![]() She then started stitching and thus, the foundation of modern bra was laid. She then called her maid and asked her to get her a pair of silk handkerchiefs, a cord, some pink ribbon, a needle, and thread. She felt this spoiled the gown’s fitting. It was when Crosby was 19 years old, and her new gown slipped from her shoulders only for her to notice how shabby the standard corset looked inside the gown. Caresse Crosby, creator of the modern braĬaresse Crosby’s invention of bra has an interesting story. Well, the rest is the history as the idea of cream-coloured pants hiding your curves made Sara Blakely a billionaire. It is when she saw that there could be a footless pantyhose, she then went ahead and discussed the idea with undergarment industry experts. Sara Blakely, founder of Spanxīlakely’s 'Aha' moment was when she cut the feet of the pantyhose and wore it under her white pants. The name IKEA is the acronym of his name (Ingvar Kamprad) plus those of Elmtaryd, the family farm where he was born, and the nearby village Agunnaryd. The Swedish business magnate then founded IKEA in 1943. The idea of flat-pack furniture came to Ingvar Kamprad when he saw a person taking out the legs off a table to squeeze it into a customer’s car. This was the moment when Nick Woodman thought of making GoPro. When he went for surfing, he was disappointed that he couldn’t take his own pictures. It took a day of surfing for Nick Woodman to realise that there should be a camera designed just for adventure junkies. Chesky was so broke that he couldn’t afford his rent so he had no way but this to earn quick money. The idea of making money by renting their room to travellers dawned upon Brian Chesky when he earned cash by turning his living room into a bed and breakfast for travellers. Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnbįor people who travel, Airbnb is like a blessing. He realised that the next big thing is going to be apps, so why not create an instant messaging service that would even work across the globe. In 2009, he bought an iPhone and explored the App store. It was after he was rejected by Facebook, he thought of going the 'start-up' way. Being immigrants, Koum and his mother were low on funds, and since international calls were expensive, Jan Koum always had this idea of creating a way to make communication free of cost. The Ukranian computer programmer thought of the idea for WhatsApp when he didn’t have any money to call his family back in Ukraine. Jan Koum’s AHA moment gave birth to the most amazing app that the entire world uses today. Here are nine founders and their Aha moments, which inspired them to come up with a kickass idea. ![]() All it takes is a click, a spark and a great presence of mind to give birth to an idea that would change the world. Aha moments are always interesting to know as they laid foundation of new ideas and inventions. For Archimedes, it was in a bath and for Newton, in a park. An 'Aha' moment is when you suddenly get an idea out of nowhere. ![]()
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