Posts with tag ‘history’

The history of the internet

Alexandre Fugita on January 12, 2009

I was surfing the web and on Digg I found this cool video about the history of the internet. The video explains (rather didactically) the growth of the web. It’s important for those who follow Startupi to know about the birth of the internet that allowed the growth of the web and all the startups we cover here.


History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

View the video directly on Vimeo.

A little history of Hotwords

Alexandre Fugita on January 12, 2009

hotwordsHotwords is already an established and lucrative business, but it spent time as a startup. The story of it’s growth is quite interesting. On Friday I spoke to the guys at Hotwords (Gustavo Morales, Thiago Cassini, and Rafael Alves) so I could recount the “epic” here.

Gustavo Morales, one of four partners, was already an entrepreneur when he was a student, creating his first business, White Cat, which did flash design and other digital media. Read more…