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Apr 27, 2022 · 1995: Zip2 Along with his brother, Musk founded Zip2, an online business directory, as an online alternative to the standard paper yellow pages. (Google would not launch until 1998.)
Zip2 Corp. was a company that provided and licensed online city guide software to newspapers. The company was founded in Palo Alto, California as Global Link Information Network, Inc. on November 9, 1995, [4] by Greg Kouri and brothers Elon and Kimbal Musk.
Jun 22, 2024 · Zip2, former American technology company (1995–99) that was the first enterprise founded by Elon Musk. It provided a searchable business directory that could be described as an Internet version of the yellow pages telephone directory with maps included, which it later made available to online newspapers.
Jun 19, 2018 · Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal founded Zip2, a web software startup that created online city guides for newspapers, in 1995. They lived in their small office, showered at the YMCA and worked hard to sell the company to Compaq in 1999.
Apr 5, 2022 · The fascinating story behind Zip2, the first company launched by Elon and Kimbal Musk. Check out Joe's full conversation with Kimbal Musk: https://www.youtub...
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Apr 3, 2020 · Zip2 was a business directory search engine that Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk created in 1995. They faced skepticism and rejection from the Yellow Pages industry, but eventually partnered with major media companies and sold the company for $300 million.
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Mar 1, 2009 · With cash from the Zip2 sale, Musk uses $10m to start the online banking and financial services company X.com. It later merges with Confinity in 2000, before being renamed PayPal in 2001.
