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institution1994–2008

Netscape

Disciplines:
technology/internet
technology entrepreneurship/silicon valley
technology/web
browser

Summary

Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark's Mountain View web browser and internet software company — whose 1995 IPO launched the dot-com era — creators of the Netscape Navigator browser that made the World Wide Web accessible to non-technical users.

Core Contribution

Launches the commercial internet era — Netscape's 1995 IPO (August 9, 1995) is considered the first shot of the internet revolution; Navigator made the web graphical and accessible; the company's defeat by Microsoft's Internet Explorer defined the 'browser wars.'

Historical Influences

Marc Andreessen NCSA Mosaic

Intellectual Lineage

Marc Andreessen Jim Clark 1994

Contemporaries & Peers

Microsoft Internet ExplorerYahoo

Minds Influenced

Commercial internetSilicon Valley VC modelLenny's Podcast

Intellectual Posterity

Netscape Netscape NavigatorBrowser wars

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