Today I Learned TIL#8
IBM's Foolishness
In the 1970s, a team of engineers at IBM proposed developing a personal computer for individual use. However, the company's executives dismissed the idea, believing that there was no significant market for com
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Anonymous 2
Stealth • 7m
The personal computer is one of those technologies that seems so obvious and ubiquitous now, but at the time represented a huge paradigm shift that even the biggest tech companies failed to anticipate. Pretty crazy when you think about it.
"Your crazy idea today could be the world's necessity tomorrow." - Human
Just like how crazy the idea of getting personal computer to each home's desk was back then but now it's necessity.
Thanks To Bill Gates Crazy Idea
Do you all want a pos
Why some social media works and some don't ?
Facebook - worked.
Twitter - worked.
Reddit - worked.
Medial - working. Pretty successful till date. And etc.
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Blue learn - Failed.
Koo - Failed.
( Add yours)
So the Q is why ?
Why Failed
Stayzilla ?
Stayzilla failed due to a shift in its business model, intense competition from companies like OYO and Airbnb, high operational costs, and challenges in scaling to smaller towns.
It burned through cash without securing eno
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Ashwin Kumar
Stealth • 6d
From SaaS to AI as Service. Ready for the next big thing?
Not too long ago SaaS changed the way Business operates making tools accessible through a subscription model.
Now AI is eating this business model and has started to provide tools to fully a
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Mr Z
Stealth • 7m
Power of marketing !!!
In 1968, India launched its first condom to control the rising population.
It FAILED as nobody wanted to bring a piece of rubber to their bedroom.
But a shift in marketing has now made condoms a $508 million industry.
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Why are hiring startups dying? It’s a crazy graveyard from Apna to Hirect. I had an idea around the space but I am cold-feet after hearing VC perspective on the space. Met a founder in Koramangala who had raised 4Cr and failed after onboarding half a
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Bhargav
Stealth • 4m
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Anmol Pandhi
Stealth • 9m
Higher Software engineering/computer science education in Indian colleges in pretty substandard for the most part. That again explains why majority of Indian software engineers aren't even worth hiring.
No form of creativity or any real skill is taug
