Dalton: In the pursuit of building the world's best search engine, the logo styling was essential. He says Facebook and Uber were also big in terms of going viral. "I think just trying to not make any money directly from users, and build up as big of a user base you can," he said.
When it comes to building a startup you’re never doing it entirely from scratch. Inspiration and ideas can come from a variety of places, including other successful startups. But there’s a thin line between borrowing smart ideas and copying them blindly - otherwise known as Cargo Culting.
In this episode Dalton and Michael break down the problem with Cargo Culting and offer advice on the right way to draw inspiration from other successful companies.
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