May
Lessons learned from dot-com entrepreneurs
What lessons can we learn from founders of companies that either made a lot of money in the dot-com days or should have and missed the opportunity? A new book by Sarah Lacy, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good”, aims to show us by including lessons from Marc Andreessen and other notables from companies like Digg, Facebook, PayPal, and others.
If you’re looking for some instant lessons now, CNNMoney put together lessons learned from four New York City dot-com guys who are making a Web 2.0 play. The list includes Philip Kaplan (F**kedcompany.com), Jeff Dachis (Razorfish), Jason Calacanis (Weblogs Inc), and Andrew Rasiej (Digital Club Network) and shows what made them famous, what they’re doing now, and the lesson learned.
I know a few dot-com guys who could have made millions but the VCs blew their deals. Thankfully Geek stayed privately funded through the dot-com days and survived the ups and downs. We did entertain some offers back in the day, and thankfully we didn’t take them given what happened to those companies since then.
Read more at CNNMoney
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