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June 2000 Rate the Startup: DataPlay This is the second installment of Rate the Startup, a monthly interactive examination of promising (and less-than-promising) dotcom startups. It's your turn to judge a new e-business and pit your instinct against two experts. This time you can read about DataPlay, a Boulder, Colo., company that has built a new digital delivery and storage device, and rate its chances for success. A Closer Look - Technical Support: (Yet Another) Holy Grail His own vendor conspiracy theories aside, Lou Rosenfeld knows three main reasons why technical "support" is often not support at all. Taxation Vexation E-commerce's continual growth is fueling the Internet tax debate by highlighting incompatible and confusing local and state tax regulations. ABCs of ASPs Learn about changes in the application service provider market, the advantage of renting applications over buying or building them, and how to manage service relationships in this ASP primer. Look Sharp Consumers won't drop big bucks on pricey gadgets that they can't see first, so at The Sharper Image, even online shoppers get to experience the merchandise. The Missing Link The task of commingling e-commerce and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications is one that requires considerable planning, and the discipline to stick to a plan. Crossing Over: Publish online or perish? This second wave of the Crossing Over series on old companies that join the new economy looks at Cincinnati Magazine. With dropping banner ad rates and failed sites aplenty, the publication's proud staff wonders if giving up their content is worth the hit. Seeing Green Ditching the concept of a centralized warehouse, Garden.com uses the Internet to connect with suppliers that ship directly to customers. Contagious Enthusiasm A new breed of B2B innovators are sneaking up on the corporate marketplace, and into VCs' graces, by hitting employees before the enterprise. You've Got Safe Mail Ever since it became clear, three years ago, that e-mail was the Internet's one and only true killer app, people have been trying to come up with a way to make e-mail messages secure. A new product is trying to do just that. The Winner’s Circle Low cost or good service? Consumer markets or B2B? Vertical or horizontal? If you want your e-strategy to succeed, you’d better figure out what you want to be. By Tom Davenport. The Hard Road to Funding The road to funding for Internet startups has just gotten considerably steeper, so roadshow warriors need to make every encounter with a potential investor a good one. These five tips will help. What’s It Mean? Does It Matter? Fatbrain.com? Foofoo.com? Who dreams up these stupid names? Companies trying to get brand recognition, that’s who. And when it comes to launching an Internet company, the wackier the name, the better. More is Less OnlineChoice.com, a Pittsburgh-based reverse auction company hopes to prove true the old adage that “there’s power in numbers.” Emancipation Proclamation The authors of Net Slaves pay tribute to the unheralded victims of the dotcom revolution. The Next Big Thing Now-deflated Net trends lured entrepreneurs into new ventures and forced VCs to bet on which of them would last. ASPs have recently caught the eye of VCs. And, as evidenced during the regional ASP seminar of the International Technology Association of America (ITAA), today's hot topic is no different from those of the past. The Great Leap Forward Dove Brothers, a traditional family auction company, found that the transition from old economy to new isn’t easy. Despite the risks, it blazed onto the Web with a simple message for its dotcom competitors: We know the business better than you do. How I Survived My IPO The ultimate goal for most dotcom entrepreneurs is to go public. But is the grass really greener on the other side of the IPO? These three companies are finding out. Class of 00 While Internet startups are still attracting fresh MBA's, the most popular jobs are the same as they have been for years: investment banking and management consulting. A Buyer Gets Bought Tim Wright, CIO of Lycos, talks with CIO about Lycos's acquisition by Terra Networks S.A. and what the deal would mean for him, his company, and the globalization of e-business. Sneaker Attack If it’s been awhile since you’ve delighted your customers, then it’s time for a new challenge. Let the Web be your platform and the Nike ID project be your guide. By Scott Kirsner. Get WebBusiness Insights We'll let you know when WebBusiness is updated. |
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WebBusiness Online - June 2000
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