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Rief: Morning Brew would have failed if started intentionally as a business
“We didn't intend for it to be a business. And if we did, and we thought about it as a business in 2015, I think it would have failed. We would have made long, short term decisions to make a little money here or there, but because of the side project, we didn't…”
Amoruso: Nasty Gal should probably have been sold before raising VC
“I probably should have sold nasty gal long, you know, before I raised venture capital, cause it was an incredibly profitable, successful business.”
Lieberman: Morning Brew Would Have Failed with Four Co-Founders
“If those two people were still part of Morning Brew, I don't think Morning Brew would have succeeded, and it has nothing to do with these two individuals specifically, but I think the complexity created by having every major decision in a business made by four…”
Swanson: Thumbtack Would Not Exist if Craigslist Had Innovated on Product
“It's easy to give Craigslist a hard time for not innovating on product, but if they did we wouldn't be here.”
Scudamore: The business would have bankrupted without outside leadership
“I couldn't have done that. We would have lost the business. We would have bankrupted it.”
Lieberman: Morning Brew wouldn't have succeeded if started alongside finance jobs
“If we had founded this after college while having to balance it with finance jobs where we're being paid well, it wouldn't have happened. No way.”
Pujji: Ampush Would Have Failed Without SVB's Grace
“Where if Silicon Valley Bank had thrown the book at us, we, Ampush would have never made it, would be out of business, and they gave us grace, and they were, like, helpful to us”
A Marriott for Millennials Positioning Would Have Limited Airbnb
“If Airbnb's founders said, we want to create Marriott for millennials, that would have been a remixed idea that would have probably had limited opportunity.”
Morning Brew would not exist without low-code or no-code tools
“If low or no code tools did not exist, there would be far fewer businesses that someone like myself could start. I definitely wouldn't have been able to start Morning Brew.”
Pitching Airbnb as 'Marriott for millennials' would have limited its opportunity
“If Airbnb's founders said, we want to create Marriott for millennials, that would have been a remixed idea like what I just described. And it probably would have had limited opportunity because it's, I would say, low-hanging fruit.”