Murray and Nova (along with Jack Hidary) were Co-Founders of EarthWeb, one of the first Internet companies in the world.Episode Timeline3:20 Good news is, I'm employed. Bad news... I'm STILL employed.4:35 It starts with Jack and Murray.6:15 Let's put relief agencies on the Internet8:10 Hatched this idea called ReliefNet10:40 Murray was a very active playboy13:20 We started getting calls from ad agencies16:00 We had one desk for six people!18:25 "How did you even get a meeting with me?!" CTO, of The Met20:45 Earthweb became the preeminent Web development shop23:15 Article in Wired: 'High-Brow HTML House'24:50 The "Jerry Yang" episode28:40 Talk about the Innovations...34:30 I remember sitting with Eric Schmidt...38:00 Went from $3mm in revenue to $60mm in a year and a half41:55 You gotta remember, I'm a music major.44:55 Before Tesla became a household name...46:30 Everything I know about business, I learned from Jack and Murray49:30 We crash-landed Wikipedia on the moon...51:20 More importantly for me is the human side of it...

Kate founded {meta} Marketer in 1999, developed Toshiba America‘s first intranet, is the author of 4 books including her latest, “Tech Humanist” (which was featured at CES 2019), and was recently named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar, a global ranking of management thinkers.Episode Timeline6:00 And so it begins...8:45 I got indoctrinated into MUDs11:00 I remember getting tingles on the back of my neck!14:05 What made you want to be a part of the Internet?16:00 Toshiba recruited me to come to San Francisco19:15 The next interesting pivot was Netflix... this '9822:15 I was still drive by curiosity about everything!25:00 "Relevance" was what we were going for27:15 Relevance is a form of respect29:00 Discretion is too... Balance how much we know about you33:00 What got your juices going in those early days?36:00 You could be a generalist40:30 Impact of technology on people... The Future of Work41:45 What have you retained from those early days? 45:25 I just became allergic to mangos!46:30 You're going to love this...49:30 I was at Magazines.com leading up customer experience...52:20 So where are we now?

Andrew has been an advocate for digital literacy and equity from the very early days, focused on education, democracy & civic engagement.Episode Timeline3:10 We all look the same... except for the glasses6:20 How did it all begin?8:10 Veteran's group had this old theater on Irving Place (...called "Irving Plaza")11:05 By 1995 we were experimenting with streaming live music12:55 I realized I needed to be involved with the community16:10 I walked into this school and saw 3,000 kids and a single computer17:20 Tech Glitch HOLD PLEASE18:10 About 200 people showed up on a Saturday... That led to M.O.U.S.E.23:00 The Record Industry blew it... they could have built iTunes or Spotify26:25 The technology changes the art28:10 ...and then the Bubble burst29:50 I found it more an anthropological moment than a technological one34:00 I started a conference call the Personal Democracy Forum37:30 Politicians don't know the difference between a Server and a Waiter43:00 Non-profits were starting to use these tools45:15 Lightbulb: The NY Tech community is still highly empathetic46:00 Micah Sifry and I Co-Founded Civic Hall together52:05 The tech community is still way too white, way too privileged59:20 Any chance we'll see you running for Mayor?

Thor, Jack & Priya led the Boston office of AGENCY.COM and have gone on to do some very interesting things in the digital space.Episode Timeline4:20 Thor's origin story9:15 How it began for Priya12:25 Jack rolls back the time machine13:05 Example of 1996 design and the THREE Pharma websites that existed!15:40 "I remember the insanity of it... People were INSANE!"17:20 "These powerhouses are taking advice from a 20-something!"18:50 "He punches me in the arm and says 'Goddammit Man, give me a number!'"19:55 "The world was just changing underneath them!"22:00 Showing 500 executives what the Internet was.26:00 "The New York office had it's own culture..."27:50 "If you want to be with the Senior Team, you show up for pancakes!"31:05 "I can think of 3 things we did that were absolutely firsts!"37:15 "We became the soul in the machine..."40:00 "Think about the skillsets we had..."41:35 Priya, what are you doing now?42:50 Jack, how about you?45:05 Thor, you're up!49:40 Wrap-up chat

