Watson
Moderator
You see many people thought Google was the ideal founder of YouTube, but in reality, Google only bought it from the smart young guys, I mean those who started YouTube with zero nothing.
When we say your ideals are nothing if you keep procrastinating when you fail to take action, your ideas are nothing without actions. Now imagine if these young guys did not start Youtube with zero nothing? JUST Imagine
So it will interest you to know, that the second biggest website tech platform was the idea project of three smart guys, they proceeded to launch the project with zero investors. I mean no office, no financial budget, but they were able to kick start what we all know today as #Youtube.
Yes am talking about YouTube, the second most used search engine, after the launch of YouTube and later to the post-YouTube era, these guys didn't disappear after selling YouTube, they evolved into another startup.
Then after the sale, Hurley invested in the Golden State Warriors, turning them into NBA champs. Just same way Chen backed unicorns like Slack and Airbnb. While Karin's investment included Reddit and Palantir. In all, their great legacy which is YouTube lives on and today is the second website and tech platform in the world.
YouTube today is a behemoth, with 2.6 billion active users (1/3 of the internet, with over $28.8 billion in revenue in 2021 alone, which has doubled since then. But these numbers only scratch the surface.
The coming of YouTube was not just about video sharing. Still, today was a force that reshapes our world influences elections (64% of US adults get news from YouTube, including YouTube live) #Drives social movement (#MeToo videos got 32 million views in 2027 alone) from entertainment to revolution, YouTube's impact is undeniable.
In reality, World-changing ideas often start with solving a simple problem, yes by just identifying people's problem, community, or society needs, back then the real inventors of YouTube Chad, Steve, and Jawed just wanted to share party videos. They started and wow, their creation is the number 2 open University and has shaped global politics, culture, and commerce.
The stage is set, the world is ready for you, and more important, with just a step you can move your idea into reality, you can be a great blessing to the world
These founders then sold Youtube, a video-sharing website for $1.65 billion in 2006, after running it for close to 2 years, then people thought they vanished overnight. Today, that site is worth over $455 BILLION dollars, apart from the worth, the site is the second most visited site on internet.
You may ask why they sell and work away from the most valuable website in history, their names may even sound funny to you, possibly unknown to you, but their startup shaped your life forever. And you may not have ever heard their names. Chad, Steve, and Jawed: the real founders of YouTube, before they sold it. They are 3 friends who stumbled into creating the world's 2nd largest search engine. And their journey? It's wilder than any viral video:
Yes, they started with a dinner party in 2004, frustrated they couldn't share videos easily, they had an idea, they wanted to share their fun video across the internet. To get started, they created a video dating site. "Tune in, Hook up" was its tagline, Thankfully, it bombed. But that was the start. Just as the saying goes, no startup is ever fully formed.
But their next idea changed entertainment forever, changing how we learn online. From Tune in Hookup portal to YouTube launched from a garage in February 2005. The launch was done with no fancy offices. No big investors. Just 3 smart guys with a simple mission: Then the first video upload? 18 seconds of Jawed at the zoo. "The elephants have long trunks." See it below
Not exactly viral content. But it lit a fuse, it got them started and YouTube's growth was incredible from that very day:
• 100 million daily views
• 65,000 daily uploads
It went from a garage project to a cultural phenomenon in just a year, and its next move would reshape media space forever: YouTube made billion-dollar deals with big media companies, this changed how content was shared. Everyone wanted to be part of it and mind you, YouTube was 100% free.
Old media rushed to keep up as YouTube changed everything, but this was just the start. Something even bigger was coming: In October 2006: Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion, and the founders became instant tech royalty after selling YouTube to now Google.
Most would've basked in the spotlight, building personal empires, not these guys. They saw something we didn't, yes they sold YouTube, their greatest legacy to humanity. Today, YouTube isn't just a website. It was a cultural shift, to us AfricaChoice is an open and free university.
• It launched Justin Bieber
• Spawned a $15 billion creator economy
• Revolutionized how we consume news and information
It had seemed their creation had outgrown them. So they did the unthinkable. By 2011, all 3 founders had walked away from YouTube, but you can't completely say they abandoned the Internet's most powerful platform at its peak, you may ask Why? Because true innovators don't rest on their laurels. They went and re-evolved
They build, disrupt, and then move on to the next big challenge and today after the sale, Hurley invested in the Golden State Warriors, turning them into NBA champs.
Chen backed unicorns like Slack and Airbnb. While Karin's investment included Reddit and Palantir. In all, their great legacy which is YouTube lives on and today is the second website and tech platform in the world.
