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In this episode of the Web Masters podcast, we sit down with Daniel Ha, co-founder of Disqus, the popular online commenting platform. Daniel shares his insights and experiences in building a successful tech company, providing valuable lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs and webmasters alike. Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of online engagement and discover the story behind Disqus.Key Points: Introduction to Disqus (02:30 - 07:45): Daniel introduces Disqus, explaining its purpose as a commenting system for websites and blogs. He shares the inspiration behind creating Disqus and how it aimed to solve the challenges of user engagement on the internet. The evolution of Disqus from a simple project to a widely adopted platform. Navigating Challenges and Finding Success (07:45 - 16:15): Daniel discusses the initial challenges of building and scaling Disqus, including user acquisition and monetization strategies. The importance of building a strong community around the product and leveraging user feedback for continuous improvement. How Disqus differentiated itself from competitors and gained traction in the market. The significance of providing value to both publishers and commenters in fostering a thriving ecosystem. Lessons from Building a Tech Company (16:15 - 26:50): Daniel reflects on the lessons learned throughout his journey as an entrepreneur. The importance of staying focused on solving a specific problem and delivering a superior user experience. The value of building a team of talented individuals who share the same vision and passion. Overcoming the challenges of fundraising and securing investment for startup growth. The role of persistence, adaptability, and continuous learning in entrepreneurial success. The Future of Online Engagement (26:50 - 34:40): Daniel shares his insights on the evolving landscape of online engagement and the impact of social media. The challenges of combating spam and maintaining quality discussions in online comment sections. The rise of alternative forms of engagement, such as video and audio comments. The importance of privacy and data security in an era of increasing concerns. Closing Thoughts and Advice (34:40 - 38:15): Daniel offers final words of wisdom for aspiring entrepreneurs and webmasters. The significance of staying true to your vision and persevering through challenges. Embracing continuous improvement and seeking feedback from users. The excitement and opportunities that lie ahead in the tech industry. Conclusion:In this engaging episode, Daniel Ha, the founder of Disqus, takes us on a journey through the challenges and triumphs of building a successful online commenting platform. His insights shed light on the world of online engagement, providing valuable lessons for entrepreneurs and webmasters. Whether you're interested in the tech industry or seeking inspiration for your own startup, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge and experience from a seasoned entrepreneur. Tune in and discover the power of online engagement with Daniel Ha.You can also find a complete transcript of the episode here.
Cet épisode a été enregistré le 6 mars 2021. Mon invité Dominique a un Master en Commerce & Échanges internationaux. Elle s'est ensuite spécialisée en Webmarketing.Dominique est Aujourd'hui Consultante en publicité et stratégie digitales et créatrice de contenus mode et lifestyle via son compte Instagram Pomelowkiwie.Elle se définit comme une "Blédarde assumée"Dominique a accepté de partager au micro des enfants du bruit et de l'odeur :Son enfance au Cameroun suivi du départ pour l'Espagne.Sa construction identitaire en tant que personne racisée dans le contexte européen.Et de la fuite des cerveaux d'étudiants Africains vers l'Occident. Alors prenez place et bonne écoute ! CREDITS :Création originale : Ulriche Ale etPrisca RATOVONASYProduction : Prisca RATOVONASYEnregistrement : Prisca RATOVONASYRéalisation, montage et mixage :Prisca RATOVONASYVoix off : Ulriche Alé et PriscaRATOVONASYIdentité graphique : www.instagram.com/lareveuz_illustrations/Générique : Malika C. UNG & Prisca RATOVONASY ; KingdomCome de Theevs Licence : 903434Twitter: twitter.com/EnfantsduBruitInstagram: www.instagram.com/lesenfantsdubruietdelodeur/Facebook: www.facebook.com/lesenfantsdubrui…117420343385484/Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmD_yaD3iQLMAikWJmofDQ Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur Dominique:Instagram :https://instagram.com/pomelokiwie?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Twitter : https://twitter.com/LateritProd Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
On this episode of Web Masters, we sit down with Jed Carlson, co-founder of ReverbNation, the premier online platform for independent musicians and bands to showcase their talent and connect with fans. From his early days at IBM and Cisco to his journey as an entrepreneur, Jed shares his insights on building a successful tech startup, the challenges of scaling a platform, and the importance of creating value for both artists and fans.We delve into the origins of ReverbNation and how the company has grown to become a global leader in the music industry, with over 4 million artists, bands, and labels using the platform to share their music with fans around the world. Jed also shares his thoughts on the changing landscape of digital media, the impact of social media on music promotion, and the future of the music industry.Whether you're a music enthusiast, a tech entrepreneur, or simply curious about the intersection of music and technology, this episode offers a fascinating look into the world of ReverbNation and the innovative strategies that have made it a success.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