It wasn't just websites that were being built back in the day. Meet some of the couples that met back then still together today. Smooch!Episode Timeline2:10 Eamonn & Oriana: The Beginning6:55 The very first trade show & uncomfortable hug8:30 How did it evolve into a romance? (Slowly & painfully...)10:25 I had this "partition" around me.13:00 NYC - 5 Days. 2 Hotel rooms. 1 bed.15:55 James & Bethany: She was the "Girl Under the Stairs."17:15 "People were still counting what number employee they were."20:00 Her boyfriend said, "It's him or it's me."20:55 What brought you back to James?22:00 (AGENCY . COM) was responsible for many generations to come!22:55 What was it like working in "The Pit"?24:50 Chan & Ruth: Origins in the Time-Life Building25:55 I had to figure out the "Information Super Highway."26:50 The Vibe offices... a lot of smoke... some of it from cigarettes29:00 The tail end of the "Travel Department" offices31:50 He walked me home 30 blocks... it felt... kind of romantic.33:00 There's rules and then there's reality.35:00 "We worked 7 weeks straight without a day off."36:15 Hyde Park in a rowboat39:30 My sister said, "I think Chan is your soulmate."40:00 Group chat!43:40 "This one's for you, Chan-baby!"52:35 What's the biggest difference from when you started dating to now?57:50 I remember distinctly where we had that exchange where we both "came out."

Carla helped shepherd the advertising world to a digital future as President of OgilvyOne in the '90's and is now Executive Partner, Chief Executive, Ogilvy Consulting, and Chief Digital Officer, The Ogilvy Group.Episode Timeline3:15 How it all began...4:50 We started to use it for marketing... called it "Brochureware"6:30 Biggest consolidation in advertising history...10:50 The beauty of having the consolidated IBM business12:25 We did a global Yahoo buy... the first one ever!14:20 I think people have always been attracted to working at Ogilvy16:30 The vibe of the whole thing was just massive growth *19:00 We pioneered the whole idea of integrated marketing20:35 If you didn't have respect of the creatives... FORGET IT!23:00 CPG stayed out of the picture for a really long time.24:20 I was an expert in search for about four minutes...29:25 It was in the David Ogilvy tradition of "We sell, or else!"30:15 Did the Ogilvy brand help with client conversations?33:35 Are there any "nightmares" that come to mind? *36:45 If you don't fail early, you're going to be really late to the party.40:45 The thread of "We sell, or else!" continues, yes?42:45 Was there a definitive time where digital was embraced?44:00 In the 90's I didn't need to do "new business." I just walked in the door!48:05 Biggest factor was, "Did you get the targeting right?"49:15 Where are you headed now?53:10 It feels a bit like it did back in 1997...

Paul was employee #1 at AGENCY.COM and Geoff wasn't too far behind. They were founding members of "The Pit" the nickname of the place where all the magic happened creating the very first Websites.Episode Timeline4:15 Are you still going by "Poobie King"?6:45 How it all began for Paul (Poobie)9:30 How it all began for Geoff13:55 "I liked that no one knew what they were doing."15:25 Geoff, what was it like for you?16:15 "It was way better than making junk mail."17:20 "I remember being excited about new browser releases."17:55 Where did the name, "The Pit" come from?18:40 "I probably worked 3 years worth... in 9 months!"22:00 Did the culture change for you guys?25:55 Yeah... I don't like this management thing.27:05 "It feels like I'm running a Romper Room!"29:10 Mr. Badner, do you remember THIS?!31:30 "I think about it every time I drive through Times Square"35:00 "It was less about the projects and more about the experience."36:20 "You know who I still talk to is John Nack"40:05: "I left twice..." [FREEZE]41:25 "I think I fell in love with the design process."45:30 "Curiosity and being comfortable with constant change..."49:10 "Can you make our logo rotate?"

