Fucked Company was a website created by Philip J. "Pud" Kaplan as a "dot-comdead pool"[1] which chronicled failing and troubled companies in its unique and abrasive style after the dot com bust in 2000. [2] The web site also sold rumor listings to subscribers. On April 3, 2007 the site was acquired by TechCrunch[3]. A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Philip J. Kaplan, a. ... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ... A dead pool, also known as a deathpool or a ghoul pool is a game of prediction which involves guessing when someone will die. ... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ...
The site's name is a parody of Fast Company, a magazine that began covering technology companies during the Internet dot-com boom. At its peak, Fuckedcompany was visited by 4 million unique users monthly and was named “Site of the Year” in 2000 by both Yahoo and Rolling Stone, and was #6 is TIME Magazine’s “Best of 2000. Fast Company is a full-color monthly business magazine that reports on innovation, digital media, technology, change management, leadership, design and social responsibility. ... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ...
Notes
^ Dot-com dead pool brakes for Ford CNetAugust 26, 2002.
^ TechCrunch Has Acquired FuckedCompany.com April 2, 2007.
is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Guardian Unlimited is a British website owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
External links
Fucked Company website
2000 CNet article on the website's listing on eBay
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In the cleanest restarts, the company is recapitalized via the new investment, reducing (or eliminating) the previous liquidation preference overhang and well as the previous equity ownership.
As part of this recap, the employees that are staying with the company will receive new options in a “refreshed” option pool that is usually between 10% and 20% of the equity of the company.
While the company undeniably has an emotional overhang, a lot of companies address it by such simple things as changing their name and pretending the history doesn’t exist.
Phil Kaplan at FuckedCompany, the favorite site of the dotcom dispossessed, has set up The FC Memorial Fund to help the relatives of the victims of the Edgewater murders.
The problem with a site like FuckedCompany is that if he gets things right 50% of the time, he'll be a hero to most people.
Like flaming someone on a bulletin board, I guess giving companies the business is all too easy, if you don't consider that these companies are made up of human beings, with feelings and all the rest of it.
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