Web Masters

By Aaron Dinin

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Episodes: 108

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Web Masters is an original podcast that explores the history of the Internet through the stories of some of its most important innovators. In each episode, host Aaron Dinin, a serial entrepreneur and digital media scholar, talks with Internet entrepreneurs who created important websites, tools, services, and features. Some are hugely popular, some you’ve never heard of, and all of them have impacted everything you do online. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Internet has enabled -- and continues to create -- some of the greatest business opportunities in history from the people who have proven they know how to build successful Internet businesses.

Episode Date
Startup Gold Episode #5: The Purpose of Entrepreneurship With Peter Sunde
Jan 31, 2024
Startup Gold Episode #4: Seeing the Future with Raj Kapoor
Dec 27, 2023
Startup Gold Episode #3: The Importance of Timing with John Danner
Nov 30, 2023
Startup Gold Episode #2: The Dangers of "First-Mover Advantage" with Jason Olim
Oct 31, 2023
Startup Gold Episode #1: How to Build a Truly Great Product with David Cummings
Sep 30, 2023
Taegan Goddard @ Political Wire: The Political Junkie Who Built a Community for Fellow Addicts
Jul 31, 2023
Daniel Ha @ Disqus: The Entrepreneur Who Made Commenting Easier
Jun 01, 2023
Jed Carlson @ ReverbNation: The MBA Who Taught Bands How to Share Their Music Online
Apr 24, 2023
Osman Rashid @ Chegg.com: The Man Who Turned Textbook Rentals Into Big Business
Mar 27, 2023
Terry Jones @ Travelocity & Kayak: The Travel Agent Who Put Travel Agents Out of Business
Feb 27, 2023
Steve Kaufer @ TripAdvisor: The Entrepreneur Who Wanted a Better Vacation
Jan 23, 2023
Ben Huh @ Cheezburger Network: The Guy Who Did Haz Funny Cat Pictures
Dec 19, 2022
David Gardner @ The Motley Fool: The Brothers Who've Been Giving Online Investing Advice for 30 Years
Nov 21, 2022
Craig Newmark @ Craigslist: The "Forest Gump of the Internet" Who Helps People Find Stuff
Oct 17, 2022
Marc Seriff @ AOL: The Network Engineer Who Introduced the Internet to Everyone
Sep 12, 2022
Jason Calacanis @ Silicon Alley Reporter: The Guy Who Threw the Best Parties in New York City
Aug 08, 2022
Charles Adler @ Kickstarter: The Music Lover Who Popularized Crowdfunding
Jul 11, 2022
Amir Ashkenazi @ Shopping.com: The Coder Who Made Online Bargain Hunting Easy
Jun 27, 2022
Mark Chasan @ eMusic: The Lawyer Who Loved Music
Jun 20, 2022
Alon Carmel @ Jdate: The Real Estate Investor Who Took Niche Dating Mainstream
Jun 13, 2022
Carl Lipo @ Allrecipes: The Archaeologist Who Taught People to Cook
Jun 06, 2022
James Hong @ HOTorNOT: The "4 or 5" Who Helped People Figure Out Their Attractiveness
May 23, 2022
Jesse Lipson @ ShareFile: The Solo Founder Who Bootstrapped an Enterprise SaaS App
May 16, 2022
Mitch Kapor @ Lotus, the EFF, and Mozilla: The Founder Who Became an Activist
May 09, 2022
Matt Shobe @ FeedBurner: The Designer Who Helped People Monetize RSS
May 02, 2022
Scott Heiferman @ Fotolog: The Serial Entrepreneur Who Created Instagram Before Instagram
Apr 25, 2022
Scott Heiferman @ Meetup: The Neighbor Who Helped People Find Their Communities
Apr 18, 2022
Michael Robertson @ MP3.com: The Entrepreneur Who Got Sued for Making Music Streamable
Apr 11, 2022
Andrew Conru @ FriendFinder Networks: The PhD Who Made Online Dating More 'Friendly'
Apr 04, 2022
Steve Madere @ Deja (Google Groups): The Developer Who Could Have Built Google
Mar 28, 2022
Mike Davidson @ Newsvine: The Designer Who Re-Built Journalism for the Digital Age
Mar 21, 2022
Patrick Lee, Stephen Wang, Senh Duong @ Rotten Tomatoes: The College Buddies Who Liked Watching Martial Arts Movies
Mar 14, 2022
Marshall Brain @ HowStuffWorks: The Writer Who Built the 'Coolest Site on the Internet'
Mar 07, 2022
Nugget McNett @ FlightAware: The Pilot Who Helped Make Flight Tracking More Accessible
Feb 28, 2022
Jon Oringer @ Shutterstock: The Software Engineer Who Created a Marketplace for Photographers
Feb 21, 2022
Jane Metcalfe & Louis Rossetto @ WIRED: The Partners Who Published the Mouthpiece of the Digital Age
Feb 14, 2022
Erik Selberg @ MetaCrawler: The Grad Student Who Searched Other Search Engines
Feb 07, 2022
Rand Fishkin @ MOZ: The Writer Who Helped Everyone Become Better at SEO
Jan 31, 2022
Yvonne Marie Andres @ Global SchoolNet: The Teacher Who Pioneered E-Learning
Jan 24, 2022
Dries Buytaert @ Drupal: The Coder Who Helps People Manage Their Websites
Jan 17, 2022
Phil Fernandez @ Marketo: The Marketer Who Helped Jumpstart the SaaS Industry
Jan 10, 2022
Jacob Lodwick @ Vimeo: The Filmmaker Who Pioneered Online Video Sharing
Jan 03, 2022
Who Invented the "Like" Button?
