
07/25/2025
š āThey came out of nowhere!ā
Not quite.
We love to celebrate the moment tech companies go bigā¦
But letās not forget the years of work behind the so-called āovernight success.ā
Take a look:
š Apple ā Founded in 1976.
Nearly went bankrupt in the ā90s before the iPod (2001) and iPhone (2007) changed the world.
š» Microsoft ā Started in 1975.
Didnāt ship Windows until 1985. It took decades to become a household name.
š¦ Amazon ā Launched in 1994.
Spent years as ājust an online bookstoreā before becoming the global giant we know.
š§ OpenAI ā Founded in 2015.
ChatGPT didnāt drop until 2022. That āovernightā boom came after 7 years of R&D, training, failure, and iteration.
What people call a ābreakoutā is usually the first time the world is paying attentionā Not the first time the founders showed up.
So if youāre still in the build phase...
Keep going.
Youāre not behindāyouāre just underground.
š” Success is loud. The work behind it is silent.