The Birth of Amazon’s 3rd Party Platform with John Rossman
Summary John Rossman helped transform Amazon.com’s business. After the dotcom bubble burst, Amazon delved into a new business line that allowed third parties to do …
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Founder of Friendster and Nuzzel, Jonathan Abrams
Summary Jonathan Abrams was the founder of the first modern social networking site, Friendster. This is essentially the story of the birth of social media… the …
Director of the Documentary Silicon Cowboys, Jason Cohen
Summary If you’ll remember a few years ago I spoke with Rod Canion about how Compaq created the industry standard computer platform that finally supplanted …
Mike Slade on 80s Microsoft, NeXT, Starwave and Steve Jobs’ Return to Apple
Summary I originally wanted to talk to Mike Slade about Starwave, the innovative company that launched some major names onto the web, including ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, …