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Founder Origin Stories
See patterns in how successful startups actually began and what they share
5 concepts
50 min
1
Airbnb: From Air Mattresses to Global Platform
The remarkable journey of how three entrepreneurs turned air mattresses in their apartment into an $80 billion platform business that revolutionized travel and hospitality worldwide.
15 min
2
Dropbox: Demo Video Success
How Drew Houston validated Dropbox with a 3-minute video before building the full product
12 min
3
Instagram: Photos Only
The counterintuitive story of how Instagram succeeded by removing features, not adding them
11 min
4
Stripe: Developer-First Approach
How Patrick and John Collison built Stripe by obsessing over developer experience
13 min
5
Pattern Recognition: What These Share
Identify the common threads in successful startup stories and apply them to spot opportunities
10 min