If you've ever had to buy textbooks for school, you know how shockingly expensive they are. You also probably know about Chegg, the company that first made online textbook rentals easy and cheap.At first glance, textbook rentals might not seem like big business, but lots of people need textbooks. Plus, some legal hurdles for Amazon -- the obvious competitor -- left an opening that Osman Rashid, founder of Chegg, was able to squeeze through. The result was a company that's been helping college kids everywhere save money on textbooks and lots of other things.On this episode of Web Masters, Osman shares the story of how he and his cofounders built Chegg into one of the most valuable education service providers on the Web.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
If you want to fly across the world tomorrow, you can make your plans within minutes while sitting on your couch. But booking travel used to be much more complicated. It required calling (or visiting) travel agents who would manage all of your reservations for you, and then you'd have to wait from them to send your tickets and itineraries. The process could take hours, and ensuring you'd found the best prices was near impossible.That all changed when American Airlines began making their travel booking software available online. The man who led those efforts was Terry Jones. Terry Jones was a former travel agent turned tech ops manager who oversaw American's initiative to launch the website that ultimately became Travelocity, and it forever changed how people traveled.If that weren't enough, Terry also went on to help found Kayak, the travel comparison engine that made finding the best and cheapest flights as easy as booking online.In this episode of Web Masters, Terry talks about how he helped build both revolutionary pieces of travel software. For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
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Listen to Bill as he interviews Amir, a Social Media marketing guru with over 25 years of experience assisting agencies and brands develop leads, expand their reach and create unbreakable credibility! Watt Media, Inc. was founded in 1998 and has emerged as a leading Web Marketing firm serving businesses of all sizes in South Florida and beyond. Our expertise in designing and marketing attractive websites, managing social media campaigns, and creating a web presence for our clients has helped us build a reputation as a trusted company which consistently provides results. Amir served on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Coral Springs for 6 years and chaired the Technology Committee. He was nominated for the Small Business Leader of the Year Award twice and is a graduate of Leadership Coral Springs. He is Past President of Temple Beth Torah Sha'aray Tzedek, and served on its Board of Directors for 14 years. Amir currently serves on the Web Development Advisory Committee at Atlantic Technical College and collaborates with students regularly. Amir contributes to the Watt Media blog, and was a contributing author to The Young Adult's Guide to Robert's Rules of Order: How to Run Meetings for Your Club or Organization (Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., November 30, 2016). He has also lectured about web marketing throughout Florida. Amir hosts the Business Marketing Today podcast, which is available on Spotify, Google, and Apple podcast platforms.
Chances are, before you take a vacation, you do lots of research figuring out where to go and what to do when you get there. Today, that's as easy as a Google search, but that wasn't always the case. In the early days of the Web, vacation research required hours of tedious detective work as you pieced together little bits of information about the places you wanted to visit from questionable sources.That all began to change when Steve Kaufer launched TripAdvisor. His travel review website completely revolutionized the travel industry and changed the way people took vacations.On this episode of Web Masters, Steve shares the story of not just building TripAdvisor, but running it for two decades through both an acquisition and going public.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Qui dit 2023 dit nouvelles résolutions et dit surout... Nouveau départ.Dans cet épisode, je te partage les changements à venir sur le podcast en 2023. Un nouveau départ qui n'est pas anodin et qui va changer beaucoup de choses (notamment pour ceux qui écoutent)Vous pouvez retrouver le podcast sur YouTube ou toutes les plateformes de podcast.Lien du podcast sur spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4CZI34WKHVrrOUBFQTviwx?si=457706e431ba4a0fLien du podcast sur Apple Podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/l%C3%A9cole-des-cr%C3%A9ateurs/id1433905570
Da Gennaio 2023 questo podcast cambia casa. Trovi tutte le info su www.patreon.com/alessandromazzu. Non un semplice cambio casa ma ci saranno anche tantissime altre novità.
Da Gennaio 2023 questo podcast cambia casa. Trovi tutte le info su www.patreon.com/alessandromazzu. Non un semplice cambio casa ma ci saranno anche tantissime altre novità.
