Best Books on the DotCom Bubble?

Question

Looking like something like 'Disrupted' or 'Bad Blood' for the DotCom era; I've always been interested in the story of products/companies like Pets.com, etc.

japhyr · Accepted Answer

Totally Wired, by Andrew Smith, is a pretty interesting read.https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Wired-Harris-Dotcom-Swindle/d...

baud147258 · Answer

Not a book, but here's an inside story from a developper in a DotCom era web company:
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=35194
But he's also explaining a lot of entrepreneur/technical details, since most of his usual audience is not familiar with those, unlike HN.

brylie · Answer

Not a book, but a good documentary:Startup.comhttps://youtu.be/ibuiUXOTE4M

eb0la · Answer

Try the first $20 million is the hardest, ir the nudist un the night shift by PO Bronson.They are both about the dotxom boom: the first one is a novel about java. The second is journalism (if I remember well).

HeyLaughingBoy · Answer

I have a copy of After the Gold Rush on a bookshelf somewhere. I don't remember much about it, other than I liked it at the time :-)

Best Books on the DotCom Bubble?

Looking like something like 'Disrupted' or 'Bad Blood' for the DotCom era; I've always been interested in the story of products/companies like Pets.com, etc.

Totally Wired, by Andrew Smith, is a pretty interesting read.
https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Wired-Harris-Dotcom-Swindle/d...

Not a book, but here's an inside story from a developper in a DotCom era web company:
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=35194
But he's also explaining a lot of entrepreneur/technical details, since most of his usual audience is not familiar with those, unlike HN.

Not a book, but a good documentary:
Startup.com
https://youtu.be/ibuiUXOTE4M

Try the first $20 million is the hardest, ir the nudist un the night shift by PO Bronson.
They are both about the dotxom boom: the first one is a novel about java. The second is journalism (if I remember well).

I have a copy of After the Gold Rush on a bookshelf somewhere. I don't remember much about it, other than I liked it at the time :-)

Best Books on the DotCom Bubble?

Looking like something like 'Disrupted' or 'Bad Blood' for the DotCom era; I've always been interested in the story of products/companies like Pets.com, etc.

Totally Wired, by Andrew Smith, is a pretty interesting read.https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Wired-Harris-Dotcom-Swindle/d...

Not a book, but here's an inside story from a developper in a DotCom era web company:https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=35194But he's also explaining a lot of entrepreneur/technical details, since most of his usual audience is not familiar with those, unlike HN.

Not a book, but a good documentary:Startup.comhttps://youtu.be/ibuiUXOTE4M

Try the first $20 million is the hardest, ir the nudist un the night shift by PO Bronson.They are both about the dotxom boom: the first one is a novel about java. The second is journalism (if I remember well).

I have a copy of After the Gold Rush on a bookshelf somewhere. I don't remember much about it, other than I liked it at the time :-)

Totally Wired, by Andrew Smith, is a pretty interesting read.
https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Wired-Harris-Dotcom-Swindle/d...

Not a book, but here's an inside story from a developper in a DotCom era web company:
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=35194
But he's also explaining a lot of entrepreneur/technical details, since most of his usual audience is not familiar with those, unlike HN.

Not a book, but a good documentary:
Startup.com
https://youtu.be/ibuiUXOTE4M

Try the first $20 million is the hardest, ir the nudist un the night shift by PO Bronson.
They are both about the dotxom boom: the first one is a novel about java. The second is journalism (if I remember well).