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DotComs are not all about money
and fame all the time. For every success there are dozens of failure. Avoid
making the mistake other did. Read on to find about why these guys could
not make it...
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An E-Commerce Cautionary
Tale(New)
As Williams-Sonoma's site faltered, inventory piled up
Where Are They
Now? (New)
An awful lot can happen in a year
or less. Just ask these entrepreneurs.
Finished at
Forty (New)
In the new economy, the skills
that come with age count for less and less. Suddenly, 40 is starting to
look and feel old.
Stolen Secrets
Technological breakthroughs are so valuable in Silicon
Valley that some company executives are willing to do almost anything to
get them. It is shocking and sensational. Read all about what happened
in a extensive five part story.
Pixelon's Broken Promises
Just two months after its lavish launch party, the company
admits it's not up to the task it set for itself and is scaling back.
Dumb and Dumber
Forbes listing of the most idiotic business ideas of
the year.
Losing the Startup Gamble
The silent majority of high-tech workers whose dreams
of vast stock-option wealth waned when their startups fizzled.
Lessons Learned: Even
Good Startups Can Fail
WebFlow's story is a lesson on how a good idea can unravel.
Here's what went wrong...
The Four
Known High-Tech Startup Failure Modes
You don't have to spend much time in this industry to
recognize that high-tech companies fail fairly often.
When Startups Become
Blowups
Not all failed startups are tragic, but they can be bitter,
painful experiences.
PointCast of No Return
The antientrepreneur: how Chris Hassett blew the deal
of the decade.
Bomb.com
Consider the lessons learned by the following Wall Streeters
who thought entrepreneurship would be a cakewalk - and ended up with pie
on their faces.
Cheap Access
to Net Costs Provider Dearly
ISP @Bigger.net planned to offer customers lifetime Internet
service for a one-time fee. But flawed software, insufficient capital,
and too few subscribers drove the company into bankruptcy.
PointCast
learns there's no rest for the wicked
What went wrong with PointCast? As late as 1997, PointCast
enjoyed all the buzz in the world.
PointCast:
The Rise and Fall of an Internet Star
Its saga tells of hope and hubris in a high-risk business.
Babes in Toyland
Donald Spector's Investors Hoped for an IPO. Instead,
they lost money, sued, and pushed his Balzac Inc. into Chapter 11.
With
the Best Research and Intentions, a Game Maker Fails
Purple Moon sought and failed to make a viable business
out of computer games for girls.
Machine Maker
Unhinged by Sales Emphasis
American Dixie Group specialized in making customized
machines used in food processing, packaging, and plastics making. By 1996
the company employed about 30 people at its headquarters, it boasted of
customers like Nestle and Campbell Soup, and it reportedly claimed revenues
of $4 million.
Why My Startup Failed
Meet Ed Harris. He learned the hard way that 50-50 partnerships
fail more often than they succeed. Here's his story in his own words.
Failure IS an Option
The dream behind Exponential Technology was bold - to
build the world`s fastest computer chip. The reality was messy - unreliable
partners, missed deadlines. The end was bloody - $30 million of wasted
capital, four years of wasted effort. So why are so many people grateful
for the experience?
Shame on us!
Scott Technologies dominated the market for emergency
oxygen equipment. Then it got lazy.
RELOAD:
Channel A goes off the Internet -- for good.
Channel A was in over its head from the start. Its twin
objectives -- to be the premier editorial Web site for Asian-Americans
and to parlay its content into online retail sales -- were grand but irreconcilable.
Hurry Up and Wait
Everybody who goes into business wants to make things
happen, but you're heading for trouble if you let your sense of urgency
dictate your decisions.
The Story of a Prodigy
Whatever happened to America's first cutting-edge online
service?
When Going Public Goes
Wrong
Even high tech entrepreneurs can learn something from
the cautionary tales of Bertucci's pizza chain.
Feasting on Failure
Silicon Valley is like the Serengeti Plain: Predators
and scavengers roam the territory hoping to make a meal of wounded startup
companies.
Beached Dale
Dale Sundby drove PowerAgent into the ground.
Failure: The Secret
of My Success
While most entrepreneurs dread the failure of their businesses,
sometimes it's their best option. Here's how to know when to throw in the
towel, and the lessons that failure can teach.
PowerAgent's PowerFlop
PowerAgent blew through $2-3 million per month with little
to show for it.
Bouncing Back
In high tech, failure is rarely a dead end. It's just
another opportunity...
Try, Try Again
Entrepreneurs flattened by early failures, rebound to
success.
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