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A Special Delivery Direct From Webvan's Roadshow

Webvan pulls its IPO after TSC shares the contents of a roadshow presentation in this column, first posted Wednesday. Talk about it on our message board. and the start-up's six other ... read more

AI is like the late 1990s internet boom. Here’s how to avoid AI’s Pets.com and find the winners

Many of the internet darlings that captivated investors in 1999 and 2000 ended up being total busts, such as Pets.com and Webvan. Yet it’s also ironic that the business models of Pets.com and Webvan ... read more

Beset by short sellers, Truth Social’s ‘patriots’ push for supporters to buy the Trump Media dip

According to a report from the New York Times, non-patriot investors have been expecting the stock to fall since it went public. So-called short-sellers, who essentially bet that a stock will tumble ... read more

Netflix CLO's Pay Hits Record, But Big Changes Loom

A revised executive pay program kicked in Jan. 1 that links pay more closely with performance. No longer will execs be able to choose how much of their comp is in the form of salary. read more

Is AI driving tech layoffs?

People quickly poured money into early e-commerce businesses such as Pets.com, Webvan, and eToys only to watch their investments vanish. So did everyone’s job who relied on these businesses to ... read more

Is This Time Different? Learning From The 1999 IPO Boom

Are these technology IPOs likely to end up going the way of Etoys, Pets.com, and Webvan during the dot com bust? How did the 1999 IPOs fare over time? Sixty-six of that year’s 473 IPOs survived ... read more

ClearBridge Small Cap Strategy Q1 2024 Portfolio Manager Commentary

The ClearBridge Small Cap Strategy underperformed the benchmark Russell 2000 Index in the first quarter by 177 bps. read more

Coppy Holzman

Prior to starting Charitybuzz, Holzman was one of the founder members of Webvan.com, one of the first online groccery-delivery services. Before that, Holzman spent many years as a senior executive ... read more

CEOs, Stop Chasing AI Trends And Learn From Netflix’s 2007 Pivot

It also gave us a number of iconic flops such as Pets.com and Webvan which will forever serve as testament to the heights our tech-fueled hubris can take us. Given how history has a habit of ... read more

How Silicon Valley is finally growing up (sort of)

as well as firms that cratered, such as Webvan and Pets.com. Excitement over what could be done on the internet—sell makeup, rent trucks, find dates, and more—fueled a speculative stock market. read more

Instacart Founder Exits With $1.1 Billion Fortune After IPO

(Bloomberg) -- Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta is checking out with a $1.1 billion fortune following the grocery-delivery company’s initial public offering. Mehta, 37, who stepped down as ... read more