Upstart

  

Amazon used to be one of these. So did GOOG and FB and NFLX. Now they're behemoths. But they used to be small fries. Garage bands with no revenue. Kicky upstarts. Davids throwing stones at Goliath. Now, they whine about taxes and their aching backs.

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