How Focus Helped The Founder Of Divvyshot – with Sam Odio
Because he walked away from two previous opportunities, Sam Odio committed to sticking with Divvyshot, the photo sharing startup he launched and eventually sold to Facebook. Those experiences, he said, “really taught me a lesson about believing in myself, believing in the ideas, and giving a business at least two years of hard work before I decide to move on to anything else.”
He didn’t realize how big an idea he had with Bluwiki, until he saw a competing wiki company build a big user-base. He walked away from an online business selling Iraqi Dinars and didn’t realize how big an opportunity it was until he came back to it and realized over a million dollars in revenue from it.
So with Divviyshot, the man was determined to leave his mark. This is the story of how he’s doing it.
Sam Odio is a product manager at Facebook. Previously, he founded Divvyshot, a photo sharing site which he sold to Facebook. Before that, he was CEO of OdioWorks, which launched several projects including a currency exchange business and a free wiki host.
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