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Coinbase founder shares the most important lesson from his startup failure before Coinbase Brian started a tutoring website in college, helping students find tutors. He charged a 10% fee on all payments. It worked well at first, but soon, people

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Bro most founders don’t have years to tinker with a free product while working a cushy Airbnb job so thanks for the cool lesson but not everyone can afford to wait for the money.

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