Ep. 8 - Lewis Gersh, in partnership with AOL, founded Worldy Information Network in 1998 focusing on investor info publishing during the height of the DOTCOM boom.Episode Timeline4:25 What are you doing now?5:00 My first JV with Omnicom and Organic6:05 Entrepreneur "Reverse Commuters"6:35 Talk about the "AOL Thing"8:20 We had 24,000 SKUs of Japanese Animé10:00 How did you find Organic12:00 The traffic must have been enormous!14:55 Mitsui had backed AOL18:15 We were sharing space with Organic in Chelsea22:15 Getting people to understand the power being inside AOL25:20 We've come full circle... it's now Facebook29:00 We need to talk about "Yo-Yos"32:25 What did you do that really was new territory?34:40 Remember when HTML banners came out?!37:55 One the best banner ads I remember40:20 We had 2 T1's... in MANHATTAN!43:10 What was it like investing in the post-Dotcom-Bubble environment?43:34 Bubble 1.046:55 People were talking about Web 2.050:10 Lewis has gone mad. I'm sure Lewis has gone mad!53:00 Take us into the future... What is phase 4.0?

Julia headed up digital for British Airways as they made their transition to Web-based booking. She'll be joined by some special guests who worked with her at AGENCY.COM.Episode Timeline4:50 How did it all begin?6:00 Went out with the Saatchis and smoked Marlboro Lights9:35 How did you decide to find someone to help you?12:45 There's no point in writing an RFP if people just ignore it!14:10 We were very tech-driven16:10 Introducing Esther Han and Margot Hyun - It's a Party!17:55 Esther tell her origin story18:30 Say hi to Margot20:30 Early days of the BA/ACOM relationship22:30 Who was the procurement guy?25:00 Some fun pics from 199627:25 Do you know how much your IPO cost me?!29:05 How Esther started on the BA account32:00 Margot's time in London, "I couldn't understand what anyone said!"35:15 The time we flew the whole London Team to New York36:50 What did we build that you were proud of?39:50 Web-in-a-Box™40:40 When we taught 400 people what the Internet was... in a Hanger43:10 RAD - Rapid Application Development (Agile before Agile!)48:30 It was a singular time in history50:20 What Esther is up to today52:55 What did you carry forward from those days, Julia?54:30 Wrap-up Party

Ep. 6, Jeff Dachis & Craig Kanarick, the Founders of Razorfish help us kick off 2021 with a bang. We're gonna party like it's 1995.Episode Timeline4:00 We like to start... at the beginning.5:05 Jeff and I knew each other growing up.9:00 A related AGENCY . COM story...11:50 You could feel convergence happening.13:00 The Liberal Arts degree turned out to be handy.14:25 I bumped into the folks at Blender... I bump into Craig.16:12 By definition we were lucky.17:30 This was really happening in New York.19:25 Razorfish... what the heck?! How'd you come up with the name?23:50 Break the Xerox machine... fill the inkwell with spaghetti sauce and see what happens.24:40 There was a small group of us that wanted the Internet to be a beautiful place.27:15 Build the "Thing," not the "Thing about the Thing."28:30 The time where you didn't have to explain what the "World Wide Web" was.30:00 When Omnicom made that bet on those 6 companies... It changed the game.31:25 What was "Holy Crap! We did that!"? ...Building Schwab . com.35:22 We were at an Omnicom event in London...36:30 If you want your Website to do that, Division A needs to talk to B.39:05 Who wanted to have a bunch of failed projects on your roster?!41:50 How did those early times impact what you do now?43:30 How did you maintain your culture as you grew?45:00 Craig, what are you doing today?47:15 Jeff, how about you?51:10 Jeff and I would step back a lot to appreciate where we were.54:20 In Healthtech I feel a similar sense of change.

Ep. 5 - Ben Jones is Global Creative of Unskippable Labs at Google, and was on numerous client projects in the formative years of AGENCY.COM... he's got some stories to tell!Episode Timeline2:50 You just gotta not suck4:56 We're doing "2020 Okay."6:10 How it all started9:30 Can I start TODAY?!12:50 I tended to be the "Pitch Pony"15:10 Two Texaco Stories18:25 The thing I remember the most is the Churn22:20 Creative effectiveness in the video world25:40 Realtime Coffee Freshness System we developed27:55 The Lucent Business Card interface28:20 The Jumpman 23 non-text Interface30:25 Sphere of Genius of Tim Carrier around banner optimization33:00 Pitching "The Laser that Blows Stuff Up" concept36:30 Remembering the Creative Directors38:30 How AGENCY . COM won the biggest global brands40:05 Stumbling into massive cultural problems in large corporations40:45 We won the global rebranding for HP... that was never going to work42:05 Winning GS. That was a biggie.46:20 What are you excited about now?

