I gave this talk twenty years ago today on November 5, 1994.
In case you forgot (or are too young to remember), “normal” people didn’t use the Internet back then.
There was no Facebook, no Google, no eBay, no Amazon …
Archive | Media/Tech history
Billion dollar babies
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, inspiration, Internet history, Internet insight, Media/Tech history, Web/Tech
You may not aspire to build a billion dollar company, but you can learn a lot from these guys.
Marc Andreessen – co-inventor of the web browser – interviews Peter Thiel – founder of PayPal and friend of lots …
Focus – and strike it rich
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, inspiration, Internet history, Marketing insight, Media/Tech history, On the road, Videos to Watch
Amazing video from the System Club archive.
What can you learn from this?
Lesson #1: Invest in Facebook when it’s just some kids coding in a rented house in Palo Alto.
But it you can’t do that, then what?…
Jack Ma – richest man in China – shares his vision in his tiny living room 15 year ago
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, inspiration, Internet history, Internet insight, Marketing Tools, Media/Tech history, News, Videos to Watch
Jack Ma paints the vision for his team – 15 years ago
Two minutes and 10 seconds of leadership in action.
“Today, we are all here to discuss what we should do in the next five to ten years…”
Chinese …
When you reach the top, you’ll find Marty Edelston there
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, inspiration, Marketing insight, Media/Tech history, Videos to Watch
He ramped up a ‘crazy’ business idea from his kitchen table to a $100 million a year newsletter business in just ten years…without the benefit of the Internet.
How Marty Edelston built a business to last and made friends …
The great mobile scare of 2014
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Internet insight, Marketing news, Media Industry, Media/Tech history, Mobile, Web/Tech
It’s pretty clear that the Golden Era of people accessing the Internet from a desktop/laptop 100% of the time is over – and it’s never coming back.
I encounter many “old school” direct marketing-oriented Internet marketers who find this reality …