Alex Finn
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Like the original concept, I don't know if you know this story.
I don't.
Yeah.
So Jack Dorsey raised a few million dollars to build out Odeo, which is a micro podcasting app idea.
And he built it and...
Started just, you know, I guess it was too early to do that.
And he was kind of like, let's just make a text and came out, you know, basically came out with the idea for Twitter through that process.
Same is true with Instagram.
You know the story of Instagram, how it started off as bourbon?
No.
Bourbon was a location...
It was kind of like Foursquare actually.
Remember check-ins?
Yes.
Like checking in.
Yes.
You would check into places and you would post photos of the place you checked in on.
What they learned was people just cared about the photos.
And so they're like, let's just build a photo sharing app.
So your best idea usually isn't your first idea, but it kind of gets you there to your point.