YouTube almost flopped. It launched as a dating site, pivoted to video sharing… and still, nobody cared. With just 40 videos and no traction, the founders were stuck.
So, they got scrappy. They seeded content, embedded videos on MySpace (the viral hub of its time), and kept pushing—until one video took off.
From struggling startup to a $1.65B Google acquisition, YouTube’s success seems obvious now. But in the beginning? Even the founders weren’t sure it would work.
📽️Video by: Gabe Jung
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