Dec 27, 2021
Milo Medin - @Home: The Farm Boy Who Gave the World Faster Internet
Dec 20, 2021
Peter Rojas @ Gizmodo & Engadget: The English Major Who Built Two Popular Gadget Blogs
Dec 13, 2021
Joey Anuff @ Suck.com: The Guy Who Thought the Early Web Sucked
Dec 06, 2021
Dennis Crowley @ Foursquare: The 'Location Guy' Who Wants to Curate Experiences
Nov 29, 2021
Sabeer Bhatia @ Hotmail: The Engineer Who Made Email Free
Nov 22, 2021
David Cummings @ Pardot: The Founder Who Productized B2B Marketing Automation
Nov 15, 2021
Steve Kirsch @ Infoseek: The Entrepreneur Who Wanted to Charge for Web Search
Nov 08, 2021
Caterina Fake @ Flickr: The Digital Archivist Who Invented Photo Sharing
Nov 01, 2021
Josh Abramson @ College Humor: The Freshman Who Helped the Internet Laugh
Oct 25, 2021
Bob Metcalfe @ Metcalfe's Law & 3Com: The Man Who Invented Ethernet
Oct 18, 2021
Chris Maguire @ Etsy: The Ice Cream Maker Who Built a Marketplace for Crafters
Oct 11, 2021
Genevieve Field @ Nerve.com: The Editor Who Pushed the Boundaries of Online Content
Oct 04, 2021
Fuzzy Mauldin @ Lycos: The Robot Warrior Who Made Searching the Web Easy
Sep 27, 2021
Mark Organ @ Eloqua: The Neuroscientist Who Automated Emails
Sep 20, 2021
Gary Kremen @ Match.com: The Elected Official Who Pioneered Online Dating
Sep 13, 2021
Jason Olim @ CDNow: The Miles Davis Fan Who Revolutionized Commerce
Aug 30, 2021
John Battelle @ The Industry Standard: The Journalist Who Created a Magazine About the Internet
Aug 23, 2021
Eli Shapira @ Webtrends: The Security Entrepreneur Who Pioneered Web Analytics
Aug 16, 2021
Chris Jaeb @ Broadcast.com: The 'Idea Guy' Behind Mark Cuban's Billion Dollar Success
Aug 09, 2021
Rob Malda @ Slashdot: The CmdrTaco Who Popularized Social News
Aug 02, 2021
Barry Appelman @ AOL Instant Messenger: The CTO Who Secretly Created Buddy Lists
Jul 26, 2021
Robbie Allen @ Automated Insights: The Sports Fan Who Automated Writing
Jul 19, 2021
Bruce Judson @ Time/Pathfinder: The Executive Who Invented the Banner Ad
Jul 12, 2021
Lane Merrifield @ Club Penguin: The 'Dragon' Who Reimagined Social Networking for Kids
Jun 28, 2021
Stefanie Syman @ FEED Magazine: The Writer Who Merged Tech and Culture
Jun 21, 2021
Andrew Weinreich @ SixDegrees: The Lawyer Who Patented Social Networking
Jun 14, 2021
Paul Mockapetris @ DNS: The Computer Scientist Who Created the Internet's Phone Book
Jun 07, 2021
John Danner @ NetGravity: The "Horrible" CEO Who Invented Internet Advertising
May 24, 2021
Jeff Tarr @ Operation Match: The Harvard Student Who Connected People from His Dorm
May 17, 2021
Sam Yagan @ OkCupid: The College Buddies Who Pioneered Freemium Dating
May 10, 2021
Greg Newby @ Project Gutenberg: The Professor Who Gives Away Books
May 03, 2021
Ron Burr @ NetZero: The Coder Who Found a Way to Make the Internet Free
Apr 26, 2021