What would the Internet be without pictures and videos of cats doing ridiculous things? Luckily, we'll never have to find out, and it's thanks, in part, to Ben Huh.In the early 2000s, Ben bought a popular cat meme website called I Can Haz Cheezburger and he turned it into the Cheezburger Network, one of the Internet's most popular user-submitted content websites. In its heyday, the site was so popular it produced everything from coffee table books to reality television shows.As social media matured, user-submitted content websites waned in popularity, and along with it, so did Cheezburger Network, but not before Ben's sites forever flooded the Internet with thousands of memes that we might never escape.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Aujourd'hui on va parler des 8 choses qu'on ne vous dit pas sur l'entrepreneuriat !Pourquoi ? parce que ça ferait beaucoup moins vendre !Cet épisode est placé sous le signe de l'honnêteté, je vais vous dire des choses dont on ne parle jamais et qui pourtant sont belles et bien vraies !Vous pouvez retrouver le podcast sur YouTube ou toutes les plateformes de podcast.Lien du podcast sur spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4CZI34WKHVrrOUBFQTviwx?si=457706e431ba4a0fLien du podcast sur Apple Podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/l%C3%A9cole-des-cr%C3%A9ateurs/id1433905570
Da Gennaio 2023 questo podcast cambia casa. Trovi tutte le info su www.patreon.com/alessandromazzu. Non un semplice cambio casa ma ci saranno anche tantissime altre novità.
Dans cet épisode je parle d'un sujet qui me semble plus qu'important : les relations dans l'entrepreneuriat.Doit-on côtoyer uniquement des personnes riches pour réussir sur internet ? Ou peut-on s'entourer de personnes moins fortunés et tout de même réussir ?Une question à laquelle personne n'a vraiment répondu et que j'aimerais traiter avec vous dans cet épisode.
Da Gennaio 2023 questo podcast cambia casa. Trovi tutte le info su www.patreon.com/alessandromazzu. Non un semplice cambio casa ma ci saranno anche tantissime altre novità.
Dans ce nouvel épisode de podcast on parle de la peur du regard des autres.Comment elle est née, pourquoi elle impacte tant notre vie (et à quel point elle la détruit) mais surtout, comment mettre fin à cette peur pour ENFIN vivre sa vie.Vous pouvez retrouver le podcast sur Youtube ou toutes les plateformes de podcast.Lien du podcast sur spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4CZI34WKHVrrOUBFQTviwx?si=457706e431ba4a0fLien du podcast sur Apple Podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/l%C3%A9cole-des-cr%C3%A9ateurs/id1433905570
For almost as long as people have been communicating on the Web they've been using it to talk about stocks. At the heart of those conversations since the very beginning were the Gardner brothers, David and Tom. Together they launched The Motley Fool.The Motley Fool began as a small financial newsletter for friends and family, it evolved into one of the most popular forums on AOL, and it's since become one of the most reputable sites for financial advice anywhere on the Web. During the journey it's survived three enormous market crashes and a host of other problems that would kill most startups. But somehow, those problems have only made The Fool stronger and even more popular.On this episode of Web Masters, join one of the Fool brothers -- David Gardner -- as he shares the story of how he and his sibling have made themselves prominent leaders of financial conversations for three decades.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Business marketing has changed. The days of gorilla marketing are gone, and in their place, a new breed of web marketing strategies is emerging. If you want to stay ahead of the competition, you need to embrace these new strategies. In this podcast, I'll introduce you to Serebro Web, the website builder that can help you build a reputation management system for your business. Don't miss out on this powerful tool!Business Marketing Website: https://www.SerebroWeb.comShare Your Story Publish With US!: https://signup.serebro.tv/freeCheck Out Some Luxury Apparel: https://zenithcores.com/"Get free Stocks" Don't miss the chance to get free stocks! Through Webull:https://a.webull.com/FvOaoOq6E8lgETccfqThis episode is sponsored byPetForria Inc: The easiest way to ensure proper pet care for your furry loved ones. https://www.PetForria.com--- This episode is also sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/grandrisingshow/message
Is it possible to start a wildly successful company by luck? It is according to Craig Newmark.As you can probably guess by the name, Craig is the founder of Craigslist, the ultra-popular classifieds website that millions of people have been using for decades to help solve just about any kind of need you could possibly imagine.But that wasn't the goal behind launching Craigslist. Instead, Craigslist was started as a simple email list to share what was happening in the Bay Area. How did it become a household name and a site for anyone and everyone to buy/sell/trade whatever they wanted? Find out on this episode of Web Masters.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
If it feels like the giants of the web -- Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, et al -- are conspiring against you to make it vastly more difficult to spread your message or amplify your content... You're right! They are. In this presentation, Rand will boil down exactly why that's happening and what smart marketers can do to build creative advantages and avoid these emerging pitfalls.Check out upcoming DigiMarCon Digital Marketing, Media, and Advertising Conferences & Exhibitions Worldwide at https://digimarcon.com/events/
