When we built Zamzar, we wanted to make our free file conversion service as good as it possibly can be. However, we know that some users will want to convert more files, at bigger sizes, and do it all much…
Tag: Startups
The Class Of 2006 – Brewdog
Zamzar was launched in October 2006 and in this special series of blog posts we look at some of the biggest startup successes who also launched in 2006 and how they came to be. The next company to feature on…
The Class Of 2006 – Goodreads
Zamzar was launched in October 2006 and in this special series of blog posts we look at some of the biggest startup successes who also launched in 2006 and how they came to be. The next story in this class…
The Class Of 2006 – BuzzFeed
Read the story of how Jonah Peretti founded new website BuzzFeed in 2006.

The Class Of 2006 – Twitter
A potted history of Twitter the company - how it came to be, when it was launched and who the key players were that made it happen.
Life before the web – Running a Startup in the 1980’s
This is part two of a series of stories by Robert Gaskins who helped invent PowerPoint at Forethought Inc. in 1984 (read part one here). It was the first significant acquisition made by Microsoft. We spoke to Robert about building a startup in the 1980s and…
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