"Law of the Ladder" strategy of the post is a good play.
Another point about the scrappy image: one of the points of PGs essay was to state that sometime the non-obvious guy/gal wins the biggest the end. 500 is saying they are that non-obvious accelerator.
Another point about the scrappy image: one of the points of PGs essay was to state that sometime the non-obvious guy/gal wins the biggest the end. 500 is saying they are that non-obvious accelerator.