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  • fastcompany: Before Twitter became a microblogging sensation it was a podcasting business. YouTube’s founders were convinced they’d hit the jackpot with a video-dating site. PayPal’s original mission was to beam IOUs from Palm Pilot to Palm Pilot. Flickr grew out of a massive multiplayer online game as a way for players to drop photos into text messages. Groupon emerged from a community promoting political action while online flash retailer Fab.com came out of a failed gay social network called Fabulis. Instagram’s founders created a check-in technology called Blurbn before settling on photos. Pandora was a B2B music recommendation service. Yelp transitioned from email recommendations from friends to a local search and user review web site. Our new series examines the “do-overs” of today’s most successful startups. Read more->

    fastcompany:

    Before Twitter became a microblogging sensation it was a podcasting business. YouTube’s founders were convinced they’d hit the jackpot with a video-dating site. PayPal’s original mission was to beam IOUs from Palm Pilot to Palm Pilot. Flickr grew out of a massive multiplayer online game as a way for players to drop photos into text messages. Groupon emerged from a community promoting political action while online flash retailer Fab.com came out of a failed gay social network called Fabulis. Instagram’s founders created a check-in technology called Blurbn before settling on photos. Pandora was a B2B music recommendation service. Yelp transitioned from email recommendations from friends to a local search and user review web site.

    Our new series examines the “do-overs” of today’s most successful startups. Read more->

    Source: Fast Company
    • 1 year ago
    • 77 notes
    • #pivot
    • #startups
    • #tech
  • windycity:frankgruber: Groupon Co-founders Purchase The Historic Wrigley Building It’s official! Startup founders are buying Chitown.

    windycity:frankgruber:

    Groupon Co-founders Purchase The Historic Wrigley Building

    It’s official! Startup founders are buying Chitown.

    Source: techcocktail.com
    • 1 year ago
    • 43 notes
    • #Chicago
    • #Startups
    • #Technology
    • #Wrigley Building
    • #Groupon
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