StartUp: the action or process of setting something in motion.
The startup game is one filled with excitement, ability and more often than not, disappointment. The success stories of these famous startups from India and abroad however, might give you that push you were looking for to indulge in your own inspiration.
Airbnb
How 3 guys went from renting air mattresses to 10 Billion $ company.
Two guys in San Francisco can't pay their rent, so they decided to rent out 3 air mattresses on floor to people and serve breakfast. They make a simple website called airbedandbreakfast.com 2 men, 1women showed up paying 80$ each. They called former roommate as CO-Founder and decided to make it bigger.
Uber
Uber’s story began in Paris in 2008. The two friends then, still friends and not aware they’ll be leading the most successful startup of the World history were attending the LeWeb, an annual tech conference. Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp were struggling to get a cab on a snowy evening during the conference.
Angry Birds
Rovio launched 51 games and got no success but they never give up, then they came up with new concept Use one finger to pull the oddly-shaped bird back on the slingshot, and release it to rain destruction down on evil pigs. Rinse and repeat. Launched 52nd game Angry Birds with a great success.
One guy who love to create programs to prank his friends during school days. This undying dedication towards programming leads to the path to develop an application, he got funding and launched Instagram on monday, becomes #1 photo sharing app on Tuesday.
Alibaba
He grew up poor in communist China, failed his college entrance exam twice, and was rejected from dozens of jobs, including one at KFC, before finding success with his third internet company, Alibaba.
