Jason Goldberg on Farcaster

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I want to try something new with the pinned cast in /success: encouraging more long form discussion. Read the question below and answer thoughtfully. Let’s spark some real conversations here! There has been a lot of FUD recently about past failure and what that means for future success. With this in mind—what is the most important failure you’ve experienced in life and how did it shape the person you are today? For me, it was losing everything to drug addiction and the criminal justice system. My career, my health, my youth. But through that struggle, I learned to be a much stronger person—much more capable to take on the challenges of life. I wouldn’t change anything as all of it helped shape the person I am today. What about you?

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14 years ago i founded Fab, which was one of the fastest growing companies ever. We provided a marketplace for independent product designers to sell directly to consumers. Our team curated. In year 1 we went from $0 to $115M in sales, 12 million users. The company's valuation went from $12M to $40M to $500M to $900M in that time. we then got CRUSHED by Amazon. Early on it took 45 days from time we feature a designer on Fab before it appeared on Amazon. By year 2.5 Amazon had every Fab product on Amazon in 48h w fast free shipping & returns We didn't make it. While some early investors made huge gains on the way up, later investors lost all their money It was the most humbling experience of my lifetime! -- more than most people will ever ever face What has helped me keep going after it is: 1. my team has never wavered. we build great products together 2. investors supported my next projects 3. i love building and am hungry and motivated to win i also now help teach HBS & Oxford classes on the experience

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Holy crap, so on top of all the shit you’re doing - you also find time to teach? Bravo man.

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Thank you for sharing such a powerful and humbling story. It's a reminder of the unpredictability of business, no matter how well things are going. Your resilience and passion to keep building despite setbacks are truly inspiring. It makes me appreciate the importance of staying adaptable and motivated through every challenge! and always rooting for you.

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Great insight here. You can have a great product market fit and be chugging along only to be blindsided by behemoth. Would you do anything differently?

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Inspired tnx for sharing ur story bro ❣️❣️

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what drives you? what is the change you seek to make in the world? how is entrepreneurship in the form of moxie today a vehicle for that to happen?

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Being a founder is one of the most grueling jobs in the world. The weight of the world is on your shoulders (customers, partners, employees, investors) Respect for the resilient ones who get back up again and build 🤜🤛

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The most beautiful part of this story is that you got back up. You maintained your determination even after being humiliated, as you say. That's what I take away from your journey.

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Ignore the haters, keep doing your thing, i knew nothing about you, and when the hater "exposed" all of your works thinking it was going to harm you, i was amazed that you built a company that had 750 EMPLOYEES!!! You built something so big that was feeding 750 families all around the world and that is amazing!!! FAILURE?!?!?! Who says is a bad thing?!?!?!?! We learn from it! I wish you success with moxie, I'm all in on it! Lets see how it goes :)

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Damn! This is inspiring!!

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Your story motivates me Sir, my situation is just like you ATM when your company was crushed by amazon but I'm also motivated just like you and I hope I'll be as successful as your 💪🏼

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