Ep. 4 - Eamonn and Andy talk about how they got started, creating pioneering firm Online Magic and experience joining & expanding AGENCY.COM all the way to and through the IPO.Episode Timeline5:05​ Eamonn humbly declares inventing the Internet7:04​ Andy from rocker to Internet epiphany10:18​ Landing the Economist gig12:20​ Andy's NYC Move12:50​ "Do you guys build Web sites?"13:40​ Of course we can!14:00​ Chan Suh challenges Eamonn's claim15:04​ "Did you have ambitions for global domination?"17:32​ "How did you meet Chan and Kyle?"19:45​ Going out to first dinner with AGENCY.COM team in NYC23:45​ The cultures never really came together29:20​ UK General Election site31:30​ Winning (being handed) Manchester United site35:45​ One Engine Many Channel39:10​ The Tyson/Hollyfield sites42:03​ Completing the IPO road show44:50​ "50" Levels of Education48:20​ It definitely became less fun (post-IPO)50:05​ "Did Andy pay back his Marxist father?"52:50​ What are you up to these days?

Ep. 3 - SCOTT MAGER, Principal at Deloitte Consulting, was employee number 4 at AGENCY.COM and a founding member of "The Pit" which is where all the magic happened. He also built the original BIG RED BUTTON™Episode Timeline2:08 Dress-Up Fridays Origin3:30 How I Found AGENCY . COM6:10 Creating the First Hitachi Website (With Visuals!)9:35 Tapenet™11:15 The Originator of the "Geek & Tell™"12:57 The Move to 665 Broadway14:30 Urban Desires - You Could Do Anything17:20 Creating the Big RED Button™21:60 "I'm a designer, but I'm also color blind..."26:55 The First Gif89a Ad Banner for Apple... within an hour of release!27:57 Live-Streaming the Concorde in Times Square31:30 The Immersibility Index36:45 Pep Talk: "Figure out what sucks. Don't do that!"38:45 Why it Really Hurt When Scott left39:40 "What have you carried forward from those early days?"46:18 Perfecting Your Craft47:50 How Do You Translate "Small Company" Spirit into (very large) Deloitte Digital?

Chan shares how he discovered coding and the World Wide Web while running marketing for Vibe Magazine, working for Quincy Jones and Time Inc. One thing led to another, and he was in the middle of the Internet storm.5:00 - How did it all start for you, Chan?7:40 - You could have Text AND Pictures on the same screen!12:17 - I did NOT want to do advertising.15:20 - How did you meet Kyle?21:15 - We started with $80 and a checking account.24:10 - When did you make the move?27:38 - Culture of Curiosity32:20 - What was a big deal for you back then?35:15 - If anyone tells you they know what they're doing, they're lying or delusional!37:35 - Once you got into the "Fortune 500 Club"...39:15 - I asked, "Is AmericanExpress.com registered? No? Can you hold that for me?"42:40 - Being a startup... I never really trusted other startups.47:00 - When Omnicom came to visit52:00 - What did you take from those early days?

Kyle shares his journey from aspiring actor in NYC to the creation of online magazine Urban Desires; the World Wide Web Artists Consortium (WWWAC); and AGENCY.COM, where he served as Chief Creative Officer of one of the first and largest digital Web agencies of the era.3:26 - Why Early Days Were Remarkable8:00 - How Kyle Got His Start13:08 - "The world just changed!"19:20 - Clay Shirky and "Geek & Tells"23:35 - Working with MetLife25:50 - How Ritesh Joined AGENCY.COM29:30 - "The PIT"32:55 - Winning British Airways Account46:02 - Hiring 30 people in 30 Days!50:14 - The Creation of TAPENET52:03 - What's Happened Since the Early Days