Are there examples of a really Bad Idea which turned out to be Great Businesses ?
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💡 Business idea : How to make money from Starlink: the new "AirBnB" of mobile internet
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It’s only cringe until it starts working.
A great example of this is Airbnb.
When Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia first came up with the idea of letting people rent out air mattresses in their living rooms, many thought it was a crazy idea.
Who would