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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 3m

These 3 guys became billionaires by copying other companies. They created clones of eBay, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter… And somehow they got away with it (and made billions). Here’s the crazy story of the Samwer Brothers: In the late 1990s, the Samwer brothers left Germany for Silicon Valley. They had 1 driving force - building a successful business. 1998, eBay was taking off in the U.S., but it wasn’t in Europe yet. The Samwers saw an opportunity there. So they launched an eBay clone - Alando, in Germany. And it quickly became the largest online auction site in Germany. After 3 months of Alando’s launch, it was sold for $43 million. But that was just the beginning for the Samwers… After the first success, They launched Jamba, which was basically an early version of iTunes. 4 years later, they sold it for $273 million. In 2007, the Samwer brothers launched Rocket Internet. They created clones of Amazon, Pinterest, Facebook, and more. And it worked.

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Tarun Suthar
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India • 3m

but they can't become where the amazon is. first executors always wins. there should be innovation, startegy or business model to get ahead.

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Anonymous 5

Stealth • 3m

smart but this isn't the way to build something that changes how the world works

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Anirudh Gupta

Stealth • 3m

what was the youtube clone??

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Havish Gupta

Stealth • 3m

Woah! now this is crazy! Just paid attention to what's working in the West and brought that in their region. They are literally great at execution. tho, this is also the story of every indian startup 😏

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Anonymous 4

Stealth • 3m

masterminds 😎💪

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Aakash kashyap

Stealth • 3m

at last execution matters and these guy are best in them that's why idea are cheap and execution is expensive but people didn't understand they always do rr that sir my idea and business model is different that's why my startup become successful 🤡🤣🤣

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Anonymous 3

Stealth • 3m

Honestly, people hate on copycats but look at these guys. They knew when to enter, how to scale, and when to sell. It’s ruthless, but business isn’t about being fair

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Anonymous 2

Stealth • 3m

Bro, they literally made billions by being professional copycats. It's like they said, 'Why innovate when you can just replicate and dominate?' Insane but smart as hell.

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Anonymous 1

Stealth • 3m

Great 👏

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VisionaryHub

Stealth • 3m

goat executers !

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The Outlier

Stealth • 3m

They are so good at execution part.

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