What Adrian Holovaty thinks about startups

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Web developer and musician; co-creator of the Django web framework, founder of EveryBlock and of the music-notation site Soundslice.

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   Our readingFor most Internet startups, the claim that they will change the world is likely untrue.

   Their wordsEither way, for an Internet startup to say "we're going to change the world" is likely phony. Odds are your company will improve a small number of people's lives.

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