Lamont: Google and Amazon wouldn't exist without 1990s internet mania
Annie Lamont · Annie Lamont – A Lifetime in Venture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 9 (Capital Allocators, EP. 238) · Mar 7, 2022 · at 13:56
Annie Lamont, co-founder of Oak HC/FT, reflects on the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and its role in financing foundational internet infrastructure.
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“If we hadn't had a mania, we wouldn't have funded things like Google and Amazon, some of the great companies of today.”
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