{"product_id":"9781416577935","title":"F'd Companies : Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmart investors, esteemed analysts, and the business press found themselves asking:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho knew people wouldn't rush out to trade in their U.S. dollars for a virtual currency called Flooz?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho knew people wouldn't blow all their Flooz on a used car from the guys at iMotors.com?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eF'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eF'd Companies is required reading for everyone involved in the \"new economy\" -- assuming your severance check can cover the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46145075707983,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":558.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781416577935","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}