Henry McClure
Shopwave.com
April 1996 – January 1997
Ventura, CA
President
April 1996 – January 1997
Ventura, CA
President
I had a vision that shopping on the internet would one day become popular, and my experience founding Shopwave.com was an unparalleled entrepreneurial journey. We built everything from the ground up. I collaborated with a programmer from the Tomahawk missile program who wrote CGI scripts to create a functional shopping cart. Using Cold Fusion, we dynamically generated web pages to display inventory, five items at a time. This was no small task in 1996, when we had to contend with 33-speed dial-up modems. Being an inventor in those early internet days was truly exciting.
Key Achievements:
- Developed a secure online shopping channel using a state-of-the-art web server. We mastered encryption, fax fulfillment, and order verification to provide safe and reliable ordering for web users, while adding a modern mail-order component for retailers.
- Created websites, internet office suites, and provided internet consulting services.
- Launched Shopwave Networks, serving clients such as Alliance BBS, AcenetWeb, and Ventura County Databases.
- Operated as a computer retailer.
- Held a minority interest in Fishnet.net, an internet access provider.
Milestone:
Shopwave.com became the first internet company to join the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
Shopwave.com became the first internet company to join the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
