How Craigslist Invented Every Tech App

Craigslist started all the major startups we know today. Airbnb, Uber, Reddit, Tinder, etc...Craigslist had it first. For every niche of Craigslist there is now a billion dollar unicorn startup.
For founders & entrepreneurs running internet technology startups, many have seen the following image. For those who are interested in founding a startup or perhaps work in one, they should see the following image. Something interesting has happened in the last 20 years.
The internet was born in the greatness that was the 90’s, and it was the decades that followed that has allowed the internet to evolve into what we have today.
The image above is of the front page of Craigslist, with an arrow pointing to a hyperlink that some startup has come to specialize in. Initially started as basically an email newsletter, the Craigslist website went live in ‘96 and is probably the oldest webpage worth noting that is still running today. Born in an age of unbounded optimism for the internet & what it could bring, Craigslist embodied the original decentralized, democratized vision of the internet - allowing anyone, anywhere, to make a post. Free of charge.
A common question among potential startup founders, or even serial founders, is “what should we make? what will we offer the world?”
Well, if you’re looking to create a marketplace, an easy answer is to check the image above & simply pick a hyperlink to build for. Each one of those links has spawned an internet company specializing in what it was offering, many of which have gone on to become billion-dollar enterprises (AirBnb, Uber, Github, Chegg, etc).

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I think Facebook was focused on this direction too before Zuck went head over heels for VR. They started of as a forum pretty much, then evolved adding stories, tv, streaming, videos, games, Marketplace, etc. Great Video keep up the content!

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Great video. Thank you :) I actually like browsing the missing connections section. Not that I am looking for someone. But some of the best writings can be found there.

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I think the allure of an everything app is that these tech companies realize they can’t rely on trends and a few features such as writing on a Facebook wall to posting Snapchat stories to keep their user base. To keep the user on their platform they just build out everything else they would need to reduce the risk of them using a third party app

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Extremely well done video! When I say I used Craigslist for everything, I used it for EVERYTHING. Dating? YEP! Buying and selling stuff? YEP Apartment rentals? YEP Meeting new friends and finding activities and events? YEP Casual encounters? YEP I really lived off craigslist at one point. Its crazy!

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Craigslist overtook traditional classified ads by letting users post ads free of charge. It never took off in Utah due to KSL local news already offering free classifieds that on their website.

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