[thelist] idealab is cool...

[aardvark]

"IdeaLab Needs New Ideas"

"Idealab has been hailed for its insight and 
success in birthing Internet companies. Times 
are changing. 

"Two of its incubatees, Scout Electromedia, 
which produced the Modo wireless handheld 
devices and the accompanying Modo.net city guide 
service, and Eve.com, a beauty website, shut 
down at the end of October, both for lack of 
funding. Eve.com ran for almost a year and a 
half. Scout Electromedia shut down only months 
after releasing its first handheld devices. 

"Since then, WeddingChannel.com, a marketplace 
for wedding planning, lost its CEO, Rebecca 
Patton. Patton was CEO of DellaWeddings, which
merged with WeddingChannel last spring. Three 
members of her executive team resigned with her. 

"Z.com, an entertainment site, laid off half of 
its staff of 100 earlier in October, when it was 
unable to turn a profit. Web marketing network 
FirstLook.com laid off 34 of its 100 employees 
after an unsuccessful shift from the B-to-C to B-
to-B market. 

"Most recently, last Monday Frontera Corp, which 
has changed its name from HomePage.com, laid off 
30 out of 105 employees.--Jill Morneau, TechWeb 
News"

http://www.internetweek.com/story/INW20001107S000
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also...
http://fuckedcompany.com/idealab.html

and i'm sure everyone's heard about pets.com, 
even trying to sell their sock puppet...