Monthly Archives: March 2001
Lessons Learned in Layoffs
Last October, less than six months into her job, Meena Patel prepared to tell co-workers they were losing their jobs. As human resources director...
The High Heels are Coming Off
You have to be Imelda Marcos to supply all the shoes dropping in this market.Last week, Intel and Yahoo—two firms that actually make money—announced...
Sen. Conrad Burns
Think internet and you might envision San Jose, northern Virginia, the outskirts of Denver — just about any booming suburbia marked by horizons of...
Cliff Sharples
Cliff Sharples dot-com story doesnt exactly have a happy ending. After all, Garden.com, the online gardening retailer he founded in 1995 with wife, Lisa,...
Donna M. Iucolano
When it comes to talking about internet retailing, Donna Iucolanos got some mouth on her.During the heyday of the business-to-consumer e-tailers, Iucolano spent six...
Answerthink Inc.: Old Questions, New Tactics
When Allan Frank, Ted Fernandez and David Dungan left their Big 5 accounting firm in 1996 to start an e-business services firm, their focus...
Determining a Physical Presence
For any e-business, an important part of getting a handle on when and where to collect and remit sales taxes on online sales is...
eFiles: March 12, 2001
Yet More Ads to Bombard SurfersWeb surfers already tired of ads appearing everywhere online had better brace for an even bigger marketing tsunami. By...
Operator No. 9: March 12, 2001
Greasing PalmsIt wasnt just the stock market slide that convinced me dot-coms were on shaky ground last year. The big tip-off was the noticeable...
Fast Facts Section B: March 12, 2001
Rebirth for BabyCenterJohnson & Johnson took advantage of a fire sale at struggling Internet retailer eToys to acquire parenting-resource Web site BabyCenter for about...