“It sounds crazy,” says Chris DeWolfe, “but even in the first plan that I wrote up, I mentioned AOL, Yahoo! and Hotmail, knowing we would be big. And it’s crazy to think that it happened.”
Together, Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have over 200 million “friends” and chances are you might be one of them. The two buddies are the brains behind MySpace.com, the online networking site that has taken the world by storm.
The second venture for the pair, DeWolfe and Anderson’s first company was sold for several million dollars.
Now, MySpace.com, which allows members to create interactive profiles, blogs, and post just about anything they want, is the sixth most popular website in the world, and the third most popular in the U.S.
I’m a big fan on a show called The Hour. It’s a Canadian-based, late night talk show geared towards a younger audience and is hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. The show takes a different take on the news through the lens of George and company. While news shows cover the issues of the day, The Hour dissects the issues within the issues.
George interviewed Tom Anderson on The Hour about the success of MySpace and I thought it would be worth sharing with you as a motivational tool of what is possible when you start your own business. You can check it out on YouTube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=-yWpnto-hqQ – the total clip is eight and a half minutes and worth the watch!
Another great one to watch is Steve Job’s speech at Stanford University (just over 14 minutes) – http://youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
What are your favorite entrepreneurial videos?
Evan Carmichael
As much as so many people hate myspace, he is now absoultely loaded from a simple idea that he had the guts to attempt!
Even though he might be a huge website guy, he is alway busy and can’t answer any messages. At least facebook is a lot better then myspace, I can actually get in touch with someone!!! Screw you Tom, in the nicest way possible since I am living in a third world country, and can’t get in touch with you and figure out some things. Take care and hopefully everything is good with you!!!
Yea but u guys have to admit it’s way better than friendster because he created myspace for everybody to have including bands, companies, and other people to have without getting deleted know what I mean guys