The Internet Entrepreneurs: Business Rules Are Good - Break Them
It takes guts to lose money. Particularly when it's other peoples. Especially when it adds up to $4 billion. That is roughly the sum the 13 internet entrepreneurs featured in this book lost in 1999. Maybe the pain is eased by the knowledge that despite these hefty losses, the 12 companies had a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Financial Times/Prentice Hall
2000
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627299706719 |
| Sumario: | It takes guts to lose money. Particularly when it's other peoples. Especially when it adds up to $4 billion. That is roughly the sum the 13 internet entrepreneurs featured in this book lost in 1999. Maybe the pain is eased by the knowledge that despite these hefty losses, the 12 companies had a combined market capitalization of $170bn, giving the 13 entrepreneurs a combined wealth of more than $35bn. The people in this book represent the leading managers in the Internet industry. They are quizzed about their strategies, their motivations and their ambitions at this crucial point in the evolution of the new medium. Bob Davis - Lycos Searching Out The Next Deal Jerry Yang - Yahoo Underlining That Size Matters Jay Walker - Priceline Storming The Barricades Of Commerce Jim Barksdale - Netscape Proof that Adult Supervision Works Jeff Bezos - Amazon Building The Net's Biggest Brand Christos Cotsakos - E*Trade Courage Under Fire David Hayden - Critical Path Innovation As A Way Of Life Steve Kirsch - Infoseek Altruism Born Of Technology Talent Rod Schrock - AltaVista From Big Business To Net Start-Up Joe Kraus - Excite Passion And Commitment To A Business Ideal Candice Carpenter and Nancy Evans - iVillage A Different Vision Of Net Success Pierre Omidyar - eBay Bidding To Distance The Competition These are the original internet business gurus, and their views on how they got there, and, crucially, where web business is going next. This title is essential reading for everyone in e-World. Rules are good: these people break them. |
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| Notas: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 196 p. ) ports Available also in a print edition |
