The ONElist File

I originally wrote The ONElist File in 2001/2002. It started as my attempt to collect and save as much collateral from ONElist as possible, including emails, press releases, articles, etc. I eventually wrote the story of the first year and a half of ONElist, from the time I thought of the idea, through our Series A venture funding. I haven’t touched it since then; I’m reformatting it now for the new blog.

• Introduction
• August 1997 – The Beginning
• October 1997 – Naming The Beast
• January 24, 1998 – Launch
  • February 23, 1998 – USENET Posting
• March 1998 – Makelist Enters The Fray
• April 14, 1998 – Hardware Upgrade
• April, 1998 – People Take Notice
  • Email Exchanges with Steve Jurvetson
  • Email Exchanges with Ariel Poler
• June 1998 – Beginnings of a Company
• July 1998 – The Summer of ONElist’s Discontent
• August 1998 – The Poaching Continues
• September 1998
• October 1998
• November 1998
• December 1998
• January 1999
• February 1999
  • Upgrade Notice – February 24, 1999
  • Shared Files Are Here – February 25, 1999
  • Startups Get On The List – February 26, 1999
• April 1999
  • Easing The Pain Of E-mail Lists – April 11, 1999
  • Surveys And Calendars Announcement – April 10, 1999
• May 1999
  • The ONElist Update – May 4, 1999
• September 1999
  • EGroups Fires CEO – September 21, 1999
• October 1999
  • ONElist Hires Michael Klein As CEO – October 19, 1999
• November 1999
  • ONElist And EGroups Announce Merger – November 9, 1999