Re-evaluating the dot com revolution: How the experience of entrepreneurs points to a positive legacy

by Charles Miller

The dot com era has been unfairly associated with the collapse of new Internet businesses and dramatic stock market losses. In fact, entrepreneurship in the years from 1995 to 2001 in Silicon Valley and elsewhere laid the foundations for the online world we live in today and the huge economic power of the tech giants. Charles Miller sets the record straight with a careful analysis of what made the dot com era possible and an examination of the colourful experience of entrepreneurs who, whether they ultimately succeeded or failed in their own business, devoted their energy and creativity to exploring the new capabilities of the consumer Internet.The author is a London-based technology journalist and former BBC producer. He currently reports on Bitcoin for CoinGeek and is studying for a PhD in History at the University of Roehampton. This book, inspired by his experience as a television journalist covering dot com startups, began as his Masters thesis.

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 22, 2021