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When we say your ideals are nothing if you keep procrastinating when you fail to take action, your ideas are nothing without actions. Now imagine if these young guys did not start Youtube with zero nothing? JUST Imagine
So it will interest you to know, that the second biggest website tech platform was the idea project of three smart guys, they proceeded to launch the project with zero investors. I mean no office, no financial budget, but they were able to kick start what we all know today as #Youtube.
Yes am talking about YouTube, the second most used search engine, after the launch of YouTube and later to the post-YouTube era, these guys didn't disappear after selling YouTube, they evolved into another startup.
Then after the sale, Hurley invested in the Golden State Warriors, turning them into NBA champs. Just same way Chen backed unicorns like Slack and Airbnb. While Karin's investment included Reddit and Palantir. In all, their great legacy which is YouTube lives on and today is the second website and tech platform in the world.
YouTube today is a behemoth, with 2.6 billion active users (1/3 of the internet, with over $28.8 billion in revenue in 2021 alone, which has doubled since then. But these numbers only scratch the surface.
The coming of YouTube was not just about video sharing. Still, today was a force that reshapes our world influences elections (64% of US adults get news from YouTube, including YouTube live) #Drives social movement (#MeToo videos got 32 million views in 2027 alone) from entertainment to revolution, YouTube's impact is undeniable.
In reality, World-changing ideas often start with solving a simple problem, yes by just identifying people's problem, community, or society needs, back then the real inventors of YouTube Chad, Steve, and Jawed just wanted to share party videos. They started and wow, their creation is the number 2 open University and has shaped global politics, culture, and commerce.
The stage is set, the world is ready for you, and more important, with just a step you can move your idea into reality, you can be a great blessing to the world
These founders then sold Youtube, a video-sharing website for $1.65 billion in 2006, after running it for close to 2 years, then people thought they vanished overnight. Today, that site is worth over $455 BILLION dollars, apart from the worth, the site is the second most visited site on internet.
You may ask why they sell and work away from the most valuable website in history, their names may even sound funny to you, possibly unknown to you, but their startup shaped your life forever. And you may not have ever heard their names. Chad, Steve, and Jawed: the real founders of YouTube, before they sold it. They are 3 friends who stumbled into creating the world's 2nd largest search engine. And their journey? It's wilder than any viral video:
Yes, they started with a dinner party in 2004, frustrated they couldn't share videos easily, they had an idea, they wanted to share their fun video across the internet. To get started, they created a video dating site. "Tune in, Hook up" was its tagline, Thankfully, it bombed. But that was the start. Just as the saying goes, no startup is ever fully formed.
But their next idea changed entertainment forever, changing how we learn online. From Tune in Hookup portal to YouTube launched from a garage in February 2005. The launch was done with no fancy offices. No big investors. Just 3 smart guys with a simple mission: Then the first video upload? 18 seconds of Jawed at the zoo. "The elephants have long trunks." See it below
Not exactly viral content. But it lit a fuse, it got them started and YouTube's growth was incredible from that very day:
• 100 million daily views
• 65,000 daily uploads
It went from a garage project to a cultural phenomenon in just a year, and its next move would reshape media space forever: YouTube made billion-dollar deals with big media companies, this changed how content was shared. Everyone wanted to be part of it and mind you, YouTube was 100% free.
Old media rushed to keep up as YouTube changed everything, but this was just the start. Something even bigger was coming: In October 2006: Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion, and the founders became instant tech royalty after selling YouTube to now Google.
Most would've basked in the spotlight, building personal empires, not these guys. They saw something we didn't, yes they sold YouTube, their greatest legacy to humanity. Today, YouTube isn't just a website. It was a cultural shift, to us AfricaChoice is an open and free university.
• It launched Justin Bieber
• Spawned a $15 billion creator economy
• Revolutionized how we consume news and information
It had seemed their creation had outgrown them. So they did the unthinkable. By 2011, all 3 founders had walked away from YouTube, but you can't completely say they abandoned the Internet's most powerful platform at its peak, you may ask Why? Because true innovators don't rest on their laurels. They went and re-evolved
They build, disrupt, and then move on to the next big challenge and today after the sale, Hurley invested in the Golden State Warriors, turning them into NBA champs.
Chen backed unicorns like Slack and Airbnb. While Karin's investment included Reddit and Palantir. In all, their great legacy which is YouTube lives on and today is the second website and tech platform in the world.
Do you have a website and like to learn easy but smart ways you can earn from your website, Get the Adsense Earning Masterclass Here and watch the step-by-step videos