2000s

发表于 2018-07-30 flickr butterfield 2005

In the early 2000s, Stewart Butterfield tried to build a weird, massively multiplayer online game, but the venture failed. Instead, he and his co-founders used …

Kickstarter: Perry Chen (2018)

发表于 2018-12-31 chen perry 2000s

In the early 2000s, Perry Chen was trying to put on a concert in New Orleans when he thought, what if fans could fund this in advance? His idea didn't work at t…

Dave's Killer Bread: Dave Dahl

发表于 2019-07-01 1987 dahl sold

Dave Dahl's entrepreneurial journey began in prison. In 1987, he was addicted to drugs and incarcerated for home burglary. For 15 years he bounced from one sent…

Eventbrite: Julia Hartz

发表于 2020-02-17 hartz eventbrite 2000s

In the early 2000s, Julia Hartz was helping develop TV shows for MTV and FX Networks, and seemed headed for a promising career in television. All of that change…

Wayfair: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine (2018)

发表于 2020-08-24 conine shah wayfair

After selling their first small business and shuttering their second, former college roommates Niraj Shah and Steve Conine thought about getting "normal" jobs. …