AOL
American web portal and online service provider
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning AOL

All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
All-In Podcast
An older tech company mentioned in the context of Silicon Valley's landscape when discussing political representation.

E168: Can Google save itself? Abolish HR, AI takes over Customer Support, Reddit IPO teardown
All-In Podcast
Reference to a past experience of one of the speakers where promotion was impacted by diversity quotas.

Calm App Founder: From $0 To $2 Billion By Making The World Meditate: Michael Acton Smith | E117
The Diary Of A CEO
An early internet service provider mentioned as an example of the nascent stage of the internet when Firebox was founded.

Jason Calacanis on Brooklyn Grit, Big Asks, The Magic of Thinking Big, and More
Tim Ferriss
Where Chamath Palihapitiya worked and Jason Calacanis's blogging company was sold, establishing their friendship.

E135: Wagner rebels, SCOTUS ends AA, AI M&A, startups gone bad, spacetime warps & more
All-In Podcast
Company where a speaker encountered an explicit policy against hiring 'another white guy' for an EVP position due to DEI initiatives.

MassBridge Apprenticeships Symposium May 2022
MIT Open Learning
An early internet service provider mentioned by Travis Barrett in the context of his high school tech interests.

E117: Did Stripe miss its window? Plus: VC market update, AI comes for SaaS, Trump's savvy move
All-In Podcast
America Online, used as a historical example of a business that hit a growth ceiling and deprecated due to competition, highlighting the importance of LTV and CAC.

E116: Toxic out-of-control trains, regulators, and AI
All-In Podcast
The company from which Netscape's technology was acquired by the Mozilla Foundation.

Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #140
Lex Fridman
An early internet service provider, mentioned as potentially just starting to become popular around 1992.

What Went Wrong?: A Conversation with Marc Andreessen (Episode #290)
Sam Harris
Company that acquired Netscape from Mark Andreessen for $4.2 billion.

E62: Elizabeth Holmes verdict, fraud origins & takeaways, navigating "The Great Markdown" & more
All-In Podcast
Partnered with Google on a major search syndication deal that provided significant funding for Google's early operations.

E54: Spread trading big tech, capital allocation, Zillow's misfire, Progressives suffer losses
All-In Podcast
AOL is cited as a company that captured consumer imagination, enabling further internet development.

Best Investments, Bad Advice to Avoid, and Other Life Lessons | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Acquired About.me, a startup Veronica Belmont advised.

Marvel Studios Creator — Never-Before-Heard Tales of Hollywood Deals, Selling to Disney, & More
Tim Ferriss
An internet service provider that Michael Ovitz and Bill Gates discussed competing against in a meeting attended by the speaker.

Alfred Lin with Justin Kan
Y Combinator
An advertising platform mentioned as an option for acquiring website traffic, though typically for those with a budget.

Peter Mallouk — Exploring the Worlds of Investing | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An early internet service provider and search engine mentioned as an example of technology that was improved upon.

Tim O'Reilly Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
The online service provider that acquired Global Network Navigator (GNN) in 1995.

Jason Fried Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An internet service provider from the early days of personal computing, mentioned in connection with early software sales.

Meta's scorched earth approach to AI, Tesla's future, TikTok bill, FTC bans noncompetes, wealth tax
All-In Podcast
An internet services company, to which Jason Calacanis sold his blogs. Also merged with Time Warner, which provided the music library for a 99-cent music download store by Winamp and AOL Music.

Joel Spolsky at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
A competitor to Juno Online Services that utilized 'get big fast' strategies like sending out floppy discs, ultimately becoming larger.

Abraham Lincoln’s Advice for Escaping Distraction and Doing Things that Matter | Cal Newport
Cal Newport
Mentioned as a platform that was popular in 2008, but is now less relevant.

AI Psychosis, America's Broken Social Fabric, Trump Takes Over DC Police, Is VC Broken?
All-In Podcast

Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road | Lex Fridman Podcast #340
Lex Fridman
An American web portal and online service provider, which was hacked by a local New York hacker, leading to the Sabu investigation.

Kara Swisher Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Company on which Kara Swisher wrote a book, detailing the early days of the internet and digital media, and how she used information gathering to gain leverage over Steve Case.