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Bezos was going to do more than establish an online bookstore; now he was set on building one of the first lasting Internet companies. “Jeff was always an expansive thinker, but access to capital was an enabler,” Doerr says.
Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
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So here's the story of how we missed Airbnb, one of the best startups to come our way in the past few years.
The Airbnb founders came out of the winter 2009 Y Combinator class. They came to see us during their time at YC. They told us about a great stunt they pulled at the Democratic Convention in Denver (in which Obama was nominated). They bought a... See more
The Airbnb founders came out of the winter 2009 Y Combinator class. They came to see us during their time at YC. They told us about a great stunt they pulled at the Democratic Convention in Denver (in which Obama was nominated). They bought a... See more
Airbnb - AVC
Although you’ve probably never heard of him, when it comes to creating opportunities in unknown territory, Chet Pipkin is something of a master. He began teaching himself how when he was sixteen years old, on what could be called the other side of the tracks from downtown Los Angeles. As the founder and CEO of Belkin, a company that produces a wide
... See morePeter Sims • Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
001. fast(er) food
youtube.comZillow first launched in 2006 as an auction service for homes. The idea flopped, but through the process, Barton and team stumbled upon a hit: the Zestimate. At first, it was totally inaccurate, but people loved the idea that you could see an estimated value for pretty much every home in America.
Jake Singer • Zillow and the Innovator's Dilemma - The Flywheel
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