Internet Business - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/internet_business/?source=rss&aim=internet_business en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST A business deal with a friend went bad, and he never paid me back By Cary Tennis Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/19/business_and_friendship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/19/business_and_friendship/index.html?source=rss What will be the cost of renewing this friendship? I could have had celebrity sex -- but I stuck to my principles By Cary Tennis Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/08/celebrity_flirtation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/08/celebrity_flirtation/index.html?source=rss I fell hard for a high-level business leader -- until she abruptly turned off the charm. The media titans <i>still</i> don't get it By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/13/media_titans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/13/media_titans/index.html?source=rss Corporate America lost billions on the Net. That doesn't mean the medium has no value -- but the moguls remain clueless about where it lies. Eclipse of an urban dot-com dream By Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/09/07/ubo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/09/07/ubo/index.html?source=rss At first Urban Box Office Network seemed like Motown meets Downtown fabulous. But then things went wrong. Dot-combusted By Rennie Sloan Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/20/dotcombust/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/20/dotcombust/index.html?source=rss What I learned from the revolution -- and why I may not head back into battle. "Don't worry, be delirious" By Steve Bodow Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/col/bodow/2000/07/05/summit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/bodow/2000/07/05/summit/index.html?source=rss Silicon Alley vets take an upbeat attitude toward the dot-com crash. Are they nuts, or what? There goes the neighborhood By Janelle Brown Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/30/feature_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/30/feature_3/index.html?source=rss Are companies like GeoCities truly "building communities" -- or just plastering ads on incomplete, out-of-date Web pages? You&#039;re_a_Loser.com By Janelle Brown Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/11/net_slaves/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/11/net_slaves/index.html?source=rss Behind (and beneath) every Internet gazillionaire is an army of downtrodden "NetSlaves." Reading, writing, quarterly results By Mark Gimein Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/13/vc_class/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/13/vc_class/index.html?source=rss In Silicon Valley, venture capital has become a required subject -- even for fourth graders. Jupiter shoots for the moon By Janelle Brown Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/09/02/jupiter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/09/02/jupiter/index.html?source=rss The market research firm has always said the Net would be big. Now it&#039;s big enough to launch Jupiter on a bid to go public. The great Web "brain drain" By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/06/11/brain_drain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/06/11/brain_drain/index.html?source=rss Is the Net sucking up corporate America&#039;s best and brightest -- or just its greediest? Pointcast for pennies -- Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/05/13/pointcast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/05/13/pointcast/index.html?source=rss The once-proud king of the push market sells for a rock-bottom price. Why Bill Gates still doesn't get the Net By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/03/30/bill_gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/03/30/bill_gates/index.html?source=rss While his new book "Business @ the Speed of Thought" peddles PCs as the ultimate corporate intelligence system, the industry is mutating right under his nose. Let&#039;s Get This Straight: Amazon vs. the ants By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/03/10/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/03/10/straight/index.html?source=rss Sure, David can beat Goliath on the Web -- if he&#039;s got a New York Times columnist in his corner. Let&#039;s Get This Straight: Personal information mismanagement By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/03/05/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/03/05/straight/index.html?source=rss Why hasn&#039;t the software industry given us more tools to get our lives in order? Let&#039;s Get This Straight: Reach for the hits By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/02/05/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/02/05/straight/index.html?source=rss Why is it so hard to find a valid yardstick for measuring Web traffic? Let&#039;s Get This Straight: A corporate game of Internet Monopoly By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/01/20/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/01/20/straight/index.html?source=rss @Home&#039;s purchase of Excite poses a new challenge to AOL and leaves Microsoft on the sidelines -- for now. Let&#039;s Get This Straight: The birth of an Internet network? By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1998/12/01/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1998/12/01/straight/index.html?source=rss Block those pundits: AOL-Netscape isn&#039;t like an NBC of the Web -- and can&#039;t be. Rags for Net richies By Janelle Brown Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/07/09/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/07/09/feature/index.html?source=rss Rags for Net richies: By Janelle Brown. A slew of new magazines, like the Industry Standard and Business 2.0, are trying to snag the tech-business elite -- but only the fittest will survive Do loose lips sink chips? By Janelle Brown Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/06/30/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/06/30/feature/index.html?source=rss Nondisclosure agreements are a way of life in Silicon Valley -- where everyone calls them "meaningless" but signs them anyway. Let&#039;s Get This Straight: Any portal in a storm By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1998/06/22/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1998/06/22/straight/index.html?source=rss All-in-one Web sites are sparking a corporate mating frenzy. Are they really worth the billions? Money for nothing By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1998/06/12/booksa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1998/06/12/booksa/index.html?source=rss Burn Rate' captivatingly portrays a Net industry built on a con game -- but its author is playing, too. Review of Michael Wolff's 'Burn Rate.'