How did Ryan Hudson, the founder of Honey, come up with his billion-dollar idea?

Ryan Hudson, the founder of Honey, came up with his billion-dollar idea after experiencing several startup failures. The idea struck him while he was ordering a pizza and wished he had a coupon. This led him to create Honey, a web browser extension that finds coupons for online shoppers.

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There are plenty of instances where some billion-dollar ideas were not immediately apparent to VCs. One example is Honey, the web browser extension that finds coupons. The company's founder, Ryan Hudson, came up with the idea after several back-to-back startup failures. He was in the middle of a pizza order and wished he had a coupon.

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