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Suneel Mekala

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"๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ $๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ๐—• ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป)" ๐—œ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ, ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. His team had spent ๐Ÿฐ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ and $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐—  building Glitchโ€”a whimsical MMORPG that nobody played. Investors were furious. The dream was over. But in the ashes of failure, Butterfield noticed something strange... ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜. It was clunky, but better than email. So they polished it, stripped the gaming elements, and launched it as a standalone product. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ "๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ." Within 24 hours: โ†’ ๐Ÿด,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ โ†’ ๐Ÿญ๐— + ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ โ†’ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐—• ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜? โžก๏ธ VC Fred Wilson passed on investing (called it "a feature, not a product") โžก๏ธ Microsoft launched competing products 3 times (Teams, Skype, Yammer) โžก๏ธ Butterfield rejected a $12B acquisition offer from Amazon ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป: 1. ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ซ โ†’ Made work communication fun with emojis, GIFs, and playful copy 2. ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ-๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ†’ Employees demanded it, forcing IT departments to comply 3. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ โ†’ More teams = more value (like Facebook for work) ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป: The best ideas often emerge from failed projects. Pay attention to what your team actually usesโ€”even if it wasn't part of the plan.

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