{"id":10165,"date":"2017-10-11T15:31:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T10:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ishwark6.sg-host.com\/?p=10165"},"modified":"2017-10-12T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T05:20:56","slug":"top-ten-consequential-business-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/startup-buzz.com\/?p=10165","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Top Ten Consequential Business Gamble?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who wants to do business or begin a startup, must know that it is it most suited for the person who risks to challenge himself or herself. If you are someone who lacks courage or always cautious about everything then it\u2019s no game for you. In order to run business or invest in one, you have to takes risks sometimes big and sometimes small. You will never know which bets gets you somewhere. It could be the worst decision or the best decision you ever made.<\/p>\n

Just missed by luck!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Roy Wayne<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 He was Apple<\/a> co-founder along with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs but he quit after 12 days. He contributed the company\u2019s logo and writing the Apple manual. He sold his shares for $800 which is now worth for $833.82 billion.<\/li>\n
  2. Steve Case & Gerald Levin<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 The founders of internet company AOL Time Warner merged the internet company and later it bloomed into one of the biggest profit business.<\/li>\n
  3. John Antioco<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 He was given opportunity to buy today\u2019s famous online streaming service \u201cNetflix\u201d but he refused to invest and mocked executives out of his Texas office. If he had invested $50 million now he would have subjected to worth $72.36 billion.<\/li>\n
  4. Jerry Yang<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 In 2008, Microsoft<\/a> offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. He thought it was very less value for the company however after eight years, the company was sold at $4.6 billion.<\/li>\n
  5. William Orton<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 When Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, he offered opportunity to Western Union for $100,000 but they refused. Later Bell started his own company which was an immediate success.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Won by chance!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Drew Houston & Arash Ferdowsi<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 In the year 2009, Steve Jobs offered $800 million to buy Dropbox<\/a> but they declined and now the company is valued $3.5 billion.<\/li>\n
    2. George Lucas<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 George Lucas negotiated to reduce his payment from $500,000 to $150,000 and wanted merchandising and franchise rights. He has gained $3.5 billion because of his gamble.<\/li>\n
    3. Mark Zuckerberg<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The Facebook founder was offered $10 million from social gaming site, Friendster. Again he was offered $75 million from MySpace but he turned that down. Due to this reason his net worth is $69.8 billion.<\/li>\n
    4. Howard Schultz<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Schultz was inspired by idea to having coffee outlets on every corner. He raised $400,000 to start his first shop known as \u2018II Gionale\u2019 and later he bought the name rights too.<\/li>\n
    5. Larry Page & Sergey Brin<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 The Google<\/a> founders wanted to sell the tech giant company for $1 million for George Bell but they were rejected. The price was bought down by $750,000 but Bell again turned down. Now the company\u2019s valuation is $64 229 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The infographic states everything you want to know.<\/p>\n

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      What Are The Top Ten Consequential Business Gamble?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      See infographic here<\/a>(via www.rouletteonline.net).<\/span><\/p>\n

      What are your thoughts on these bets? Do share your thoughts in our comment section below.<\/p>\n

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