𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 doesn’t care about your past

Founders — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 doesn’t care about your past

→ The market doesn’t care if your past is full of big wins

→ Or if this is your first rodeo

→ In capitalism, the market is the ultimate judge of success

→ Old wins can’t save you

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀

→ These innovators proved that fresh perspectives and untested ideas could revolutionize industries

𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗻𝗯: With no prior massive success to their names, they created a global online marketplace for lodging that disrupted the hotel industry.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽: WhatsApp's creators, former Yahoo employees, built a messaging app that became indispensable for millions worldwide. Their first major venture was so successful that Facebook acquired it for a staggering $19 billion.

𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁: Snapchat’s founders were college students with no significant prior wins. They developed a social media platform that became a favorite among younger generations, redefining how we share moments.

𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗯𝗼𝘅: These first-time founders created Dropbox, a file hosting service that solved a universal problem and gained millions of users globally.

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: Spotify’s founders disrupted the music industry with a streaming service that made music more accessible than ever, showing that innovative thinking can yield massive success even without previous big wins.


𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀

→ On the flip side, past successes are no guarantee of future triumphs.

𝗙𝗮𝗯.𝗰𝗼𝗺: Despite Jason Goldberg’s success with Socialmedian, Fab, which raised $330 million, eventually failed.

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀: Bill Nguyen sold his previous startup, Lala, to Apple. However, his next venture, Color Labs, which raised $41 million, shut down in less than two years.

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗯𝗶: Jeffrey Katzenberg, known for his success with DreamWorks, launched Quibi. Despite raising $1.75 billion, it shut down within six months..

𝗠𝘆𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲: Initially a massive success, Myspace failed to compete with Facebook and declined rapidly.

𝗝𝘂𝗷𝘂.𝗰𝗼𝗺: Despite successes at Google and Facebook, Ben Ling’s startup Juju failed to take off. 

→ No matter how smart you think you are

→ Or what your previous wins have been

→ The market will always be the ultimate arbiter of success

→ Stay humble, stay innovative 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲

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