10 Huge Successes Built On Second Ideas
Here are some more companies that only saw huge success after a good bit of evolution:
- Facebook was briefly a "Hot Or Not" for Harvard.
- AOL began as a videogame on-demand service.
- Twitter started as podcast delivery service.
- Intel sold computer memory, not microchips.
- Microsoft wanted to build software tools.
- Tiffany & Co sold paper.
- Google wanted to search bulletin boards.
- Silicon Graphics got its start making graphics terminals.
- Avon sold books door to door.
We definitely have done this. There are so many unknowns that contribute to a companies success that you simply can't predict.
