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Carl Pei

08/14/24

@ Y Combinator

I was a big gadget fan when I was a kid, and I was probably one of the first people in Sweden to have the iPod and the iPhone, which I had to jailbreak to use.

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How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years

@ Y Combinator

08/14/24

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Ben Silbermann

11/09/16

@ Y Combinator

I then partnered with a friend to build products for the iPhone, inspired by the potential of the new technology.

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Mark Zuckerberg

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

I built a lot of stuff for myself throughout my childhood, including games and a music player, which laid the foundation for my later projects.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Apple was a pioneer in merging technology and design, especially with the iPod, setting a standard for consumer electronics that we aimed to follow.

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Sam Altman

02/24/18

@ Y Combinator

When the iPhone was released, even in developing countries, people loved it and used it daily, indicating a strong market potential.

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Michael Skok

06/12/13

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

The iPad was initially dismissed by many as just a larger iPod, yet it became a revolutionary device that changed the consumer electronics landscape.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

During my childhood, I didn't engage in much entrepreneurial activity, but I learned to use a computer early on and made money fixing computers for friends and family.

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Vlad Tenev

05/21/25

@ Jay Shetty Podcast

My first investment was in 3Com, the company behind the Palm Pilot, which I believed was a promising technology because it was being used by my parents at the World Bank.

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Sam Altman

11/09/24

@ Y Combinator

The transition from dumb cell phones to smartphones was a significant platform shift, and being part of that change was a valuable experience.

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Steve Jobs

03/08/08

@ Stanford

I was lucky to find what I loved to do early in life when Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage at the age of 20.