http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/ Turning Data into Knowledge Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-27872 Boo’s Rebirth Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:04:03 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-27872 [...] If that’s so, Boo.com’s return wouldn’t come as a surprise. As you know, Boo.com was one of the biggest Internet failures, burning through over $100 million in investments before [...] […] If that’s so, Boo.com’s return wouldn’t come as a surprise. As you know, Boo.com was one of the biggest Internet failures, burning through over $100 million in investments before […]

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-27469 The Privacy Police Strikes Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:53:59 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-27469 [...] one of the fundamental pillars on which expansion into foreign markets lies. When I was working at Boo.com, one of the things that we worked on diligently was compliance with the many European data laws. As [...] […] one of the fundamental pillars on which expansion into foreign markets lies. When I was working at Boo.com, one of the things that we worked on diligently was compliance with the many European data laws. As […]

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-24512 fresh wordpress installation Wed, 02 May 2007 16:28:48 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-24512 <!--%kramer-pre%-->op tafel hebben gelegd. Hoeveel WRI ervoor heeft betaald is onbekend, maar de naam garandeert bij voorbaat al zeer veel aandacht in de media en lijkt dus een uitstekende koop. Voor wie meer wil weten over Boo.com 1.0, er zijn vele verhalen over te vinden die uitgebreid omschrijven wat er allemaal in het korte maar roerige leven van de website gebeurd is… <!--%kramer-post%--> op tafel hebben gelegd. Hoeveel WRI ervoor heeft betaald is onbekend, maar de naam garandeert bij voorbaat al zeer veel aandacht in de media en lijkt dus een uitstekende koop. Voor wie meer wil weten over Boo.com 1.0, er zijn vele verhalen over te vinden die uitgebreid omschrijven wat er allemaal in het korte maar roerige leven van de website gebeurd is…

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-24513 BlueAce · De dagelijkse dosis Web 2.0 Wed, 02 May 2007 16:28:48 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-24513 <!--%kramer-pre%-->op tafel hebben gelegd. Hoeveel WRI ervoor heeft betaald is onbekend, maar de naam garandeert bij voorbaat al zeer veel aandacht in de media en lijkt dus een uitstekende koop. Voor wie meer wil weten over Boo.com 1.0, er zijn vele verhalen over te vinden die uitgebreid omschrijven wat er allemaal in het korte maar roerige leven van de website gebeurd is… <!--%kramer-post%--> op tafel hebben gelegd. Hoeveel WRI ervoor heeft betaald is onbekend, maar de naam garandeert bij voorbaat al zeer veel aandacht in de media en lijkt dus een uitstekende koop. Voor wie meer wil weten over Boo.com 1.0, er zijn vele verhalen over te vinden die uitgebreid omschrijven wat er allemaal in het korte maar roerige leven van de website gebeurd is…

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Boo.com - A Lesson In Business &laquo; Me and My Big Ideas Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:50:06 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-3 [...] http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/ [...] […] http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/ […]

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Why the Boo.comeback makes sense Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:39:23 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-2 [...] There has been much discussion lately, most of it negative, about the comeback of boo.com and once again, I find myself on the opposite side of the shared wisdom. Before I go into reasons as to why I think a comeback by Boo.com (a boo.comeback?) makes sense, let me first go into my unique qualifications to make such an assessment: I happen to have worked at Boo.com in the past and I was the insider who exposed some of the challenges the company had faced. I spent a fair amount of my time, in 2000 and 2001, talking at conferences about the lessons learned from this failure and I think that some of those are now fixed. [...] […] There has been much discussion lately, most of it negative, about the comeback of boo.com and once again, I find myself on the opposite side of the shared wisdom. Before I go into reasons as to why I think a comeback by Boo.com (a boo.comeback?) makes sense, let me first go into my unique qualifications to make such an assessment: I happen to have worked at Boo.com in the past and I was the insider who exposed some of the challenges the company had faced. I spent a fair amount of my time, in 2000 and 2001, talking at conferences about the lessons learned from this failure and I think that some of those are now fixed. […]

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Secret Diary of an Internet Start-up &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Dot Com History Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:13:32 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-1 [...] In hindsight experts say many of the celebrated dot com failures were flawed, throwing caution (and dollars) to the wind fuelled by massive IPO’s and VC investment. Lessons can be learnt from the bad old days… [...] […] In hindsight experts say many of the celebrated dot com failures were flawed, throwing caution (and dollars) to the wind fuelled by massive IPO&#8217;s and VC investment. Lessons can be learnt from the bad old days&#8230; […]

]]> http://www.tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-24228 The mystery of modernity Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2000/05/19/boocom-goes-bust/#comment-24228 <!--%kramer-pre%-->about boo.com. His book does not cover him in glory while at the same time one is left feeling like he doesn't really see what happened as such a bad thing. One of his former employees wrote a piece about their so-called business plan. Read about ithere. Terrifyingly if you visit the boo.com site today you'll see a message that boo.com is coming back in 2006!! Why do people continue to throw investment funds and venture capital at these people without at the very least checking if they are credible?<!--%kramer-post%--> about boo.com. His book does not cover him in glory while at the same time one is left feeling like he doesn’t really see what happened as such a bad thing. One of his former employees wrote a piece about their so-called business plan. Read about ithere. Terrifyingly if you visit the boo.com site today you’ll see a message that boo.com is coming back in 2006!! Why do people continue to throw investment funds and venture capital at these people without at the very least checking if they are credible?

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