7 posts and columns on Webvan

Amazon May Expand Free Home Delivery

in News on January 25, 2011 at 10:57 am PT

Amazon.com Inc. may be planning to expand a free home-delivery program, a move that analysts say could encourage consumers to do more of their shopping for groceries and other goods with the online retailer rather than local stores.

Return With Us Now to Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear When Chips Sales Were on the Rise and the Webvan IPO Seemed Like a Good Idea

in News on May 7, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

2010 will likely be a better year for the semiconductor industry than 2009. In fact, it may turn out to have the best growth in nearly a decade. According to research house iSuppli Corp, worldwide chip revenue is expected to rise to $300.3 billion, up 30.6 percent from $229.9 billion in 2009. The last time the industry saw this kind of growth was in 2000, when revenue spiked 36.7 percent, driven upward by the same forces that made putting money into the Pets.com IPO seem like a wise idea.
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Start-Up Shakeout Unlike Dot-Com Bust

in News on December 2, 2009 at 4:08 pm PT

How harsh has Silicon Valley’s start-up shakeout of 2009 been compared with the dot-com bust in 2000-01? Back then, dozens of dot-com companies–from Pets.com Inc. to Webvan Group Inc. to smaller start-ups–went belly up after burning through hundreds of millions of dollars. Their downfall was swift; virtually an entire sector of dot-coms was wiped out in a matter of months.

Microsoft CFO Liddell Departs (Kiwi-Lovers Mourn); Klein Becomes New Numbers Dude

in News on November 24, 2009 at 2:15 pm PT

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell is leaving the software giant at the end of the year and will be replaced by longtime Microsoft finance exec Peter Klein. A Microsoft spokesman said Liddell wants to pursue jobs beyond his finance role outside the company. BoomTown always enjoyed his adorkable New Zealand accent, even when it was talking econalypse 24/7. I have no idea what Klein sounds like, but he currently serves as CFO of Microsoft’s Business Division, which is one of the company’s largest units.
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Where Twitter Ranks in Venture Funding History

in News on September 30, 2009 at 10:41 am PT

When it comes to hauling in venture capital, Twitter has vaulted into the ranks of some notorious losers–remember Webvan? In just two years, Twitter has raised roughly $155 million in venture capital, including $135 million this year. That’s a staggering sum for a revenue-less company that operates on the Web where capital-efficiency is underscored and technology costs are falling.

Forrester CEO: Here's a Little Song I Wrote …

in News on October 27, 2008 at 11:09 am PT

Wonderful news. The recession’s impact on the tech sector will not be nearly as pronounced as its predecessor’s, which turned Webvan’s refrigerated Freightliner trucks into hipster moving vans and made the Pets.com mascot piddle itself into oblivion like a submissive puppy. That’s the word from Forrester Research CEO George Colony, who believes the current downturn will be far kinder to tech than the one that heralded The Great Dark Time of 2001-2003.

Forrester CEO: Here’s a Little Song I Wrote …

in News on October 27, 2008 at 11:09 am PT

Wonderful news. The recession’s impact on the tech sector will not be nearly as pronounced as its predecessor’s, which turned Webvan’s refrigerated Freightliner trucks into hipster moving vans and made the Pets.com mascot piddle itself into oblivion like a submissive puppy. That’s the word from Forrester Research CEO George Colony, who believes the current downturn will be far kinder to tech than the one that heralded The Great Dark Time of 2001-2003.