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So, you’re starting a new business, you’re taking some kind of personal or financial risk in doing so, and you’re wondering if it will be worth it in the end?

Roulette Online share some of the riskiest business gambles of all time to inspire (or scare) you in this info-graphic.

Here are some of the entrepreneurs they feature:

Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google)

Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski (Dropbox)

Roy Wayne (Apple)

John Antioco (Blockbuster Video)

Check out the info-graphic for more.

This article was originally published in 10 April 2018. It was most recently updated in November 28, 2022 by

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