--- title: $1.3B brand founder: I begged 100 rivals for one chip description: A founder of a $1.3B brand recounts a near-death supply chain crisis where a shortage of IC chips — the component connecting the display to the motherboard —... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/1-3b-brand-founder-i-begged-100-rivals-for-one-chip-hgvksuudi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: $1.3B brand founder: I begged 100 rivals for one chip | daily.dev og:description: A founder of a $1.3B brand recounts a near-death supply chain crisis where a shortage of IC chips — the component connecting the display to the motherboard —... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/1-3b-brand-founder-i-begged-100-rivals-for-one-chip-hgvksuudi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hGVkSuUdI.png og:image:alt: $1.3B brand founder: I begged 100 rivals for one chip og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # $1.3B brand founder: I begged 100 rivals for one chip **[EO](https://daily.dev/sources/entreprenueropp)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A founder of a $1.3B brand recounts a near-death supply chain crisis where a shortage of IC chips — the component connecting the display to the motherboard — nearly halted manufacturing. Despite having paid out significant cash to prepare for production, the team had to approach 50–100 competitors begging for chips before finally securing enough supply. The key takeaway is persistence through critical obstacles. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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