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Name: like #notion check this out #expertise
Uploaded: 2023-12-14T12:00:03+00:00
Duration: 1 min
Channel: Scott Duffy
Description: A YouTube video (uploaded Dec 14, 2023 by Scott Duffy) that tells the origin story of Notion: college founders (Even Zhao and Simon Last) independently…

14 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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A YouTube video (uploaded Dec 14, 2023 by Scott Duffy) that tells the origin story of Notion: college founders (Even Zhao and Simon Last) independently built similar plug-and-play website builders, merged their projects into Notion, encountered severe technical issues from an outdated tech stack, then rebuilt the product after relocating to Japan and working intensely for 12 months; they released Notion 2 in March 2016. The video emphasizes the founders’ sacrifices, iterative releases, and eventual success (Notion becoming a $10 billion company).

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These college students combined their startup ideas and built a $10 billion company. College students Even Zhao and Simon Last were studying in separate universities but working on the exact same startup idea. They were both developing a plug and play platform that would enable non technical people to build websites. After running into each other the two decided to merge their two projects into one. They named it Notion. Unfortunately they made the grave mistake of building Notion on an outdated tech stack. So after several months of the platform constantly crashing on users, Zhao and Last made a pivotal decision. They fired their entire team, packed their bags and moved 6,000 miles to Japan away from any distractions. They spent the next 12 months coding 18 hours a day to rebuild the entire Notion app from scratch. With a few hours of sleep each night and only taking breaks to eat ramen, they released multiple versions of the app one after the other. Finally In March of 2016, Zaouin last launched Notion 2.