{"id":5317,"date":"2022-02-22T01:11:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/?p=5317"},"modified":"2022-02-22T01:11:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:11:44","slug":"9-rejections-for-zooms-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/9-rejections-for-zooms-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Rejections for Zoom\u2019s CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you think of anyone in your social circle who\u2019s never been on a Zoom call before?<\/p>\n

I know I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

May it be for online classes or remote work collaboration\u2026<\/p>\n

Zoom has found its way into the average person\u2019s daily life, especially now.<\/p>\n

But did you know that the founder of Zoom almost never made it to Silicon Valley<\/p>\n

Image<\/p>\n

You see, Eric Yuan was a freshman in a university in China when he first envisioned Zoom.<\/p>\n

He had to take ten-hour train rides to visit his then-girlfriend who studied in a school halfway across the country.<\/p>\n

\u2026and he hated it!<\/p>\n

Eric then started dreaming about a way to meet his girlfriend without the long-distance travel.<\/p>\n

So, when he graduated college in the mid-\u201990s\u2026<\/p>\n

He decided to come to the U.S. to make his dream a reality.<\/p>\n

At that time, the Internet hadn’t taken off in China yet. But it was already making waves in the U.S.<\/p>\n

And Eric knew he had to make it to Silicon Valley to get investors for his dream venture.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing\u2026<\/p>\n

When he first applied for a U.S. visa, his application was rejected!<\/p>\n

And when he reapplied, he was once again refused entry to the U.S.<\/p>\n

But Eric wasn\u2019t fazed.<\/p>\n

He continued to apply again and again over the course of two years\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026and finally obtained his visa on his ninth try.<\/p>\n

He was then able to connect with engineers and investors that helped him build the company we rely on so much today.<\/p>\n

The power of persistance! <\/p>\n

Now, I am not saying to bang your head against the wall.<\/p>\n

If the market is telling you something is not working, sometimes trying something new can be the best option. <\/p>\n

However, what I am saying is even if you \u201ccourse correct\u201d on the way, keep moving in the direction of your dreams. <\/p>\n

I tried a few different things before I found the online business that really took off for me. <\/p>\n

Success doesn\u2019t happen in a straight line. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s more like this. <\/p>\n

Image<\/p>\n

So wherever you are right now is perfect.<\/p>\n

Just keep going and testing stuff in the real world – so you get meaningful data. <\/p>\n

And, before you know it, you\u2019ll be much closer to your success destination than you ever thought possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can you think of anyone in your social circle who\u2019s never been on a Zoom call before? I know I can\u2019t. May it be for online classes or remote work collaboration\u2026 Zoom has found its way into the average person\u2019s daily life, especially now. But did you know that the founder of Zoom almost never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5319,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5317\/revisions\/5319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lowhangingecom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}