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Calm founder used money he saved to buy a house to help start the app—now it’s valued at $2 billion: ‘My parents thought it was the silliest idea’

When the price of the domain, Calm.com, was $1.2 million, Calm co-founders negotiated a lower price. And one founder used his deposit on a home to pay for it.
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