{"product_id":"fd-companies","title":"F'd Companies","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmart investors, esteemed analysts, and the business press found themselves asking:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho knew people wouldn't rush out to trade in their U.S. dollars for a virtual currency called Flooz?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho knew people wouldn't blow all their Flooz on a used car from the guys at iMotors.com?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\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?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eF'd Companies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eF'd Companies\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for everyone involved in the \"new economy\" -- assuming your severance check can cover the cost.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57297373692248,"sku":"9781416577935","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781416577935.jpg?v=1778834794","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fd-companies","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}