Go For Broke
Go For Broke examines historical moments of irrational confidence — when large groups of people get caught up in a moment that, because of their enthusiasm, expands into a bubble that eventually pops. The series details the causes of these expansions and their ensuing crashes, and the lessons we can learn from them.
Thursday Mornings
Go For Broke examines historical moments of irrational confidence — when large groups of people get caught up in a moment that, because of their enthusiasm, expands into a bubble that eventually pops. The series details the causes of these expansions and their ensuing crashes, and the lessons we can learn from them.
Business & Economics Podcasts
Go For Broke is a podcast series about historic bubbles, the irrational enthusiasm that creates them, and the lessons we’ve learned (and the ones we haven’t) when they pop.In our first season, we’re examining the original dot-com bubble.
Land of the Giants: The Google Empire
In Land of the Giants: The Google Empire, Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary and Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz explore how a company that began with idealistic goals of creative experimentation and making useful products has turned into a worldwide power with enormous impact on the way we live. Subscribe for free.
Fax to the Future
Pets.com. Webvan. Kozmo.com. All these companies met their demise when the bubble burst. But their ideas live on today, in Chewy.com, Fresh Direct, Postmates, and many other start-ups.
All Work, Some Play, Mad Risk
Dot-com companies attracted a lot of people interested in working in exciting new businesses with a start-up mentality.
Lighting the Stock Market on Fire
Venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs chasing big payouts helped inflate the dot-com bubble. But other forces brought the mania to individual investors, and tried to keep the party going, even as dot-com companies started failing left and right.
Fear of Investing in BlackPlanet
Before MySpace and Facebook, there was BlackPlanet. BlackPlanet.com, a social media site targeted to Black users, was immediately popular when it launched in 1999. It allowed users to create their own personal web pages, set up dating profiles, and look for jobs.
Netscape: The First Fleck of Gold
To examine the start of the dot-com bubble, we go back to 1995, the year technology became a part of our popular culture, just as the Internet was changing.
About
A New York City based podcast featuring conversations with long time friends and natives, V. Romance and JonnyAzn.
Videos
We’re back for Season 2! Join us live tonight at 6pm on Social Distortion Radio. We break down our experiences during our shelter in place and would love to hear from you as well. Tune in tonight. Click link in bio!
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