The
Rise
and
Rise
of
YouTube
Early
in
2005
,
three
friends
,
Chad
Hurley
,
Steve
Chen
and
Jawed
Karim
,
____________________
were
also
colleagues
,
were
having
problems
trying
to
email
a
video
clip
.
Within
two
hours
they
came
up
with
an
idea
____________________
would
solve
the
problem
and
change
internet
history
.
They
decided
to
create
a
video
sharing
platform
and
YouTube
was
born
.
It's
a
familiar
story
for
anyone
____________________
follows
the
development
of
the
internet
:
technology
-
minded
entrepreneurs
under
thirty
,
a
garage
or
bedroom
,
____________________
dreams
become
reality
,
little
money
and
a
big
communicative
need
.
The
site
was
an
instant
success
.
The
key
was
a
number
of
features
:
links
to
the
videos
,
____________________
made
them
easy
to
email
;
tell
-
a
-
friend
functions
;
a
feature
____________________
allowed
YouTube
videos
to
be
played
on
other
social
networking
sites
;
and
another
feature
____________________
let
users
comment
on
the
videos
.
This
helped
to
develop
the
site's
sense
of
community
:
YouTube
was
a
place
____________________
you
posted
videos
but
also
chatted
about
them
,
complained
,
smiled
or
laughed
out
loud
(
LOL
)
.
Two
years
after
the
launch
,
Google
Inc
.
,
bought
YouTube
for
$
1
.
65
billion
.
