startup-pivots
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Daniel Kniaz and the business of changing his mind
Before Weel, there were socks, shared bills and a payment idea that would not pay. Daniel Kniaz’s route into business finance began with a willingness to follow customers somewhere he had not planned to go.
Amir Ashkenazi and the art of changing his mind
A guitar lesson gave the Shopping.com and Adap.tv founder an idea for working together online. Then he had to decide whether the company he had built was solving the right problem.
Saahil Goel and the business hidden inside a parcel
He set out to help small merchants build online stores. The part they kept asking for was shipping - and that request changed the course of Shiprocket.
Aravind Bala and the Useful Mistake
He left a long Microsoft career without a startup idea, built the wrong product, and found the right company hidden inside it. Now SeekOut's co-founder is asking what remains valuable when AI can supply the skills.
Jason Citron Kept Building Games. The Conversation Kept Winning.
Twice, Jason Citron set out to make a game. Twice, the useful thing turned out to be the room where players talked. That recurring mistake became a career, a company, and a new piece of internet furniture.
Kashyap Achar Sent 1,523 Cold Emails. Then a Football in Central Park Changed the Plot.
The Bezel founder’s career is a study in useful motion: ship the small thing, follow the signal, change the product, and keep asking strangers to play catch.