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94. Founder of the First Dorm Room Dot Com, Tripod's Bo Peabody
Internet History Podcast
English - January 10, 2016 23:55 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsSociety & Culture History tech interview mac iphone ipad apple david floyd katie design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There's a certain romance surrounding dorm room startups. From Microsoft, to Dell, to Facebook, there's something about the audacity of building a company before you even get your degree that catches the imagination. The title for the first of the Dot Com dorm room startup probably goes to Tripod, which was founded all the way back in 1992 by Bo Peabody. Bo recounts how Tripod stumbled upon one of the earliest antecedents for what today we would call social media, and gives us an amazing analysis about what it really takes to succeed as an entrepreneur.
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