The Bold Founders Who Stepped Away from Their Own Creations

Discover the tales of tech titans and retail moguls like Jobs, Altman, and the Bansals, as they made the tough call to part ways with their own creations.

Sam Altman, OpenAI

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Steve Jobs, Apple

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Jack Dorsey, Twitter

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Noah Glass, Twitter

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Travis Kalanick, Uber

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Andrew Mason, Groupon

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Jerry Yang, Yahoo

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David Neeleman, JetBlue

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Rob Kalin, Etsy

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Dov Charney, American Apparel

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Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, Blackberry

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Mark Pincus, Zynga

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Sean Rad, Tinder

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Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal, Flipkart

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