fikrikarim/companies-with-successful-pivot

Add new company: Upstart

darrellsilver opened this issue · 1 comments

Company Name?

Upstart

What's the company main business today?

Direct to consumer lending

What did the company do in the early days?

Allow people to sell their future earnings for cash today, usually to repay student debt.

What caused the company to pivot?

Everyone believes they'll make a million dollars a year someday.

Source?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstart_(company)

Hey thanks for adding the summary! I changed the description a bit and make this link as the source: https://review.firstround.com/fresh-off-ipo-upstarts-ceo-shares-why-the-startup-isnt-a-typical-success-story

Let me know if you think there could be a better wording or source. Thanks!