Web Masters
Web Masters
Aaron Dinin
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.
Charles Adler @ Kickstarter: The Music Lover Who Popularized Crowdfunding
Charles Adler shares the story of helping build Kickstarter, the world's most popular crowdfunding platform.
Jul 11, 2022
46 min
Amir Ashkenazi @ Shopping.com: The Coder Who Made Online Bargain Hunting Easy
Amir Ashkenazi shares the story of building DealTime, the bargain hunting platform that evolved into Shopping.com, the popular comparison shopping website acquired by eBay.
Jun 27, 2022
30 min
Mark Chasan @ eMusic: The Lawyer Who Loved Music
Mark Chasan shares the story of founding eMusic and how he avoided the legal traps of the early digital music industry that hindered other early digital music pioneers.
Jun 20, 2022
32 min
Alon Carmel @ Jdate: The Real Estate Investor Who Took Niche Dating Mainstream
Alon Carmel shares the story of building Jdate, the world's most popular dating website for Jewish people and the site that made niche dating mainstream.
Jun 13, 2022
37 min
Carl Lipo @ Allrecipes: The Archaeologist Who Taught People to Cook
Carl Lipo tells the story of how he and a group of archaeology graduate student buddies joined together to build Allrecipes, one of the Internet's most popular recipe websites.
Jun 6, 2022
39 min
James Hong @ HOTorNOT: The "4 or 5" Who Helped People Figure Out Their Attractiveness
James Hong, co-founder of HOTorNOT, shares the story of building the website where anyone could get an honest answer about how attractive they are.
May 23, 2022
46 min
Jesse Lipson @ ShareFile: The Solo Founder Who Bootstrapped an Enterprise SaaS App
Jesse Lipson shares the story building ShareFile, the enterprise file sharing and storage SaaS company he bootstrapped and sold to Citrix.
May 16, 2022
37 min
Mitch Kapor @ Lotus, the EFF, and Mozilla: The Founder Who Became an Activist
Mitch Kapor shares the stories of helping build Lotus, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Mozilla Foundation.
May 9, 2022
37 min
Matt Shobe @ FeedBurner: The Designer Who Helped People Monetize RSS
Matt Shobe shares the story of building FeedBurner, a platform for monetizing RSS feeds during the height of RSS's popularity.
May 2, 2022
38 min
Scott Heiferman @ Fotolog: The Serial Entrepreneur Who Created Instagram Before Instagram
Scott Heiferman shares the story of building Fotolog, the popular photo-sharing social media website that appeared 10 years before Instagram.
Apr 25, 2022
25 min
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