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How Did the Idea of Scribd Emerge
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Answer
YouTube was a hot startup at the time, and everyone wanted to be the "YouTube of X," much like in the 2010s everyone wants to be "Uber for Y."
Seeing that viewing documents in the browser was a huge pain, Tikhon and co started Scribd, a "YouTube for documents."
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