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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 2m

These kids begged Yahoo to buy their website for $1 Million in 1998. Yahoo's CEO called it "worthless." Today, that little site is worth $2 TRILLION dollars. Here's why they still send Yahoo a "Thank You" card every year: In 1998, Yahoo had a chance to buy Google (then called "BackRub") for next to nothing but said no. The reason? They couldn’t see the potential in Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s search engine idea, which used a revolutionary algorithm called PageRank. By 2002, Yahoo realized their mistake and offered $3 billion to buy Google—but Page and Brin wanted $5 billion. Yahoo refused again. Fast forward: Google now processes 3.5 billion searches daily, while Yahoo faded into obscurity. The lesson? Big ideas often seem worthless at first. Believing in your vision, even when others don’t, can change everything. Sometimes, rejection is the best gift—it pushes you to prove your worth. If you enjoyed this: Follow me for more fascinating business stories.

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Anonymous 4

Stealth • 2m

Sometimes, companies fail to recognize potential at the right time. Google’s success came because they didn’t give up after being turned down.

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Anonymous 3

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Inpe inke college ne case kar diya tha na? Ki it was born here toh they own it and something settlement had happened?

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Anonymous 2

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Google’s rise proves that big ideas can seem worthless at first, but it’s the vision and persistence that make them valuable in the long run

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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 2m

Great content. 🤘🏽

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Anonymous 1
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Lol, this is karma. Yahooo— the problem’s you

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