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.Com Millionaires: Where are they now?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well,-cmdrtaco-lives-in-michigan dept.

Sivar writes "They came pitching gee-whiz business plans and painting visions of integrated platforms, enabling technologies, and wizardry beyond compare. They created billions in wealth that seemed built on--and that all too often evaporated into--thin air. More than thirty former .com millionaires, what they were, and what they are now are on Fortune.com. One on sabbatical, one awaiting a prison sentence, there are some interesting transitions some have had."

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  1. What the dot com millionaires are saying today.... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would you like some McDonaldland cookies with that?

  2. Business-model? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    1: Make free-accessable .com site
    2: ?
    3: Profit!

    1. Re:Business-model? by Telemakhos · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah... it's CmdrTaco -- but it's not a joke, it's the OSDN business plan :)

  3. 30? There were more than... by pvera · · Score: 4, Funny

    3,000. Problem is their managers at Kinkos, Starbucks and Target would not give them the time-off for the interview.

    --
    Pedro
    ----
    The Insomniac Coder
  4. DEN - The Untold Story by sunspot42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh goodie, I see Fortune included that scumbag Marc Colon-Wrecker in their list. The former head of Digital Entertainment Network, Colon-Wrecker is currently awaiting extradition from Spain for transporting a minor across state lines with the intent of engaging in sex. There's a great Flash movie done in the South Park style that dramatizes the DEN story quite nicely.

    Just don't play it at work, unless you work in a porn shop.

  5. Re:Poachers make the best gamekeepers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It looks like he did serve some time in 'home detention'

    Judge> Mr. Naughton, you have pled guilty to attempting to solicit sex from a minor on the Internet. Do you understand?

    PN> Yes sir.

    Judge> You are hereby sentenced to home detention for 120 days during which time you may not leave for any reason. Do you understand?

    PN> Uhm. Do I get to use my computer?

    Judge> Yes, you just cannot leave the premises. Do you understand?

    PN> YES! *ahem*. I mean yes, your honor .

  6. Re:What the dot com millionaires are saying today. by The+Dobber · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't it be more like:

    Customers leveraging the SuperSize platform will have the ability to seamlessly integrate real-time product expansion into their enterprise hunger environment. Architected to provide tighter integration and deeper collaboration, the SuperSize Solution will enable global customers to recognize greater results from collaboration, streamline efficiencies in the supply chain, and reduce costs.