(Bloomberg View) -- The dot-com bust led many people to discount the true value of the internet, Chris Anderson, former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, founder of 3D Robotics and author of the "The Long Tail," said on this week's Masters in Business podcast. The meltdown simply masked the organic growth and rapid adoption by the public, causing many people to overlook the lasting significant of the web, he said.
Anderson has been an observer of life at the forefront of technology for decades. His insights into why technology is so disruptive have been ahead of the curve for a long time.
His current job started as a hobby: He was designing, building and flying drones with his kids for fun. He began selling drone kits, and surging demand quickly led to annual sales of $5 million. He started 3D Robotics in 2009, where he is the chief executive officer.
All of the books Anderson referred to can be found here.
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Next week, we speak with Duff McDonald, author of two critically acclaimed books: "The Golden Passport" about Harvard Business School, and "The Firm" about McKinsey & Co.
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Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg View columnist. He founded Ritholtz Wealth Management and was chief executive and director of equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He blogs at the Big Picture and is the author of “Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy.”
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