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A Look Back At Ten Dot-Com Flops
climbing_monkey writes "CNET.com has posted what, in their opinion, are the top 10 dot-com flops." From the article: "The most astounding thing about the dot-com boom was the obscene amount of money that was spent. Zealous venture capitalists fell over themselves to invest millions in Internet start-ups; dot-coms blew millions on spectacular marketing campaigns; new college graduates became instant millionaires (albeit on paper) and rushed out to spend it; and companies with unproven business models executed massive IPOs with sky-high stock prices. Of course, we all know what eventually happened to this world. Few of these companies actually made enough money to recoup that cash, and when their investors fled to the hills, these start-ups died dramatic deaths. These are the celebrity victims of the new-economy bust."
Coca cola backed rocketcash was a pretty dumb idea. It was another virtual currency, I won 1000 dollar of it (yes it was worth that in USD) and tryed to order large amount on sites with it only to be harassed by their "partners" because all rocket cash did was fill in websites order info with your name and THEIR visa card. so I would get a call from (ebgames I believe it was) asking me to confirm my visa number and give them my DL # and all that and I would tell them ITS ROCKETCASH! I ended up having to call cokes marketing department and yelling at them. Anyone eles use that crap?