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Why Daymon John Has Learned To Trust His Gut The Shark Tank investor offers tips on how to preserve a company’s purpose in an interview exclusive to Inc for Small Business Week.

To kick off National Small Business Week, check out my interview for @inc.com with Daymond John who has some GREAT wisdom on what it takes to survive and thrive as a founder. www.inc.com/christine-ha...

05.05.2025 13:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | White House Tech Bros Are Killing What Made Them (and America) Wealthy Underlying many investments are breakthroughs in medicine and technology from great universities.

Love how this @nytimes.com opinion piece highlights all of the $ tech has received/ benefited from - something we hit on alot in @inc.com #computerfreaks podcast - particularly when it comes to Marc Andreessen. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o... www.inc.com/podcasts/com...

30.04.2025 15:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Tech Elites Are Plotting Political Domination … in a Group Chat The most interesting conversations in Silicon Valley are ones you can't see—and Marc Andreessen can't stop posting.

@semaforben had a great piece about the role @MarcAndreessen has been playing in group chats in recent years. It's a model that reminds his early Netscape colleagues of chats he first generated on the early world wide web. @Inc #computerfreaks www.inc.com/christine-ha...

29.04.2025 14:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the Internet’s Founding Fathers They were there at the very beginning, where the wires met the web, and the debate over who should use the internet was getting started.

Something lighter heading into the weekend! A BEAUTIFUL photo essay of the Internet's founding fathers from @inc.com inspired by the #computerfreaks podcast. Gift link is here: www.inc.com/christine-ha...

25.04.2025 00:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Season 2, Episode 6: Briefly Famous Podcast Episode · Computer Freaks · S2 E6 · 46m

LONG before Google headed to court this week for cutting out other businesses from search, it cut out some of its early workers from its great wealth creation. Check out
@Inc #computerfreaks final episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

22.04.2025 14:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How the Dot-Com Boom Changed the Lives of 5 Early Internet Founders They had enormous success during one of the greatest moments of wealth creation—but none of these founders wish they were Jeff Bezos or Marc Andreessen.

What has interviewed nearly 200 early internet founders from the 1990s taught me? It's all in the 6th and final episode of @inc.com #computerfreaks. Check out the article gift link and embedded podcast below: www.inc.com/christine-ha...

17.04.2025 18:48 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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This Company Made Google a Trillion Dollars. Why Have You Never Heard of It? Bill Gross created the original technology that made search advertising profitable. But his company, GoTo.com, lost its fame and fortune to Google.

Who REALLY figured out how to make @Google profitable? Hint: it wasn't Larry or Sergey. Check out
@Inc #computerfreaks Ep. 5 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... www.inc.com/christine-ha...

10.04.2025 16:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Season 2, Episode 4: Permissionless Innovation Podcast Episode · Computer Freaks · S2 E4 · 37m

Want to meet the REAL ecommerce pioneers who were way ahead of Jeff Bezos? Check out @inc.com #computerfreaks podcast Episode 4! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Gift link to related article is below! www.inc.com/christine-ha...

04.04.2025 13:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Netscape Employees Made Millions Working for Marc Andreessen. Was It Worth It? Frat parties, office pranks, and the opportunity to build a once-in-a-lifetime browser drew them to the company.

God complexes, temper tantrums and lots of Mountain Dew! Check out @inc.com #computerfreaks Episode 3 for more about the early days of Netscape! Gift link to article and landing page are here: www.inc.com/christine-ha... www.inc.com/podcasts/com...

27.03.2025 18:11 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Want to know more about what DOGE influencer Marc Andreessen was like as a college student and how he felt about government spending - even though NSF funded Mosaic? Hint: he's been a critic for decades. Read/listen to our @inc.com reporting. Article gift link is here: www.inc.com/christine-ha...

20.03.2025 14:42 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Computer Freaks Season two pivots to the dawn of internet entrepreneurship and its broader, irrevocable impact on our culture in the 1990s. Featuring extensive interviews with internet pioneers from companies like Ne...

Who was one of the first people to teach Jeff Bezos about ecommerce? Find out on the @inc.com #computerfreaks podcast to learn the truth about early internet history in our Illegal Immoral & Fattening Episode! www.inc.com/podcasts/com...

17.03.2025 14:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Computer Freaks Season two pivots to the dawn of internet entrepreneurship and its broader, irrevocable impact on our culture in the 1990s. Featuring extensive interviews with internet pioneers from companies like Ne...

Computer Freaks Season Two from @inc.com is here! This season it's the 1990s! Check out the podcast wherever you listen or use the link below! www.inc.com/podcasts/com... If you want a gift link to my article about internet pioneer Kevin Hughes, you can find it here: www.inc.com/.../we-need-....

13.03.2025 15:53 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I would love to take a look! My email address is chaughney@inc.com if it's easier to send! Or let me know if you would like to chat on Zoom! Thank you! Christine

13.03.2025 15:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Thrilled to announce BlueSky friends that the 2nd season of the award winning @inc.com #ComputerFreaks podcast is here. This time it's the 1990s and the internet is starting to make lots of $$$. Check out the trailer below. Season 2 airs 3/13! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

27.02.2025 19:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0