Just highlighting CNET’s new article on Top 10 dot-com flops along with two others in the vein of failures and missed opportunities:
- "Top 10 dot-com flops" (CNET)
- Bessemer Anti-Portfolio (MISSED big opportunities by BVP – hat tip: Zoli Erdos)
- Business Plan Archive of the dot com era (highlighted by me before)
And if we don’t remember the climate of the dot com era as well as we should, consider the WSJ’s tabular account of layoffs and shutdowns – they gave up tracking after Nov. 28, 2001.
On the CNET list, the one I have to say that I miss from a personal perspective is WebVan (which took the #1 spot of colossal failure). Didn’t have too much personal experience with the others on the list, but WebVan actually added value to my life. A shame.