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GoDaddy: Bob Parsons – Son of a poor salesman to a billionaire

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Bob Parsons grew up in a low-income section of Baltimore, Maryland. He was never good at studies and always found alternate ways to pass his exams.

He started his career as a low level worker but decided to change his fate.

He picked up programming as a hobby and later on started GoDaddy.

He faced several problems and came close to shutting it down. But he persisted. Finally he succeeded and ultimately became a billionaire.

What you could learn from this episode:

  • What made him take up odd jobs  to make money in his childhood
  • How he fell in love with Programming
  • Why he started his company while working at his job.
  • How he negotiated a better price when selling his first company.
  • How he got the idea for GoDaddy
  • How he differentiated GoDaddy from others.
  • Why he decided to go with Super Bowl Ads.
  • His biggest single piece of Advice for Entrepreneurs

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