1. The audience for the web was very small, in fact most homes were still using dial up in 1999 since cable modems hadn't even taken off yet
2. Launching a startup took quite a great deal of money in 1999, today it's a mere fraction of what it use to cost
3. The economy in 1999 was pretty damn amazing, but the negative side of this is that there was a great deal of dumb money floating around
1. The audience for the web was very small, in fact most homes were still using dial up in 1999 since cable modems hadn't even taken off yet
2. Launching a startup took quite a great deal of money in 1999, today it's a mere fraction of what it use to cost
3. The economy in 1999 was pretty damn amazing, but the negative side of this is that there was a great deal of dumb money floating around