Here's Charles.
He said in an interview with the New York Times on Monday “he only had $1,700 in his bank account the day before the acquisition.”A month ago he was set to close his business. This week, he sold Omg for $180 million. That's why he's smiling...

So what happened?
After 35 attempts at making games, the Omgpop team finally hit the jackpot at the beginning of February. The game, called “Draw Something” let user and their Facebook friends guess word by sending pictures drawn over mobile platform , iPhone and Android. Since it launched on Feb 6th, with 35 million downloads. It caught the attention of Zynga, the game company behind Farmville and other Facebook game hits. Zynga bought Omgpop from Charles for $180 million.



Perseverance or a Lucky strike ?
Is it worth the six years of trying and failing to reach the runaway success? Do you have the perseverance to continue to create a success after 35 failures? Although there is no insurance in life to guarantee that all hard work will result in good yield, but as long as there determination, success will come. This is another example of hyper-growth that comes from getting your surf board back out there again and again to make a story for yourself.