would you have the GUTS to do these things? Now that is determination bordering on crazy…and crazy smart.
We have heard of stories of eating ramen noodles and knocking on doors to make a first sale. And of course there are the more far out stories that have made their way around the internet. Stories of crazy things that business founders did to make it. Some are crazier than others and some may have moral conflicts. However, we have found some stories about companies you have heard of. Like really big companies that had unusual starts.
In this humorous and informative post from business insider they list out some of these crazy things:
The founders of Reddit created tons of fake accounts.
Reddit, known as the “Front Page of the Internet,” is a site based on user-generated news links. In 2013, it had 731 million unique visitors.
But when it launched in 2005, it had so few visitors that the cofounders operated multiple fake user accounts and responded to themselves to give the semblance of traffic. Furthermore, since the founders owned all the fake accounts, they could build the tone and shape the discourse and direction of the site.
Their “fake it 'til you make it” philosophy paid off. As the real user base grew, they were able to abandon the fake accounts.
Whoa! Well that is one way to go about things. It is a multi billion dollar company and one of the biggest sites on the internet now.
The founders of PayPal gave out free money.
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