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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.

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

The Artist Who Hacked Reality He wasn’t a coder. He wasn’t an engineer. He didn’t even graduate college. But Steve Jobs did something wild, he made people fall in love with computers. Not use them. Love them. He didn’t just create gadgets. He sol

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗻𝗯 Most people wait for the “perfect time” to start their dream project. Brian Armstrong didn’t. He built Coinbase while wor