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Aakash kashyap

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Elon Musk became a millionaire for the first time when Zip2 was sold to Compaq in 1999. In 1996, Elon Musk co-founded Zip2 📈 an online city guide for newspapers, with his brother Kimbal. They were so broke that they slept in their office and showe

Anonymous 3

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An online city guide for newspapers? Aiyen? Didn't understand

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Aakash kashyap

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A "city guide for newspapers" in the context of Zip2 meant an online platform that helped newspapers provide local business listings, maps, and directions to their readers. Before online maps and search engines, newspapers were a primary source of local information. Zip2 digitized this by offering tools that newspapers could use to show businesses (like restaurants, shops, etc.) and their locations on a map. It was an early way to help people find local services online, like what Google Maps or Yelp do today.

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