Brian Merchant, Author of The One Device
Summary Finally! A detailed history of the development of the iPhone inside Apple. But not only that, an extensive history of all the technologies that …
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April 25, 2016 Rafat Ali of PaidContent and Skift
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April 10, 2016 Analysis Episode 5, The History And Future of Auto Tech with Mike Dushane
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March 21, 2016 Matt Kursh on Pen Computing, Sidewalk and MSN
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March 13, 2016 The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? The Gary Kildall Story
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February 28, 2016 The Founders of Suck.com, Carl Steadman and Joey Anuff
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The “First” Blogger, Justin Hall
Summary A lot of people give credit to Justin Hall for being, if not the first, then spiritually, at least, the “first” blogger. Since early …
Neil Hunt on Netflix and the Story of Netflix Streaming
Summary For several months now, I’ve been complaining on Twitter and a bunch of other places that, for as ubiquitous as Netflix streaming has become—I …
Andy Rachleff, Co-founder of Benchmark and Wealthfront
Summary Andy Rachleff was a co-founder of Benchmark, one of the most respected venture capital firms to this very day, and one of the biggest venture …
Nathan Latka of The Top Entrepreneurs Podcast
Summary Check out The Top Entrepreneurs Podcast here! Books recommended on this episode: Storming the Magic Kingdom Walt Disney Unconventional Success Say Everything The Wikipedia …
The Google Chef, Charlie Ayers
Summary The famous Google Chef, Charlie Ayers, remembers joining Google when it was about 50 employees, the company’s early growth, culture, and the unique role he played in …
If the Internet were on fire, what would you save?
Over at Kottke.org, the gentleman scholar Tim Carmody has been minding the store all week and is running an interesting experiment: .@kottke What are the best …
The Napster Story with Jordan Ritter
Summary If you know the Napster story at all, then you know about the Shawn(Sean)s. Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. But in my opinion, and …
The History of Google
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 …
Petstore.com’s Joshua Newman on the Pets Space During the Dotcom Era
Summary During the dot-com era in the late 90s, there were four different venture-backed startups (six, depending on how you count) that focused on the …