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Craig Newmark

Founder, craigslist

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Founders at Work
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In 1995, Craig Newmark started an email list to publicize events in San Francisco. As “Craig’s List” grew in popularity, he switched from a mailing list to a website and added categories. Without consciously realizing it, he was about to take a big bite out of the classified ad business.

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(2007). Craig Newmark. In: Founders at Work. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0327-8_18

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