Founders Origin Stories

What it does

How did founders come up with the idea of their super successful startups? Let's rewind. What did they study or where did they work? All very relevant questions. Let us give you the answers. Learn from their stories. All large companies start small :)

Flexiple finds talent, handles payroll and compliance, and gets your offshore India team shipping code in weeks, not months.

We find the talent, handle payroll, manage compliance, and run HR, so you can focus on the work. We're the team you'd build internally if you had 10 years of India hiring expertise, a 100M+ profile graph, a proprietary evaluation platform, and the operational infrastructure to keep your team productive long after the hire. We don't post jobs and wait. Our recruiters tap into a graph of 100M+ profiles, filtered through AI screening and expert review, to find the right people for your team. First candidates in your inbox within 48 hours. “Flexiple has been an excellent talent partner for Certify, consistently delivering high-quality candidates that exceed our expectations. Their…from flexiple.com

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  Founders at Work2015 · foundersatwork.com · ▲208

  Stories of successful founders

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  Founder Reports2024 · founderreports.com · ▲390

  In-depth interviews with founders and entrepreneurs

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  Starter Story2018 · starterstory.com · ▲205

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  Interesting Startups2023 · ▲85

  We're a free startup resource & stories website

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  Founder Story2022 · founderstory.net · ▲1

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  Startup Failures2018 · seedproof.com · ▲116

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  Life & fun · 13d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Unscreen▲955

  Remove video and GIF backgrounds 100% automatically

  Dev tools · 2020 · canva.com

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  Around▲870

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  Work · 2020 · around.co

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  Fraidycat▲807

  Life & fun · 2020 · fraidyc.at

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  MainStreet▲540

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  Commerce · 2020 · mainstreet.com

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  Control Illustrations▲540

  108 free flat illustrations with customizable characters

  Dev tools · 2020 · patterns.page

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  Life & fun · 2020 · bingetogether.com