EPISODE 4 - Dec. 11th | Eamonn Wilmott & Andy Hobsbawm

You Shoulda Been There

Dec 11 2020 • 1 hr 2 mins

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 Timeline

5:05​ Eamonn humbly declares inventing the Internet

7:04​ Andy from rocker to Internet epiphany

10:18​ Landing the Economist gig

12:20​ Andy's NYC Move

12:50​ "Do you guys build Web sites?"

13:40​ Of course we can!

14:00​ Chan Suh challenges Eamonn's claim

15:04​ "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 NYC

23:45​ The cultures never really came together

29:20​ UK General Election site

31:30​ Winning (being handed) Manchester United site

35:45​ One Engine Many Channel

39:10​ The Tyson/Hollyfield sites

42:03​ Completing the IPO road show

44:50​ "50" Levels of Education

48:20​ 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?

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