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Every successful startup requires a proper creation myth, a few embarrassing anecdotes punctuated by a poignant teaching moment or two. In the hands of an enterprising communications professional, a...

Seven Sixty Four Every successful startup requires a proper creation myth, a few embarrassing anecdotes punctuated by a poignant teaching moment or two. In the hands of an enterprising communications professional, a memorable origin story humanizes the founders, and preempts the perennial "how did it all begin" with a clever, if non-controversial, bromide. eBay's PEZ dispenser sales, Google's misspelling, Twitter inspired by taxi drivers' short messages all come to mind. Are they exactly how things happened? Who cares, they are fun, and easy to retell. Affirm is hardly at a point where a caref

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