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...venture capitalists had a phrase that stuck with us, We are not investing in you to be No. 2. When you launch, you have to declare victory. Initial financing came from America Online. It needed content. People liked the fact that we were dealing with a life stage when there is so much need for information to inform purchase decisions. Hummer Winblad invested to empower the e-commerce component of the business, a wedding gift registry. When qvc invested, it was interested in helping us build our brand. We had only $1.7 million in the beginning, and then we reached...
MANMOHAN SINGH, Prime Minister of India, announcing a joint plan with Russia to launch an unmanned mission to the moon...
Just how unsettled the world is by the possibility that the U.S. might make a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities can be measured by how frequently the Bush Administration trots a senior official out to insist that there are no plans to launch such an attack. On Nov. 12, it was Admiral William Fallon's turn. The head of the Pentagon's Central Command, which would execute a strike should the day ever come, dismissed the idea in an interview with the Financial Times. "It astounds me that so many pundits and others are spending so much time...
...relative bargain because utilities can make the technology work using their existing infrastructure--lines that already reach virtually every home in America. There's no need to make major capital improvements in order to launch, so they can charge less and still turn a profit. Providers say they will price BPL service to be competitive with DSL: about $30 to $40 a month. Cable-modem service is often more expensive (and practically exorbitant if you don't have cable...
...carriers and a dearth of airports have kept budget airlines at bay in Asia. But finally the region's long-suffering travelers are able to join in. Five years ago, Asia had only one low-cost airline; today there are 13 either already in the air or due to launch later this year. The boom is lowering airfares across the region, increasing competition for major airlines and making air travel accessible to tens of millions who otherwise could never have afforded...