Ira Fuchs @ BITNET: The Administrator Who Connected the Scholars of the World
Apr 19, 2021
Justin Hall @ Links.net: The Virtual Tour Guide Who Pioneered Personal Blogging
Apr 12, 2021
Sky Dayton @ EarthLink: The Coffee Shop Owner Who Gave People Internet Access
Apr 05, 2021
Tom Truscott @ Usenet: The Grad Student Who Accidentally Invented Social Media
Mar 29, 2021
Kevin O'Connor @ DoubleClick: The Advertiser Who Introduced Retargeting
Mar 22, 2021
Raj Kapoor @ Snapfish: The MBA Who Predicted the Future of Photography
Mar 15, 2021
Jean Armour Polly @ Net-mom: The Librarian Who Taught People to Surf the Internet
Mar 08, 2021
David Mikkelson @ Snopes: The Disney Lover Who Fact-Checks the Internet
Mar 01, 2021
Joe Colopy @ Bronto Software: The Peace Corps Volunteer Who Pioneered Commerce Marketing Automation
Feb 22, 2021
Michael Merhej @ Audiogalaxy: The Music Lover Who Pissed Off the Recording Industry
Feb 15, 2021
Peter Zaitsev @ Percona: The Specialist Who Keeps Your Database Running
Feb 08, 2021
Alan Emtage @ Archie: The Pack Rat Who Invented Internet Search
Feb 01, 2021
Drew Curtis @ Fark.com: The Farker Who Monetized Doom Scrolling
Jan 25, 2021
Lex Sisney @ Commission Junction: The Llama Farmer Who Popularized Affiliate Marketing
Jan 18, 2021
Jonathan Abrams @ Friendster: The Programmer Who Invented Social Networking
Jan 11, 2021
Bill Martin @ RagingBull.com: The Teenager Who Fueled the Dot-Com Bubble
Jan 04, 2021
Jon von Tetzchner @ Opera: The Researcher Who Built His Own Web Browser... Twice!
Dec 28, 2020
Scott Crosby @ Google Analytics: The English Major Who Helped Google Conquer 70% of the Web
Dec 21, 2020
Chris Evans @ Accipiter: The Founder Who Gave the Web Targeted Advertising
Dec 14, 2020
Bo Peabody @ Tripod: The College Kid Who Was Lucky... or Smart
Dec 07, 2020
Craig Kanarick @ Razorfish: The Blue-Haired Designer Who Rebranded Companies for the Digital Age
Nov 30, 2020
Philip Rosedale @ Second Life: The Physicist Who Built a Pocket Universe
Nov 23, 2020
Peter Sunde @ The Pirate Bay: The Pirate Who Went to Jail for Your Illegal Downloads
Nov 16, 2020
Joshua Schachter @ Del.icio.us: The Banker Who Invented Social Bookmarking
Nov 09, 2020
Scott Maslowe: The Electrician Who Perfected Email Marketing
Nov 02, 2020
David Bohnett @ GeoCities: The Developer Who Built Online Cities
Oct 26, 2020
Gregg Spiridellis @ JibJab: The Brothers Who Perfected Viral Videos
Oct 19, 2020
Yoni Belousov: The Guy Who Owns All the Domains You Want
Oct 12, 2020
Linda Lightman @ Linda's Stuff: The Woman Who Wants to Help Sell Your Stuff on eBay
Oct 05, 2020
Chris Heivly @ MapQuest: The Map Geek Who Gave Everyone Better Directions
Sep 28, 2020
Henry Copeland @ BlogAds: The Entrepreneur Who Turned Blogging Into a Business
Sep 21, 2020
Louis Monier @ AltaVista: The Man Who Could Have Bought Google for $1 Million
Sep 15, 2020
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