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> In the 90s the same argument was directed at this new thing called the internet, and those who placed a bet on it being a fad ended up being forgotten by hist
by irishcoffee 7mo ago
> In the 90s the same argument was directed at this new thing called the internet, and those who placed a bet on it being a fad ended up being forgotten by history.
Allow me to introduce you to the dot-com boom, where everyone who bet on the internet went broke.
- aworks 7mo agoThe Google founders did ok.
- irishcoffee 7mo agoGoogle raised only a single large round of institutional funding before going public, with the investors contributing $12.5 million I can be much more specific about “everyone” if you’d like.