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James Hong: Silicon Valley Frat Boy and his Hot Startup
Alcohol induced business ideas are rarely the stuff that dreams are made of, however, in the case of James Hong and website phenomenon HOTorNOT.com, that is exactly where it all began.
In 2000, James Hong, a recent business school graduate, was sitting around, having a few beers with his brother and a buddy Jim Young […]
How Evan Williams and Blogger.com Survived the Dot-Com Crash
But what if, conversely, we had entered the market in late 2001, just after the dot com bust, lost funding, had our company depleted to a single employee, were abandoned by our coworkers, had our friends turn their backs on us, and to top it all off, and broke up with our long-time girlfriends? Would we have had the fortitude to continue with your company? Could we have emerged as one of the most influential and lasting companies of the dot-com era? Well, that’s precisely what happened to Evan Williams, founder of Blogger.com.
Why Zuckerberg and Facebook want $2 Billion Dollars and Why Some Believe They Deserve It
In July of 2005, when News Corporation acquired MySpace and its parent company Intermix media for an astounding $580 million dollars, many heads from Wallstreet to Silicon Valley turned towards MySpace’s rival social networking site Facebook in eager anticipation of its next move. Many speculated that Facebook would follow suit in a similar sale […]
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