We all know that customer segmentation is critical to success in the online world, but how is this done across multiple data sources? From mobile apps to website cookies, to your CRM, offline data, and more. Is there a way to bring all of these together? Absolutely, let's learn how – together. Data Management Platforms such as Adobe's Audience Manager or BlueKai are often referred to but little talked about. Here we will go through the future of customer data for marketing, ensuring you are up with the play on making your next move into the new generation of targeted advertising as it starts to unfold.Check out upcoming DigiMarCon Digital Marketing, Media, and Advertising Conferences & Exhibitions Worldwide at https://digimarcon.com/events/
For millions of people, their first experience with the World Wide Web was made possible by America Online -- AOL. In fact, most people directly associate AOL with the Web. But did you know AOL predates the World Wide Web by nearly a decade?That's because, when AOL launched, the it was still illegal to use the Internet for commercialize activities. Instead, AOL was one of a handful of companies attempting to create their own global network. And, thanks to a bunch of CD-Roms you probably remember, AOL was the most successful company doing it.On this episode of Web Masters, you'll hear the story of how AOL got started and how it grew to be one of the biggest companies on the early Web as we hear from AOL co-founder Marc Seriff.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Today, Jason Calacanis is one of the most prominent names in the Silicon Valley tech and entrepreneurship community. But, before he was a well-known West Coast investor, he was at the center of the smaller bust fast-growing East Coast tech scene in New York known as "Silicon Alley."Jason ran Silicon Alley Reporter, a magazine dedicated to the tech innovation happening in New York City. It grew from a 16 page, homemade, photocopied booklet into a 300+ page glossy generating millions in ad revenue.On this episode of Web Masters, Jason shares the story of how he created the magazine as well as what entrepreneurial life was like in the early days of New York tech.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Il n'y a pas que la création de contenu qui permet de booster son business et de se rendre visible ! On entend souvent que c'est la recette magique pour donner de la visibilité à son entreprise. Personnellement, je suis une fervente adepte ! J'en parle dans mes formations et TheBBoost en est la preuve vivante : mon business modèle repose à 80% sur la création de contenu. Mais il existe de nombreuses stratégies que vous pouvez mettre en place pour vous faire connaître même quand vous n'aimez pas créer du contenu, car oui ça reste une stratégie qui marche, mais on peut totalement réussir son business sans tout miser sur le contenu ! Que vous aimiez créer du contenu ou non, cet épisode va vous permettre de diversifier votre stratégie de visibilité ! Épisodes recommandés : Contenu gratuit vs contenu payant Comment réussir sa stratégie de contenu Liens cités dans l'épisode : Épisode 140 : Diversifier ses revenus grâce à l'apport d'affaires Épisode 145 : Comment démarcher efficacement La formation Mission Visibilité Si vous avez apprécié cet épisode, n'hésitez pas à laisser une note et un commentaire sur iTunes, Apple Podcast ou votre plateforme d'écoute ! Cela aide d'autres entrepreneurs à découvrir le podcast (et en plus j'adore vous lire). ————————————— ✨ Retrouvez les shownotes de ce podcast ✨ Le plan d'action en 10 étapes pour développer votre business ✨ Me rejoindre sur Instagram
From Hot Ballooning to Bot Technology, some join my interview with Business entrepreneur Eiav Cohen. Bots are critical to your success, come learn how to make them work for you.
The Kickstarter name is synonymous with crowdfunding. It's like the Kleenex of the crowdfunding industry. But, strangely enough, Kickstarter didn't invent crowdfunding. The technique dates back centuries. Heck, Kickstarter wasn't even the first crowdfunding website. So how did it become the world's de facto crowdfunding platform?In this episode of Web Masters, we find out by speaking with one of Kickstarter's co-founders, Charles Adler. He shares the story of building the platform and how he and his co-founders turned a goal of helping artists fund their work into a global brand that's become synonymous with launching innovative new projects.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Web Marketing is constantly evolving, and live chat has found a role that's become integral to your website's ability to convert leads. That's where Intaker comes into play, and Joseph Ruotolo joined us to explain how an innovative approach to live chat using A.I. and video in the legal and entrepreneurial world has changed the game. There are plenty of ways to do live chat the wrong way, that's why Intaker has stepped in to do it right. I really enjoyed speaking with Joe and hearing his story and how he got started with Integrator. Listen yourself and see if you become just as inspired as I was. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 3:45 Intaker Summarized 11:25 What Makes Intaker Unique 15:47 The Foundation of Intaker 23:14 Taking Risks In Opportunity 27:44 Joe's Life Philosophy 30:40 The Trust Building Process 34:58 The FWM & Intaker Synergy 39:33 What It All Comes Down To 43:27 Intaker's Integration With DSS Check out integrator at www.integrator.com to get a demo.
