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"𝗧𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆" In 2013, Canva’s founders made a decision that seemed insane. They 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿—de

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗶 (𝗕𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁)" 𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟭, 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁. Sony's PlayStation 2 dominated gaming. Microsoft's Xbox entered with brute force. Analysts predicted Nint

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗻𝗯 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴—𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻" In 2008, Airbnb was failing. They had: → $𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 → 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗲𝗱-𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬𝘀, 𝗧𝗖𝗦 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆. They were offering 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 a model where: 𝐓𝐂𝐒 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 Clients 𝐩𝐚𝐢�

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 🚀 . Ever wondered how some startups just take off like a rocket 🚀 while others stay stuck on the launchpad? It’s all about The Lean Startup M

𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 Most people say: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲.”

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜. In just 90 days, they went from zero to $𝟏𝟕𝐌 𝐀𝐑𝐑. With only 15 team members. No crazy ad budget. No hype from Silicon Valley. Here’s the wild part: They’re not from San Fr

𝗕𝗬𝗗 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 - 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: • Sold 4 Million EVs in 2024 (Twice that of Tesla) • Tesla, Ford, and Toyota fight over its batteries • Warren Buffett invested $232M for a 10% stake How

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱. He’s smart. Builds products. Posts on X daily. Midway through our chat, he dropped this: “𝐁𝐫𝐨, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲, 𝗢𝗹𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫. Back then, Ola was leading India’s rideshare game. Uber had just entered but was bleeding cash. They were desperate to