List of successful founders who didn’t go directly into entrepreneurship. https://t.co/5yjnGhRP0x
List of successful founders who didn’t go directly into entrepreneurship. https://t.co/5yjnGhRP0x
In 1993, Jensen Huang pitched a startup idea to his former boss, Wilf Corrigan. After Jensen’s pitch, Wilf said, “I have no idea what you just said. That was one of the worst pitches I’ve ever heard.” Wilf then called the renowned venture capitalist Don Valentine, and said, “Don, I’m going to send a kid over to you. He’s one of the best employees I
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Other than Google and Oracle, companies like IBM, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, McKinsey, Apple, Bain, Morgan Stanley, and NASA have all produced their fair share of billion-dollar founders.