[thelist] idealab is cool...
aardvark
roselli at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 9 11:34:00 CST 2000
"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...
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