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...even the truest of new-economy true believers, bloody April--during which the NASDAQ fell 25.3% and the IPO window slammed shut--has given way to a Summer of Discontent. While most of the big names have recovered a bit from their April depths, they are still down for the year: Yahoo, off 50%; CMGI, down 70%; Priceline.com off 57%. Just last Friday, amid renewed analyst concerns about disappointing revenues, Amazon.com dropped 19% more to close at $34, off 70% from its December high. Amazon laid off 150 workers in January, Oxygen Media fired 15, and AltaVista sacked...
...full flush of the revolution, Hollywood ponied up $100 million for Reel.com Now, with the site's IPO canceled because of lack of interest and venture capital running dry, its e-commerce operations were halted. That left Thorsen's 32,000 shares worthless. "I used to think about buying a house and paying off my student loans," he says. "Now I'm thinking about unemployment...
...sure, despite his denials, the Science Guy), wanted to interview me for a job at his new Internet start-up. He was vague on details about the company and said he couldn't tell me its name. He did, however, mention (a number of times) that it is pre-IPO. That was exactly how I dreamed it would happen...
Still, this company might IPO, so I tried to impress him with funny ways to use the bowie knife bit. I was halfway to developing a sitcom in which the wacky dictator's catchphrase was "Shut up, or I'll give you a head stabbing," when Tim told me the job he was offering me wasn't writing jokes, but controlling the site's content and managing a group of 30 producers. I asked Tim if it concerned him that I had no experience in technology, entertainment or managing people. "I'd much rather take a risk on a young...
Despite the IPO and great salary, I was pretty sure I didn't want the job. That's because I realized the phrases "new challenges" and "learning a new skill set" actually meant "work." In fact, this whole proposition sounded suspiciously like it might involve doing stuff, compared with my current job, which mostly involves pretending not to know about Eritrea so I can be free to write about pornography...