Twitter was born from a failed podcast startup 🤯
It was just a hackathon idea!
Curious? Let's find out below👇🏼
🎸 Odeo Inc, an audio startup raised $5 million to build for podcasters.
🍎 Right after this Apple captured the whole podcasting market!!
It was a huge blow to the Odeo Inc team 😮 💨
💰 Founder Williams went to the investors for returning their $5 million.
💼 But, the investors asked, "Do you have any other ideas??"
This was the fanboy moment for Williams 🚀
💻 He started a hackathon in Odeo Inc challenging all his employees to come up with an idea which can be built within 24 hours
💡 Jack Dorsey was a web designer and came up with an idea "A blog for status update"
🐦 These "status updates" are now known as #tweets
🤑 The 24 hours hackathon gave birth to a $10 billion company 🤑
💈 Jack Dorsey, who won this challenge became the CEO of Twitter
🏁 Takeaway:-
When we think it is the end, it might just be the beginning of something BIG!
Video Explanation
For more detailed explanation of the Source code, Check this video out on my YouTube channel
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