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Rich Barton | Co-Founder of Zillow, Expedia, and Glassdoor

The Founder Hour

CHAPTER

Microsoft Ventures Wasn't a Thing. No, No, Not a Thing

Pets.com went public in November of 1999, when Bill Gates was still at Microsoft. The company had 145 people on the team and made $100 million that year. "It was like the web was a thing, right? And like you could actually like Expedia.com was a thing," he says.

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