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People laughed at Reed Hastings. Then he built Netflix. People laughed at Brian Acton. Then he built WhatsApp. People laughed at Mark Zuckerberg. Then he built Facebook. People laugh because they're paralyzed in their own dull thinking patterns. Y

Brian Armstrong tells the founding story of Coinbase: “Nothing was working” Brian Armstrong's journey to building Coinbase wasn’t easy. In 2012, he left his job and joined Y Combinator to follow his dream of creating something big. But things di

Brian Armstrong explains how he built Coinbase on nights and weekends while working at Airbnb Most aspiring founders struggle to find time for their startups. Brian Armstrong, co-founder of Coinbase, faced the same challenge. But instead of wait

Meet Brian Huang, an 18-year-old who built his own laptop from scratch. And it’s open source. No Dell, no Apple, no Lenovo, just one guy and a crazy idea. Here’s how he did it. Brian wanted a laptop that didn’t exist. A 4K AMOLED screen, a mecha

Coinbase founder shares the Y Combinator advice that helped Coinbase find product/market fit The first version of any product rarely works, and that’s exactly what happened with Coinbase. When Brian Armstrong, the founder, launched Coinbase, it wa

Steve Jobs couldn’t code, but he built Apple. Elon Musk doesn’t code much, but he builds the future. Evan Spiegel didn’t know how to code, but he built Snapchat. I don’t know how to code either but I know the rest. The ideas, the vision, the hustle.