Most of us do a significant chunk of our purchasing at Amazon.com. Or, at the very least, a site like it. Amazon may or may not be the cheapest, but we're pretty sure it'll have what we want, we know delivery will be quick, and the price will be competitive.Even though we don't give online purchasing a second thought these days, it actually took a lot of years for early web users to get comfortable buying stuff from the internet. That's because E-commerce didn't begin as a better option for most retail purchases. In fact, in the beginning, E-commerce was pretty crummy. It was hard to navigate, shipping times were slow, and there was lots of fraud.E-commerce had to evolve over time into becoming something that was clearly a better option than traditional, in-person commerce, and one of the people who had a big impact on that evolution was Amir Ashkenazi. He did it by helping people bargain hunt and comparison shop online, first through his DealTime platform, and then the company it became, which was Shopping.com.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Most digital music pioneers encountered lots of resistance from the large music record labels. In fact, many of their companies were sued out of existence. But not eMusic.eMusic's founder, Mark Chasan, was one of the few digital music pioneers who actually managed to successfully navigate the early digital music waters, ultimately building an online music business that couldn't be stopped by the music industry and their endless string of lawsuits.On this episode of Web Masters, we'll hear how Mark did it, as well as the pioneering work he's doing now in a different and, arguably, much more important industry.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
When Alon Carmel launched JDate in 1997, he wasn't a pioneer in the online dating industry. He wasn't even a pioneer in the online Jewish dating industry. In fact, by the time he had the idea for Jdate, the Web already contained over a hundred Jewish themed dating websites. But rather than seeing all that competition and thinking the market was saturated, Alon saw the competition and figured: "It must be a good business."Recognizing the opportunity, Alon and his friend, Joe Shapira, focused on creating a popular brand. And it worked.From lavish parties to billboards across Times Square, Alon wanted to make sure everyone in the world knew about Jdate, even if not everyone was his customer. The result was the world's most popular dating website for Jewish people and a strategy for online dating focused on niche communities that Alon and his team expanded well beyond Jewish dating. It ultimately led to Spark Networks, one of the largest and most profitable networks of dating websites in the world.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Tom Foster is the Founder and Owner of Foster Web Marketing, a web design and Internet marketing agency. He is also the creator of DSS (Dynamic Self-Syndication) marketing automation software, a powerful and highly effective online application that allows clients to update every aspect of their website. Tom is a nationally recognized author and adept at marketing law firms online. He is the Author of The 7 Biggest Mistakes Lawyers Make With Their Web Marketing That Cost Them Millions in Cases, Clients, and Profits.Tom also authored How Smart Lawyers are Using Video on the Web to Get More Cases Without Breaking the Bank. He is the Co-author of the best-selling book, Shift Happens: America's Premier Experts Reveal Their Biggest Secrets to Help You Thrive in the New Economy. In this episode… It's every business owner's dream to one day hand over the reins of their business without feeling like they're giving up an arm and a leg. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs struggle with letting go and firing themselves from the business because they are too involved in day-to-day activities. Tom Foster of Foster Web Marketing once shared that struggle. A chance at selling and exiting the business opened his eyes to the need to fire himself after 20-plus years at the helm. He needed to hire for the roles he hated, those he wasn't good at, and bring on the right people to take the business to the next level. Ready to learn more? Listen to this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast with Dr. Jeremy Weisz featuring the Owner of Foster Web Marketing, Tom Foster. They discuss the pain of being involved in every aspect of your business, the roles you should hire for, how to fire yourself from your business, and why you need to do it fast.
