can't find a startup. Out of the 72 Y Combinator startups, almost all of them were on Facebook. "

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