A gallery of overhyped
stocks. Live by the hype, die by the hype.
PPOD
- Peapod |
A grocery
store that thought it was an Internet company. Until it
was too late. |
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LNUX
- VA Linux Systems |
Biggest first-day
run-up ever. Then look what happened. |
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BOSTQ
- Boston Chicken |
Remember?
Hot IPO, massive expansion, no profits, flakey franchising
scheme, wierd accounting, bankruptcy... |
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VUSA
- Value America |
All the right
buzzwords: business-to-consumer E-marketing, frictionless
commerce, disintermediation. Couldn't execute. |
BANKRUPT
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