Summary: The background, root causes and rough outline of the dotcom bubble. How it happened, why it happened and why it’s unlikely to happen again …

Summary: Or, to be more strictly accurate, this episode covers the founding of AuctionWeb, the site that would become eBay. How Pierre Omidyar founded a …

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 …

  Summary: Finally, the long-promised foray into e-commerce, starting with… not the first… but practically the first… player in the space… and ironically enough, the 800 …

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  Summary: We continue our survey of early web media plays with some that have lasted the test of time and some that, while not …

Summary: We’ve been looking at how companies were feeling their way into the internet era, trying to create new industries and new mediums without precedent …

Summary: Yahoo became the web’s first truly great company, and in this episode, we examine why. Turning to advertising as a business model, Yahoo was …

  Summary: As the early web grows, the explosion of content and websites creates chaos. Early search engines are among the most popular sites on …

Summary: America Online survives the inevitable run-in with Microsoft, only to come out the other side stronger.  The company has to endure major PR fiascos …