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He did fail and quit on the first idea, and then tried a second idea that was pretty much completely unrelated to the previous idea. Using the same contacts net
by H8crilA 7y ago
He did fail and quit on the first idea, and then tried a second idea that was pretty much completely unrelated to the previous idea. Using the same contacts network.
This only makes sense given how much luck is involved in building startups. As long as the bull run continues (money is cheap) and your idea is somewhat reasonable - someone will fund you.
- wp381640 7y agoIs it really luck if he's done it twice?
- simonh 7y agoQuite, you don't build a productive team and high quality app with compelling features by accident. It might be an accident that this is the part of the system that succeeds, or an accident that it happens to hit the market at the right time, but being capable of seizing the opportunity and executing on it well are both also required and are never an accident.
- H8crilA 7y agoIf I read the article correctly the first idea was some game, and as probably >95% of indie games it failed. Then a successful chat app (Slack). Who has done what twice?
- 1986 7y agoAs noted in other comments, Butterfield had a similar failed-game-pivot that turned into Flickr
- pwinnski 7y agoHe has tried twice to create GNE: Game Never-Ending. The first time he gave up, he turned the image-sharing part of the game into Flickr. The second time he gave up, he turned the chat part of the game into Slack. Maybe he should try making GNE again.
- DonHopkins 7y agoGlitch was his attempt at making GNE again. Game Neverending is to Flickr as Glitch is to Slack.