๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜

In 2004 Alexis had an idea but he needed a cofounder. How do you go about getting someone to join you on a crazy voyage?

This is the email he sent to Steve Huffman in 2004 which was the start of creating a $6b company.

๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:
๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 2004 ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ.

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€:
โ€‹Without Their Permissionโ€‹ - Free book by Alexis ;)โ€‹
https://lnkd.in/dBBUuHb5
The Redditsโ€‹ - Paul Graham reminisces on the early days
https://lnkd.in/dUZ8aQ8s


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