An Undervalued Life Skill Worth Learning from Top Thriving Companies
<p>Sounds like a scammy <em>“Meet single women nearby</em>” website scheming to steal your credit card info?</p>
<p><strong>It was the 2005 slogan of YouTube </strong>— a video-dating site that kicked off on Valentine’s Day.</p>
<p>Few tuned in. Fewer hooked up. So, for kicks and giggles, the co-founder Jawed Karim <a href="https://youtu.be/jNQXAC9IVRw" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">posted a zoo video</a> gushing over the “<em>really, really, really, long trunks</em>” of elephants.</p>
<p>This triggered a trickle, then a flurry — of funny, then funnier videos by other uploaders.</p>
<p>Google noticed and swooped up YouTube <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15196982" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">for $1.65 billion</a> — today, YouTube is a 100x behemoth with 2.1 billion<em> </em>active <em>users</em>!</p>
<p>YouTube isn’t the only company to grow exponentially after “pivoting.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theceomagazine.com/business/marketing/famous-and-successful-business-pivots/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Airbnb started</a> off leasing mattresses. Instagram was a local catchup app. Starbucks initially sold coffee beans and machines. Twitter began as a podcasting platform. Wrigley <a href="https://theamericangenius.com/entrepreneur/wrigleys-began-as-soap-know-when-to-pivot/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">pivoted <em>twice</em></a><em> — </em>from soaps to baking powder to chewing gum.</p>
<p>The $52-billion gaming colossus Nintendo? A <a href="https://www.paperflite.com/blogs/nintendo-story" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">pivot-<em>filled</em> struggle</a> — from playing cards, it experimented with taxis, hotels, TV, food, toys, and more.</p>
<p><strong>While companies that pivoted (as necessary) created history, ones that didn’t </strong><a href="https://www.valuer.ai/blog/50-examples-of-corporations-that-failed-to-innovate-and-missed-their-chance" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>became </em>history</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
<p>Recall Polaroid cameras? How about Kodak films? The sturdy Nokia 3310? Yahoo answers? The slick Blackberries we thumbed away on? Sony Walkmans?</p>
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