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Oculus & Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey: From Flipping iPhones On Ebay To Selling For $2Bn To Facebook

My First Million

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Oculus VR

Oculus co-founder and CEO Brendan Iribe says he turned down a billion dollar offer to buy the virtual reality company. "It was such a high level bet," Iribes said of turning down the deal. He started Oculus using his own money, despite living in a 19 foot camper trailer with no savings or credit cards. 'The real bet is do you believe in the metaverse? Do you believe that there's going to be a virtual world parallel to our own where you're working'

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