Gust
DECEMBER 22, 2011
Even in purely online businesses, to scale from zero to millions of users: in the 1990s, an Internet company might have had to build a whole data center from scratch (as we did at Excite@Home, only to ultimately shut it down in bankruptcy ). All opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of Gust.
ReadWriteStart
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Blockbuster is a classic example of how complacent management can lead to a business’s downfall. The deal could not materialize — and now the situation is such that the success of Netflix was one of the primary reasons behind the bankruptcy of Blockbuster. Blockbuster. What is your next innovation?
Feld Thoughts
JULY 31, 2013
I was one of the day one execs of LVLT, as well as an early member of the management team of MFS Communications. Two years prior, ICG was a public company preparing for its second bankruptcy. By the time we sold to Level 3, our total proceeds to equity owners and management were $225M. I didn’t. We paid them $8.7M
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