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Startup stories where things don't go as planned but the founders find a way to persevere anyway (like Justin.TV) are way more inspiring to me as an entrepreneu
by ryanb 14y ago
Startup stories where things don't go as planned but the founders find a way to persevere anyway (like Justin.TV) are way more inspiring to me as an entrepreneur than the overnight successes of companies like Instagram, etc.
- Domenic_S 14y agoMeh, I don't know that I'd call Instagram an overnight success. It was Burbn pre-pivot. A lot of people think Pinterest was an overnight success, too. Know how long they've been around? Edit: That comment sounded snarkier than I meant it to. I guess in relative terms, Instagram is an overnight success when compared to Justin.tv.
- fufulabs 14y agoKevin Systrom interned at a couple of high profile startup pre-Burbn too. Pinterest had a product called Tote before Pinterest so theres a not insignificant time of preconditioning there too.