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I seem to recall PG telling a similar story about flickr at the very first "Startup School" meeting. The original idea was an online game targeted at teen girls
by brk 7y ago
I seem to recall PG telling a similar story about flickr at the very first "Startup School" meeting. The original idea was an online game targeted at teen girls, and there was some kind of photo sharing element that was part of the game. The game didn't turn out to be very compelling, but the photo sharing portion was getting a lot of interest, and the founders pivoted to developing flickr instead.
- cableshaft 7y agoIt's the same guy (it's mentioned in the article, even). That's one of the reasons why the investors stuck with him, because the last time he did the same thing, work on a failed game then pivot to an app, it became Flickr. He successfully pulled off the same trick twice.