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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. <p>Smart investors, esteemed analysts, and the business press found themselves asking:</p> <p>• Who knew people wouldn't rush out to trade in their U.S. dollars for a virtual currency called Flooz?</p> <p>• Who knew people wouldn't blow all their Flooz on a used car from the guys at iMotors.com?</p> <p>• 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?</p> <p>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

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Author

Philip J. Kaplan

Publisher

Simon & Schuster (Trade Division)

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743235433

Category

business

Subjects

Computer Science, Finance, Business

Rating

3.6 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14