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Acquired

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Amazon, It Looks Pretty Cool. And You Have FOMO.

On July 16, 1995, Amazon launched the site to the public. Ben: It went very quickly from like a thing that obscure nerds wanted to this has a good enough user experience where regular people are using it quickly and deriving real value. "I totally understand now what Mark Andreessen was saying when he was like, I freaking missed it"

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