How did GitHub go from a “weekend project” to one of the world’s most powerful software development services that Microsoft purchased for $7.5 billion?
Behind great companies, there’s usually an interesting story about a brilliant idea, lots of dedication, and a rocky road to success — and GitHub is not an exception.
GitHub is a well-known website that brings together developers from all over the globe to work together on code.
Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath showed us that curiosity and great ideas don’t always pay off.
But if you add teamwork and persistence to the mix, you might just get a winning combination.
What you could learn from this episode:
- What built Tom’s curiosity in his young age?
- How Tom made the decision whether to quit college or not
- What did he do when he failed to sell his first idea the first time?
- What personal problems they had which made them start GitHub
- When it came to take the difficult decision between a sure-fire path to lots of money and possibly no money, how did he choose?
