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Datek Online Holdings Corp.
Edison, N.J.
CEO: Jeffrey Citron
Online stock trading is booming, and by late 1998,
no online brokerage was growing faster than
Datek. According to Credit Suisse First Boston
analyst Bill Burnham, Datek ranked fourth among online brokers in the
fourth quarter, grabbing 10 percent of that market. Like E-Trade
Group Inc. and other rivals, Datek offers low commissions as well as
quotes and other services. But Datek, a notable company in last year's
Hot 100, has an advantage. Its electronic trading network for Nasdaq
stocks, The Island, ensures fast trade execution, making it a favorite of
day traders and other active investors who are expected to continue
fueling volume growth. -- L.F.
NextCard Inc.
San Francisco
CEO: Jeremy Lent
NextCard offers a Visa account that cardholders can manage entirely
online, from credit approval forward. Customers choose the pricing
terms that best suit their needs and receive 24-hour online customer
support. NextCard even has a rewards program to earn points for
purchase discounts or frequent-flier miles. Virtual plastic is a
competitive market with some big players, but NextCard can point to
its own big players, investors such as Sequoia Capital and Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company is growing, and NextCard's
next move may be into additional banking services. -- L.F.
Garage.com
Service that matches interested investors with
entrepreneurs seeking financing.
Quote.com Inc.
Web site that offers financial market data.
Wit Capital Group Inc.
Online investment banking and brokerage firm.
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UPSIDE's 1999 HOT 100 AWARDS
Our Advisers
Beginning in January, Upside invited a select group of financial analysts,
market researchers, venture capitalists and other high-tech VIPs to join
the first-ever Upside Hot 100 Advisory Panel. We wooed them with
promises of intrigue, glamour, and above all, the chance to vent. The
response was overwhelming, as was the review process that ensued.
Over a period of several weeks, we communicated with our "virtual"
advisory panel via e-mail, sending streams of messages back and forth
and back again. Advisers reviewed Hot 100 nominees, named their
top overall picks and offered their suggestions for companies not
already in the pool of nominees. (See Advisers' Choice Award, page
88.) We kept the winners a secret--even from the advisers--so we are
excited to share the results of this collaborative effort. Below is a
partial list of those who volunteered their expertise to help us identify
the hottest private companies in the industry. Thanks for all the hard
work, team! -- N.F.
Stewart Alsop, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Howard Anderson, President, The Yankee Group
Jim Balderston, Director, Zona Research Inc.
Andrew Bartels, VP and Senior Research Analyst, Electronic
Commerce, Giga Information Group Inc.
James Breyer, Managing Partner, Accel Partners
Bill Burnham, Senior Research Analyst, Credit Suisse First Boston
Corp.
Lise Buyer, Director, Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
Daniel Case, Chairman and CEO, Hambrecht & Quist LLC
Jerry Colonna, Managing Partner, Flatiron Partners
Christine Comaford, Managing Director and Principal, Artemis
Ventures LLC
Bruce Crocker, Partner, Eucalyptus Ventures
Yogen Dalal, Partner, Mayfield Fund
Bill Davidow, Partner, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Neal Dempsey, General Partner, Bay Partners
Paul Deninger, Chairman and CEO, Broadview International LLC
Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Rob Enderle, VP, Giga Information Group Inc.
Marc Friend, General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
Edward Frymoyer, President, EMF Associates Inc.
Aaron Goldberg, VP and Principal Analyst, Ziff-Davis Inc.
Joshua Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting
Firth Griffith, Managing Director, Mentor Venture Partners LP
Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Andy Hammann, Associate, Hambrecht & Quist LLC
Jim Handy, Analyst, Dataquest Inc.
Kevin Harvey, General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Rod Johnson, Senior Analyst, AMR Research Inc.
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Guy Kawasaki, Co-founder and CEO, Garage.com
Vinod Khosla, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kimberly Knickle, Senior Analyst, AMR Research Inc.
Steve Krausz, General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
Chris Le Tocq, Director, Software Consulting, Gartner Group Inc.
John Martinson, Managing Partner, Edison Venture Fund
Meredith McCarty, Senior Analyst, Internet Services Program,
International Data Corp.
Regis McKenna, Chairman, The McKenna Group
Roger McNamee, General Partner, Integral Capital Partners
Mary Modahl, VP Research, Forrester Research Inc.
Elias Moosa, Senior Analyst, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
JP Morgenthal, President and Director of Research, NC.Focus
Andrew Neff, Senior Managing Director, Bear, Sterns & Co.
Michael Moritz, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Seth Neiman, General Partner, Crosspoint Venture Partners
Donna Novitsky, Venture Partner, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Standish O'Grady, Managing Director, Hambrecht & Quist Venture
Associates LLC
Arthur Patterson, Founding Partner, Accel Partners
Charles Phillips, Managing Director and Software Industry Analyst,
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
Ruthann Quindlen, General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
MR Rangaswami, Partner, Sand Hill Group
Hadley Reynolds, Director of Research, The Delphi Group Inc.
Bruce Richardson, VP Research Strategy, AMR Research Inc.
Ted Schlein, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Ann Stephens, President, PC Data Inc.
Paul Stockford, Director, Voice/Data Communications Research,
Cahners In-Stat Group
Anthony Sun, Managing General Partner, Venrock Associates
Virginia Turezyn, General Partner, Information Technology Ventures
Fred Wilson, Managing Partner, Flatiron Partners
Ann Winblad, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Amy Wohl, President, Wohl Associates
Geoff Yang, Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
Magdalena Yesil, Venture Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
John Zeisler, General Partner, Group Z
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