How a fax-machine saleswoman’s childhood lesson in failure built a billion-dollar founder.
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Category: Founder Journeys
Read founder journeys, entrepreneurial success stories, and lessons from business leaders who built innovative startups from scratch.
Tobias Lütke: The Programmer Who Accidentally Built Shopify
Tobias Lütke never wanted to be a CEO — he wanted to fix bad software. That instinct built Shopify.
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Jason Citron: The Founder Who Turned a Failed Game Into Discord
He sold his first company for $104 million at 26. His second one failed. From inside that failure, Jason Citron built Discord.
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Ivan Zhao: The Founder Who Rebuilt Notion From Scratch
Ivan Zhao nearly lost Notion in 2015. He fired his team, moved to Kyoto with almost nothing, and rebuilt from scratch. This is his founder story.
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Melanie Perkins: How a 19-Year-Old Built Canva From Perth
A 19-year-old in Perth noticed design software was failing ordinary people. What she did next took fifteen years and changed how the world creates.
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