Stanford, 1994. Two PhDs avoiding their theses.
Yahoo
Two grad students bookmarked the entire internet.
Passed on buying Google
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Two founders on a Santa Cruz commute.
Netflix
Mailed one CD to test it. Later, killed Blockbuster.
Blockbuster got one store left
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2004. A Harvard dorm room.
Meta
Dorm-room directory. Then a pivot to legs.
3B users. Legs TBD.
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Boston to New York. He forgot his USB stick.
Dropbox
Forgot his USB stick on a bus. Turned down Steve Jobs.
A feature that became a company
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Stanford product class, 2011.
Snapchat
Class laughed at it. Facebook offered $3B. He said no.
Texts that disappear
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