Word: siliconing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...would anyone think to publish this ad?” because that’s not that important. It was printed last October, and was maybe a testament to the high-flying optimism that had gripped Silicon Valley and Wall Street for four years. Or maybe it was a brand of “new economy” gospel. Or, heck, maybe it was for the 15 minutes of fame in the A section of the Wall Street Journal...
...technological innovation, jump-started by the maturation of the Internet and the rise of global communications. From these initial seeds of growth and promise came a vision of sustained productivity and prosperity for years, if not decades, to come. And here in sunny Bay Area, Ground Zero of the silicon revolution, that dream took flight carrying with it the hopes and aspirations of millions...
...arrived with bright eyes and big hopes, thinking that perhaps I could catch one tiny bit of the silicon magic that created empires out of thin air and made kings out of financiers and entrepreneurs. After all, less than a year before money had flowed everywhere, and it seemed the “dollar and a dream” was no fantasy—it was reality. Any bright-eyed dreamer or college drop-out with an idea—Sell books online! Deliver groceries over the web! A virtual petstore? Sure, why not?—could get millions...
...stocks of nearly all Internet retailers look like piranha leftovers these days, so it's not surprising that Tuesday's news about Webvan didn't make much of a splash in Silicon Valley's blood-soaked waters. Still, the once-mighty online grocer deserves some kind of award: for most audacious attempt to keep its head above the snapping fish, perhaps. Or maybe the George Foreman award for not knowing when to quit...
...from Webvan, but the VCs are unlikely to open their doors again to a company that has already burned through $480 million; a dotcom that planned to serve 23 markets by now but is mired in just seven. Ironically, plenty of VCs are Webvan customers (San Francisco and Silicon Valley being one of the most lucrative arenas for a firm that delivers groceries to the horribly busy). But they're also a sanguine lot, and won't hesitate to avoid a bad investment even if it means making trips to Safeway again...