1998 — After a campus incident involving four shot-putters, quit the highest-paying on-campus job and launched a speed-reading seminar plastered across campus with neon flyers proclaiming “TRIPLE YOUR READING SPEED IN 3 HOURS!” Students annotated them with “bullsh*t.” Sold 32 spots at $50 each, realized the value of finding a market before designing a product, then closed the operation two months later out of boredom—services weren’t a fit, needed a shippable product
You are viewing a single comment's thread from: