F'd Companies

Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

Philip J. Kaplan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2007
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-1-4165-7793-5 (ISBN)

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Not long ago, the world was awash with venture capital in search of the next Yahoo! or Amazon.com. No product, no experience, no technology, no business plan -- no problem. You could still get $40 million from investors to start up your dot-com. And you could get people to work around the clock for stock options and the promise of millions. Then, around April 2000, it all came crashing down.

Smart investors, esteemed analysts, and the business press found themselves asking:

Who knew people wouldn't rush out to trade in their U.S. dollars for a virtual currency called Flooz?

Who knew people wouldn't blow all their Flooz on a used car from the guys at iMotors.com?

And who needed a used car from iMotors.com when they could just sit at home and have 40-lb. bags of dog food delivered to them by a sock puppet?

F'd Companies captures the waste, greed, and human stupidity of more than 100 dot-com companies. Written in Philip J. Kaplan's popular, cynical style, these profiles are filled with colorful anecdotes, factoids, and information unavailable anywhere else. Together they form a gleeful encyclopedia of how not to run a business. They also capture a truly remarkable period of history.

F'd Companies is required reading for everyone involved in the "new economy" -- assuming your severance check can cover the cost.

In May 2000, having nothing better to do with his Memorial Day weekend, Philip J. Kaplan created Fuckedcompany.com to track the layoffs, the bankruptcies, and the generally bad behavior of dot-com companies. The site became an immediate success and has grown into one of the most well-read news sources on the Web, attracting more than 4 million visitors a month. Fuckedcompany.com was named "Site of the Year" by Rolling Stone, Time, and Yahoo!, among others. Kaplan is also the president of PK Interactive, an e-commerce solutions firm. He lives in New York City and can be seen playing drums in smoky heavy metal clubs around town.

Contents

Introduction

1. TOUGH SHIP

Pets.com Webvan Kozmo.com Furniture.com

2. Solutions in search of a problem

eRegister.com iHarvest.com Third Voice Wwwrrr.com eMarker Colo.com Impresse CalendarCentral.com PopularPower.com CapacityWeb.com Refer.com Iam.com Mercata.com BizBuyer.com FooDoo.com

3. IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS

Fandom.com FunBug.com Vitessa.com OnlineChoice.com eFanShop.com eLetter.com Extreme Championship Wrestling

4. MESSY ENDINGS

SwapIt.com FreeRide.com ThemeStream.com ExchangePath.com CashWars.com LogicTier MySpace.com CyberRebate.com Desktop.com

5. QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD

Liquor.com HeavenlyDoor.com BuildNet.com Zap.com Wingspan Bank Meals.com Music.com Express.com Work.com ToysRUs.com Finance.com Balducci.com DailyRadar.com

6. AHEAD OF THEIR TIME? OR JUST STUPID?

Z.com Wapit.com MVP.com GlobalMedia.com MyBiz.com Rx.com Broadband Office Hitplay Media LipStream.com Promptu NetMorf Urban Cool Network MusicMaker.com AntEye.com Xuma.com

7. CONTENT WAS KING

Rivals.com ContentVille.com Next50.com Hookt.com LocalBusiness.com eTown.com IUMA.com Voter.com The Industry Standard

8. EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DIGITAL, WILL BE -- BUT SHOULDN'T BE

Wine.com Eppraisals.com Art.com CharitableWay.com BeautyJungle.com iMotors.com Ingredients.com Zoza.com

9. MICRO NICHE

ProcessTree.com Send.com Bidland.com eHobbies.com OfficeClick.com PlanetRX.com

10. PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999

Urban Box Office CarClub.com eToys.com CollegeHire.com MarchFirst

11. GIVE IT AWAY NOW

eCircles.com TheGlobe.com eVoice.com BitLocker.com SixDegrees.com Zelerate FreeWorks.com

12. B2C2B2McD's

Zing.com GreatEntertaining.com Multitude.com Bid.com

13. $100 SHOPPING SPREE IF YOU READ THIS CHAPTER!

Sticky Networks Save.com CyberGold.com Dash.com ePod.com AllAdvantage.com

14. PORTALS TO NOWHERE

Go.com QuePasa.com Scape.com HeadLight.com

15. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, FIX IT

FinancialPrinter.com eLaw.com Foodline.com MetalSpectrum.com Comro.com HomeBytes.com Zoho.com

16. I'VE NO FUCKING CLUE

Digiscents Flooz.com Mr. Swap E Villa PaperFly.com Modo Empori.com Arzoo.com PNV.com Xigo.com XFL CampSix Comedy World iExchange.com ShoppingList.com ePods ClickABid.com QuestionExchange.com

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.9.2007
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Gewicht	204 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb
ISBN-10	1-4165-7793-9 / 1416577939
ISBN-13	978-1-4165-7793-5 / 9781416577935
Zustand	Neuware