Summary: The history of Craig Newmark, craigslist and other odds and ends that didn’t make the book! Listen: Listen Right Here On Web Listen on …

When Larry and Sergey first met, they didn’t like each other much. In the summer of 1995, Larry Page was considering a transfer to Stanford …

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: Part 2 of eBay’s founding story. How, why and when eBay became the undisputed king of the online auction space. Listen: Listen Right Here …

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 …

Summary: Jane Slade joined Amazon.com’s nascent customer service team when it was a couple of people, some computers, and one phone line. Over the coming …

This is the transcript of a podcast episode. To listen to the episode in its entirety, click here: “Without porn and Star Trek, there would …

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