RE: [uk-netmarketing] fall of the dotcoms?

[Leslie Bunder]

please... it's not the fall of the dotcoms, it's the fall of projects that

were never really sound businesses... they just happened to involve the

Internet.


programmes like this, can really do more destruction to a business... so

let's be careful Kevin...


and please don't tarnish everyone... not every VC is cut throat, they are

certainly professional and business like, but you also must remember some of

the business proposals doing the rounds for the last couple of years were

very arrogant... for every "bad" VC there are likely to be "bad" people

trying to raise money for their crap venture....


and by the time your show comes out, no doubt it will be the rise of the

dotcom...


working in new media, the Internet, the Web, whatever you wanna call it is

about working in a business that is sound and more importantly is a business

that people wish to use and engage in... whether it is b to b, b to c or

whatever new terms we invent over the coming weeks and months.


I look forward to see how the show is going to pan out and truly hope it is

not going to be as bad as some of the programmes we saw last year about

"dotcom millionaires" and how every person and his pet makes millions...

(which were mainly on paper...)


Leslie


-----Original Message-----

From: Kevin [

Kevinillumina [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:Kevinillumina [dot] co [dot] uk)

]

Sent: 29 January 2001 10:24

To: uk-netmarketing from chinwag

Subject: [uk-netmarketing] fall of the dotcoms?



Have you worked for a dotcom in the past two years? If so we're looking to

see how the experience affected you.

Did you go to work with a dotcom because you were enticed by the idea of

working in a new sector that appeared exciting and dare we say it sexy. Did

you maybe think that you were going to get rich quick?


We're looking to hear about your experiences for a television programme we

are making. No television experience is required -  it's the stories you can

tell us that we're interested in hearing.


Were you working for a company who had the plug pulled on them by impatient

and cut throat Venture Capitalists?

Were you working for a company that was set up by a group of friends who had

a great idea but unfortunately no business skills whatsoever?

Were you working for a company that clearly had a ludicrous business plan?

Did you end up working 20 hour days all for nothing/ or for ungrateful

CEO's?

Was it glamorous or was it just a hard slog?


[Sam says: msg chopped]