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The new bottom line
Like phantoms of wrecked ships that appear off the coast on stormy nights,
numerous startups persist in a limbo of Web pages and phone answering systems.
-- May/June 2001
Wall Street woes sicken IPO market
After several years of roaring success, the initial public offering market got its
comeuppance last year. On average, IPO investors suffered a 15 percent loss,
according to Thomson Financial Securities Data. That’s a dramatic drop from
1999 when the average return was a whopping 194 percent.
-- May/June 2001
Great Wall starts to crumble
Though the collision between a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft and a Chinese fighter jet on
April 1 may seem like old news, the question of how this incident will affect U.S. and
global companies dabbling in China’s wireless market remains on many minds.
-- May/June 2001
Despite tech sector woes, VCs still see green pastures
While the market gyrates and venture capitalists hone their sense of who’s worthy and who’s not, several new funds have been established specifically for mobile Internet ventures.
-- March/April 2001
Responding to the call of the wild, wild VC world
Neither Bill Wiberg nor Raj Alur doubt for a second that the mobile Internet will soon play a major role in people’s lives. What occupies their thoughts now is how the industry–and their new employers–will make money.
-- March/April 2001
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