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Sound off! Who'd you work for?

Klaatu — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 17:20:01 GMT

I was with Excite@Home, Netscape prior to that

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Hi, I'm new to this group

Creative — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:07:37 GMT

I never worked at a dot com. I am a historian researching the dot com era. I am interested in the experiences of former (and current) dot com workers. If anyone is interested in what I am doing you can go to http://www.creativedestruction.org/ and take a look. That site also contains a link to our survey.

Dalit Baranoff
University of Maryland

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Venture funding in Massachusetts -- a little gossip

George — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:00:48 GMT

I'm a media dude in Massachusetts, curious about the venture climate in Massachusetts.

The reports keep telling us that Massachusetts is a center for venture start-ups, but I don't think the edge has quite come off the recession here.

Still, my agency has been picking up new venture-backed clients (we specialize in start-ups.) Is everyone still out of work? What are people telling folks face-to-face?

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Worst Business Plan?? (repost)

brian — Thu, 07 Aug 2003 04:58:48 GMT

Dang it, I meant for this to be a discussion, not a listing... Pardon the extra repost!

Greetings fellow dot-communists. Now that we seem to have cleaned up the rubble from the bubble, it may be fun to look back and laugh at the business plans that we all worked so hard at making work. Advertising dollars anyone?

So go ahead, offer up the business plan and/or peculiar product offering that your dot com tried, and why it didn't work! I just today talked to a fellow tribalist who worked at a company who was making a Java application server - sold 5 units - spent $18 million - and poof. Perhaps we can all have a chuckle looking back on the exuberance of the day. After all, if we cannot learn from our mistakes then we are bound to make them again...

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Ex-CNETers

spidra — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 21:47:06 GMT

Yeah, the red ball is still alive, but plenty were pink-slipped. I'm in regular contact with one ex-co-worker, but I'd sure love to hear stories from other former CNETers. Hell, I'm curious to hear from those who've managed to hang on at 235 Townsend.

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Hey

Wed, 05 Nov 2003 07:11:46 GMT

Who here has been driven to start their own company because they can't find a job? What is your business now?

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New Startups Getting Financed

jamiepitts — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 01:54:20 GMT

I've been on the lookout in a big way since Six Apart got funded.

Two weeks ago I met the founders of http://www.etonica.com/ in Los Angeles. Social software.

Any other small shops out there?

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Business plans for the future

garsett — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:54:25 GMT

Hey, I'll show mine if you show yours.
This is just an online synopsis, of course:

http://www.webassistant.com/kp/upload/users/garsettkp/p/1607-950284819zafd4tb2jgm/

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