RE: UKNM: Dot Com Fever

[Anna C]

Yes, their 'get out clause' was quite alarming - to

then inform that they had an interested private

investor frightened me. At the close of the program


they all seemed to have serious fundamental

disagreements which forced them to fall down from

theclouds anyway.


It is disturbing that there is this gold-rush view

amongst (wannabe) entreprenuers - I'm not sure how far

this opinion extends but would be interested to know

more. (Interesting to note that even Rupert Cooke, the

investor featured last night has no prior ecommerce

experience - are these people equipped to know what

makes a successful ecommerce model?)


It's the media that are promoting this gold-rush,

get-rich quick scheme. E-Business strategies seem less

about communications and 'making the world a happier

place' and more about floating and retiring earlier -

which, yes, would make me happy, but what about

building communities and consumer-friendly business

models? Who is benefiting from all the cost-cutting

and economies of scale that ecommerce is offering?


In very few cases (in the grand scale) do we, as

consumers, actually see the whole benefits.


You're absolutley right though, the media do love it!!


Anna.


--- Glen Collins <

glendigital-outlook [dot] com

> wrote:

> What did we all think of the programme then?

>

> I particularly liked the 3 chaps who were looking

> for �0.5m funding for a

> mainstream, b2c & b2b renting & selling property web

> service, who stated in

> a presentation to a VC that the �0.5m seed financing

> would fund all the

> online and offline marketing / development.


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