Smart and Successful People Missed The Internet in The '90's
A six-minute clip from The Tim Ferriss Show in which investor Kevin Ryan, founder of AlleyCorp and former CEO of DoubleClick, recalls how he spotted the early internet in the mid-1990s. He describes working in finance and at Euro Disney, becoming an executive at United Media, launching the Dilbert website in 1995, pricing the first ad on the spot, and being told by a senior executive to wait for the next internet. He then explains joining DoubleClick early, rising to CEO, deciding fast, and expanding to 20 countries before the first was profitable. Sponsors named in the description: Eight Sleep, Shopify and Momentous (AG1 is also listed). PARTIAL COVERAGE: this is a short clip taken from a longer conversation, and this note covers the whole clip but not the full episode it comes from. Claims are the guest's own account and are not independently checked. Nothing here is financial advice.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
A six-minute clip from The Tim Ferriss Show in which investor Kevin Ryan, founder of AlleyCorp and former CEO of DoubleClick, recalls how he spotted the early internet in the mid-1990s. He describes working in finance and at Euro Disney, becoming an executive at United Media, launching the Dilbert website in 1995, pricing the first ad on the spot, and being told by a senior executive to wait for the next internet. He then explains joining DoubleClick early, rising to CEO, deciding fast, and expanding to 20 countries before the first was profitable. Sponsors named in the description: Eight Sleep, Shopify and Momentous (AG1 is also listed). PARTIAL COVERAGE: this is a short clip taken from a longer conversation, and this note covers the whole clip but not the full episode it comes from. Claims are the guest's own account and are not independently checked. Nothing here is financial advice.