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Technology Stocks : Internet Capital Group Inc. (ICGE)
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To: puborectalis who wrote (1482)4/11/2000 5:29:00 PM
From: bswmhf   of 4187
 
The Internet Capital Group has a focus that will lead it to profitability. B2B is the where the strength of the market lies. Before the internet becomes a viable economic fiber of our marketplace it must first enroll brick and mortar(BM) into the whole picture. Business to consumer sales alone will not underwrite the overall cost of this technological development called the internet. Business on all levels and locations will have to participate in order for it to become a overall profit generating situation. Therefore it is obvious that ICG is on the right track in their thinking, develop Business to Business and more specifically E-Business to Brick and Mortar Business(EB2BM). Strategies for enrolling brick and mortar into the internet landscape are the business models that will generate profits at this time. This of course is very hard to accomplish since small business is more of a reactionary implementor of innovation. I'll get on the net when I am forced to by my competition is a common reply. Now that some wind has been taken out of the E-commerce sites you will find that big BM companies will move in to dominate the soon to be wireless world of the internet. Inventory databases of BM connected to cell phone users via the internet will direct consumers to the retailer who is shrewd enough to develop these strategies. Small business will then be forced into following suit. Phase 1 in the overall history of the E-world is coming to a close. The dust will settle and phase 2 will be much more enlightened. The bottom line will come back into fashion as investors burned in phase 1 cautiously reconsider internet ventures. Any internet proposal will have to demonstrate sustained profits to be considered by these burnt fingers. I myself see ICG to be the company I would eventually chose to underwrite any IPO I might consider for keyeffect.com . In conclusion they are the safest place to exploit the internet even if it is hard to see the large picture when all you see is red.
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