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Summary: A Mixed Bag, Baby --- Good Idea , but poor implementaion
Review: I like the website based on the book and therefore decided the book would be even better. I was expecting 2 or 3 pages on each dot.com flameout, but instead I got only 2 o3 VERY brief paragraphs. Kaplan should stick to his day job, as the writing here is overly crude. I am only 25 years old and some crude language/humor here and there would of been okay with me, but Kaplan uses it excessively which takes a few point off how much better this book could of been. Another major detracting point is the font is rather large and there are large gaps of blank space in the pages. If this had been a standard size book, instead of 180 pages of material, and Kaplan had a standard text on pages without major gaps, the number of pages might go down to about 100 or below that. I would of liked to see a bit more info. on the causes and reasons why these companies went down in flames; more than a sentence or two. And in the tradition of some stupid Dot.Com failures, I guess I got something for nothing by checking this book out at the Library instead of forking over ...[undisclosed dollar amount].Still, I do enjoy the book cause there was some really stupid dot.com ideas out there. But the book could of been a lot more. Well I also checked out the book 'Dot Con' and this one has a lot more meat on the bones and goes in depth to the whole 'New Economy' disaster. Yet F'd Company is a pleasant, quick read. Thanks, hope this helps.
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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: This is one of the great tales of history. A compelling look at what holds society together in a period of existential angst. A brilliantly told narrative of the life of one of the most fascinating people to ever have walked the earth. A masterpiece!!!
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Summary: Outstanding work but wheres ENRON, WCOM, TYC etc ?
Review: Phil your book is an excellent piece of work ! Is there any way you could write another one about [...] EXECUTIVES ? You know the guys who sold stock, how much they made, and the companys stock prices ?... So a new book would be helpful with all the [...],[...],[...], Stock price highs, lows etc, and Analysts and investment banks involved !
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Summary: If You've Read The Web Site, Don't Bother
Review: If you have been to the web site that spawned this book, you've had access to all this book has to offer. There is no new insight, no new research, no significant details about any of the companies listed, and apparently nobody felt the need to clean up any of the prose. If you are expecting any sort of analysis of any of the companies, you won't find it here. This book is purely anecdotal. Still, that said, bits of this book can be humorous. I couldn't read it straight through, but you can pick it up at any page and find yet another story of somebody who thought banner ads would fund their silly idea.
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Summary: This book is fairly good for wiping ones arse
Review: If you want a overpriced arsewiper go ahead and but this book. This book is absolute garbage for a read. My son in highschool can write better
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Summary: An appropriate eulogy for the dot-bomb era
Review: This book is an appropriate and very irreverent eulogy for the ridiculous .com gold rush that wasted billions of dollars in the blink of an eye. Philip offers a blunt no holds barred dissection of their idiotic business plans, as well as an accounting of the millions in capital they threw away. He features many the high profile companies that made headlines, as well as a good sampling of the also-rans whom you may never have heard of, but still managed to throw away billions without ever getting off the ground. He lambasts their CEO's, their backers, the companies that took them public, the press that built them up, and anyone else who help sling the hype. Philip tells it like it is, and takes no prisoners. And as you can probably guess from the name of his website, he also uses profanity freely in his writing. The chapters and company profiles are short and easy to read, and Philip's hilarious commentary will have you laughing on almost every page. The only time I put the book down is when people kept asking me what was so funny. Thanks for your efforts Phil! This should be required reading at every B school in the U.S.!
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Summary: A Great Overview of the Dotcom Boom!
Review: In a book that is simulateously intelligent, profound and hysterically funny, Mr. Kaplan has captured the very essence of the Dotcom boom and bust. Whether you were part of the industry or not, you will enjoy this book, especially the segment devoted to the time he bagged she slackjawed and let a "Whoa!" slip out. The bottom line: YUO must read this book!
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Summary: Entertaining and non-pretentious
Review: This is a fast and entertaining read that skims on the surface of so many funky and silly enterprises, and their inevitable demise. It's actually hard to believe that only two years ago, so many people could pour so much capital in any of this stuff. If you are looking for an in-depth analysis of the dot com hype and its inner workings, from inception through to funding, operations, and eventual demise, this is not the book. But if you are looking for an irreverent and anecdotal sampling of the worse that era had to offer (and don't mind the profanity), buy the book and have fun.
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Summary: I bet the one-star reviewers got F'd in the "new economy."
Review: Heh heh....The "internet economy," "new economy," or whatever other pretentious term you wanna give it, was a "virtual" joke from the beginning. Personally, I had a blast watching these worthless websites bite the big one as they burned through "investor's" money. Hats off to "pud" for providing us a succint, one-stop reminder of how stupid (not to mention gullible) the American public can be.
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Summary: Get over your bad selves
Review: People say this is a juvenile book. They say it is not the type of high-quality reading the seek. I say...DUH!. One look at the title and the website it came from should tell you that it's not for CEO's who want to expnad their intellectual horizons. This is a book for people who are sick of the same rich bastards who get hired on a executives at dot-com startups, only to squander the company in a year and take their golden parachutes and run. If you want to laugh at bad business ideas, read the book. OTherwise, read the Wall Street Journal.
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