Jack Dorsey explains how recognizing fortunate situations led to the founding of Twitter and Square
One of the most important skills for any entrepreneur is recognizing opportunities and acting on them.
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square
From Odeo to X— The Wild Journey of Twitter!
In 2005, podcasting was booming. A startup called Odeo, co-founded by Evan Williams, was betting big on it. But then Apple announced podcasts on iTunes. Game over.
The Odeo team needed a pivot. Jack Dors
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Rahul Das
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Twitter attempted to buy Instagram before Facebook acquired it for $1 billion, according to The New York Times.
Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and early Instagram investor, tried to secure the app months before Facebook's deal.
Despite frequently
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Kimiko
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Age when their business started:
🇺🇸 Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)- 19
🇺🇸 Walt Disney (Disney)- 21
🇺🇸 Steve Jobs (Apple)- 21
🇮🇳 Ritesh Agarwal (OYO)- 22
🇺🇸 Jack Dorsey (Twitter)- 23
🇺🇸 Sergey Brin (Google)- 25
🇨🇳 Jack Ma (Alibaba)- 29
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Kolkata Index
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Failed Startups of Today’s Billionaires: Lessons in Resilience
Ever heard of Zip2 or Odeo? Probably not. Yet, these "failed" ventures laid the groundwork for Elon Musk's Tesla and Twitter or Jack Dorsey's Twitter resurgence. Did you know Jeff Bezos’