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Web Hospices?

Posted by Cliff on from the trimming-the-fat dept.

K-Man asks: "A while ago, I spent a few months at a dying web startup, and, as I looked at the costs of running such an operation, I realized that a tremendous synergy could be achieved by consolidating multiple dying web startups into one umbrella organization. Many functions - bankruptcy filing, creditor evasion, even hiring contractors for fictitious compensation - could be combined under one roof. While the "web incubator" was invented in the 90's, why has no one adopted a similar model for the 00's?"

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  1. I have moderator points, but... by Takeel · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...there's no pulldown menu on the story, so I can't mark the whole thing as "troll."

    Please correct this in the next version of slashcode.

    1. Re:I have moderator points, but... by "Zow" · · Score: 3, Funny

      Me too, but I wanted to mod it "funny". So there, we just cancelled each other out.

      Nothing to see here, move along.

      -"Zow"

  2. Future Ask Slashdot questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) I used to work as a clerk in a grocery store, and one thing I noticed is how easy it is to steal pop cans from the fridge. I wonder why no one has adopted that model in the 00's.

    2) A friend of mine told me once that he makes pretty good income by stopping strangers in dark places and pulling a knife on them. I wonder how many Slashdotters use similar business model for their income, and why no one adopted it widely.

    3) As I mowed lawns for a senior company executive, I got a potentially lucrative idea of kidnapping his twin daughters and request a hefty monetary donation. This seems like a good way to earn money, I wonder why it's not so widespread in 00's.

  3. Ish gotsh yer syhnergy right s'here, barkeep by realgone · · Score: 3, Funny
    While the "web incubator" was invented in the 90's, why has no one adopted a similar model for the 00's?"
    We've already have. It's called the Rodeo Bar -- Manhattan, down on 27th. Good music, cheap booze, and a few hundred of us dotcom victims all drinking away our unemployment checks, waiting for the job market to open up again.

    Or was that not the type of collaborative model you were looking for?

  4. Silicon Pines might be interested. by The+Cydonian · · Score: 3, Funny

    As reported by the acclaimed news portal SatireWire, Silicon Pines offers loving care for the technically spare. Pretty sure they could take in dotcoms with problems in managing certain non-equity payment modes.

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    More than mere navel gazing.