After a turbulent start and the firing of its founder, Friendster looked like it was back on track. It was still the biggest social network around and its board—which was packed with some of the biggest names in venture capital—quickly assembled a star-studded executive team. So, why couldn’t all that talent deliver on the company’s promise?

Why aren’t we all logging onto Friendster today?

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Mark Phillips wrote and performed our theme song.

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Additional music by Typhoon, Jupyter, Marley Carrol and the band Hot Moms Dot Gov.

David Herman, Ian Scott, and Rick Kwan mixed the episode.

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