What do archaeology and cookie recipes have in common? In truth, not much. But that didn't stop a group of archaeology graduate students from the University of Washington from joining together to create CookieRecipe.com. CookieRecipe grew so popular that the grad students started building other similar sites, like PieRecipe.com, CakeRepice.com, ChickenRecipe.com, and ThanksgivingRecipe.com.Eventually, their network of recipe sites got so popular that they decided to combine it into one site for all their recipes. They called that site Allrecipes.com, and it's still still one of the most popular recipe websites in the world.On this episode of Web Masters, one of those archeology grad students shares the story of how he and his friends built Allrecipes. His name is Carl Lipo, and, despite helping build an enormously popular website, he decided to stick with archaeology, and he's now an archeology professor.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Everyone is familiar with the 1 to 10 numeric grading scale used to describe people's attractiveness. A supermodel might be described as “a perfect 10,” while “a 1” is basically the ugliest person you could ever imagine.In the early 2000s, a couple of college buddies in Silicon Valley decided to turn that concept into a website. It was called HOTorNOT.com. On HOTorNOT, brave people who wanted an honest measure of their attractiveness would upload pictures of themselves, and other users of the website would grade their hotness on a ubiquitous 1 to 10 numeric “hotness” scale.Within days of launching, HOTorNOT became a massive, viral hit. Millions of people from around the world were logging onto HOTorNOT.com to judge the attractiveness of others, and the site soon became one of the most popular and heavily trafficked websites on the Internet.On this episode of Web Masters, you'll hear the story of how -- and why -- James built it, as well as how people responded to what was perhaps the most superficial site on the Internet.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
JBayStudios' Charl Coetzee shares his choice of platform for his internet marketing agency. Tune in and discover why he prefers it above all others.
As the ShareFile name implies, it's a software for sharing, storing, and otherwise managing files in the cloud. It's not a particularly unique service. In this episode, you'll hear ShareFile's founder, Jesse Lipson, mention some familiar competitors -- companies like Dropbox and Box and YouSendIt. Though, to be fair, in 2005, when the company launched. these types of services weren't so common. Still, cloud file management isn't exactly an obscure niche, meaning, there are a decent number of companies playing in the space, which makes for a challenging, competitive environment.However, despite that challenging environment, Jesse managed to bootstrap his company to an impressive exit over the course of six years.Bootstrapping enterprise SaaS apps isn't common. And it isn't easy, either. On this episode of Web Masters, we're going to hear how Jesse did it.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Most founders are lucky if they build one organization that changes the world. Mitch Kapor has done it multiple times. And he's supported dozens more through venture backing and philanthropy.On this episode of Web Masters, Mitch talks about his experiences building Lotus Software, the digital world's first massively scaling software company. He followed that by launching the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help protect innovators and entrepreneurs experimenting in the digital space. And he's gone on to support dozens of other world-changing organizations including the Mozilla Foundation, creators of the Firefox Web browser.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Before social media websites became our feeds of information from around the Internet, people relied on RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to build their own feeds of content from different websites. While this was a great way for consumers to keep updated on what their favorite sites were producing, it wasn't so great for the sites themselves. Lots of their readers were viewing content through RSS feeds, which meant less site visitors and less money from advertisers.The FeedBurner team helped solve that problem. FeedBurner allowed websites with continuously updating content (i.e. blogs, news sites, etc.) to monetize on people who subscribed to their sites using RSS.In this episode of Web Masters, one of FeedBurner's co-founders, Matt Shobe, shares the story of helping build FeedBurner while helping us understand what the Internet was like back when you could "reach the end" of it thanks to your RSS feed.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
Scott Heiferman was the featured guest on Web Masters Episode #80. In that episode, we heard about how Scott built Meetup, the pioneering website for helping people find their local communities. But that wasn't the only popular website Scott built. He also built Fotolog.Fotolog was a social media website where people posted and shared their photos online for their friends to view in their feeds. In other words, it was basically Instagram. But it appeared nearly a decade before Instagram.Fotolog never quite achieved the same global status as Instagram, but it was one of the most popular websites in lots of countries around the world. On this episode of Web Masters, Scott talks about what it was like building Fotolog alongside Meetup and how it grew into a popular cultural phenomenon of its own.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.
We all know the Internet is a great place for connecting with people anywhere in the world who share the same interests and passions, but can it also be a great place for getting connected with people in your local comunity? The guest in this episode of Web Masters thought it could be. It's Scott Heiferman, founder of Meetup.What began as a project to help Scott better connect with his New York City neighbors in the wake of the September 11th tragedy quickly grew into the world's biggest online community for finding people in your local area interested in the same things. In this episode of Web Masters, Scott explains how (and why) he started Meetup, how he grew it, and, ultimately, where he sees it going as the world continues moving away from IRL communities and toward a metaverse.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.