Screenshot The people who saw Rony Abovitz’s TEDxTalk in December 2012 never would have guessed that, less than two years later, Abovitz would collect more than $500 million from some of the most respected investors in Silicon Valley. When Abovitz first told his younger sister, Mindy, what he planned to do onstage that day in Sarasota, Florida, she didn’t believe him. TED, a global conference organization, hosts panels for people to share “Ideas Worth Spreading," and what he wanted to do sounded too wild. “No," she needled him. "You’re not doing that." But Abovitz, the founder and CEO of , has never subscribed to conventional ideas about what is or isn't possible, nor what should or...
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