
#6 - How This Silicon Valley Outsider Hustled His Way to $750M Exit - Meet Vungle's Jack Smith
My First Million
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The Terrible Idea and the Compelling Advice
The speaker's initial idea for an app store with videos demonstrating app functionality was deemed terrible and would not have worked./nThe speaker's success in securing investment was attributed to their hustle and determination rather than their original business idea./nA key piece of advice received was to speak to prospective customers and identify their biggest problems or challenges./nAfter speaking to app developers, the speaker discovered that their main challenge was marketing and user acquisition./nThe speaker had a limited time frame of two weeks to come up with a new business idea for the demo day presentation.
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