Chapter 7, Part 2 – Amazon’s Dominance of eCommerce
Summary: It’s part two of our Amazon founding story. How did Amazon come to completely dominate e-commerce? How did Jeff Bezos’ “Get Big Fast” strategy …
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January 19, 2015 Chapter 7, Supplemental 1 – Amazon Director, Customer Service Strategy, Jane Slade
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January 12, 2015 Analysis Episode 3 – Amazon and Ecommerce With Christina Warren
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January 4, 2015 Chapter 6 – A History of Internet Porn
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December 15, 2014 Chapter 4, Supplemental 8 – Excite Co-Founder Ryan McIntyre
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December 8, 2014 The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, Co-Founder of Akamai Technologies
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Early eBay Executive (and California Gubernatorial Candidate?) Steve Westly
Summary: If you are a Californian, then you might know Steve Westly’s name very well. After all, in the mid 2000s, Westly was elected Controller …
Early Amazon Engineer and Co-Developer of the Recommendation Engine, Greg Linden
Summary: As you know, we’ve been trying to cover from every angle, the innovations that ecommerce sites in general, and Amazon.com specifically, brought to the …
What Was The First Item Ever Ordered On Amazon?
John Wainwright Was Amazon’s First Ever Customer Amazon.com was actually founded all the way back in the summer of 1994. But unlike other dotcom-era startups …
Chapter 8, Supplemental 1 – Robert Levitan of iVillage and Flooz
Summary: Robert Levitan has been involved in many pioneering tech companies. The two that I wanted to focus on were iVillage, one of the early …
Chapter 4, Supplemental 10 – Infoseek Founder (and inventor of the optical mouse) Steve Kirsch
Summary: Steve Kirsch is one of the most fascinating entrepreneurs we’ve been lucky enough to speak to on this show. Going back to the 1980s, …
W. Joseph Campbell and the Watershed Year that Was 1995
Summary: W. Joseph Campbell is a Professor in the School of Communication at American University. He is the author of six nonfiction books, including Getting …
Chapter 7, Supplemental 5 – CDNow CEO Mike Krupit
Summary: Michael Krupit first joined CDNow as the Chief Technology officer. He soon took over COO duties, and eventually rose to become CEO of the entire …
On the 20th Anniversary – The History of Yahoo’s Founding
Yahoo was officially incorporated on March 2nd, 1995. This is a partial transcript of several episodes of the Internet History Podcast, including an oral history …
Chapter 7, Supplemental 4 – Gary Kremen, Founder of Match.com
Summary: Gary Kremen is another early internet legend. Kremen was one of the first people to recognize the opportunity that the Internet presented in terms …