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Blockbuster could have bought Netflix for $50 million. Here’s the story that changed it all 🧵👇
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Would you have sold Netflix for $50 million in 2000? 👀
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Netflix kept growing. Today it has more than 325 million paying members worldwide. And Blockbuster? Its story ended very differently 👇
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Blockbuster once had about 9,000 stores. Today, just one is left. And the company it laughed at is now worth almost $300 billion. Bookmark this for the next time someone doubts your business idea 👇
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Her brand got sued in week one. Then sold for $1 billion. This is Hailey Bieber’s Rhode story 🧵
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How did you choose your business name? Tell us the story behind it 👇
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In 2024, the lawsuit was finally settled. Rhode still only sold on its own website, with just 10 products. In one year, it made $212 million. Then a beauty giant came knocking👇
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In May 2025, e.l.f. Beauty bought Rhode for up to $1 billion. Hailey stayed on to lead the brand. Not bad for a name she was told she couldn’t have. Bookmark this for the next time someone doubts your business idea 💙
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Facebook rejected him for a job. 5 years later, they paid $19 billion for his app 🧵
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What’s the best thing that’s ever come out of a rejection for you?
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By 2014, it had 450 million users. Facebook bought it for $19 billion. The man they rejected was about to get very rich 👇
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In 2009, Facebook could have hired him for a salary. In 2014, it cost them $19 billion. Follow for more founder stories 🎉
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