A Very Public Offering: The Story of theglobe.com and the First Internet Revolution

A decade before Facebook, Stephan Paternot and Todd Krizelman created the first social network in their college dorm room. After a meteoric rise, theglobe.com became world-famous for its billion-dollar IPO, only to quickly plummet toward the depths. This very personal history details what it was like to witness the chaotic birth of the internet industry.valley

One of the poster boys of the dot-com era, Stephan rode the wild high of seeing his digital dreams come true, only to confront the so...