Facebook. Tick Tock. iPhones and apps (man did I miss the boat 😂).
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Uber
Bottled water, yes I’m old
Sponge Daddy
People streaming themselves playing games.
At first I thought why would anyone want to watch someone else play games that they could play themselves? What about the spoilers?
Yeah, that was way off base
Ringtones. Twitch tv
Not a business but I remember working at Travelocity when developers were working on a mobile app and I just said nobody will ever book hotels with their phones. Got that one wrong.
Smash my trash. Why pay someone half of what it cost to empty your dumpster to come and compact the trash to give you a tiny bit of room? Well they target large corporations and sell it as being green. It’s bogus but hey they seem to be doing well.
Wait describe this again what do they do lmao
I still don't understand how Papa Murphys is successful. Their pizza isn't anything special, and you have to bake it yourself... does not compute.
Trash bin cleaning service
Bottled Water
I remember hearing about the iPhone for the first time is 2nd grade and thinking “that ain’t gonna work”
Approx 1978: bottled water. Sheesh, you can get it out of a hose!
Uber
Crocs were used in Idiocracy for the idiots so….
Not a business but a new concept. I was I college and was I introduced to electronic mail (email). At the time we had to hoof it to a computer lab, then log into a green screen and use a text based UI.
I thought, this is the stupidest thing ever…. Obviously I am not a visionary.
Uber and now I use it religiously on weekends
Trunki, those suitcases that kids can sit on and ride about
A TV show about a sponge who cooks burger patties.
Bottled water.
Not super successful but had relative success in transcription (before AI stuff happened😅). I thought no one would avail my service coz the mmarjet