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Pastimes : Changing Names

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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (9)5/30/1999 9:34:00 PM
From: jbIII   of 22
 
And I thought it would be difficult to start my own internet company
Just follow the recipe :)

Business plan for push technology.com

Ingredients:

* 3 dumb portal technologies
* 1 eye-catching prototype
* 1 hip domain name
* 2 gaudy web sites
* 1 pithy slogan
* 1 thick prospectus
* 6 tons of confusing white papers
* 1 teaspoon of hype
* 6 unsophisticated venture capitalists
* 3 naive engineers
* 4 naive CEOs
* 3 gullible CTOs
* 1 wasteful CFO
* 1 skillful human resources manager
* 1 cobranding deal
* 1 ounce of ruthless greed
* 4 pounds of buzzword-laced press releases

Preparation:

1. Come up with idea that combines portal technologies and privacy
2. Develop prototype
3. Register domain name with Internic
4. Create web sites discussing domain name
5. Come up with slogan
6. Write prospectus and post to web site
7. Draft white papers and post to web site
8. Promote white papers with hype
9. Hit venture capitalists up for money
10. Hire engineers and 91 managers
11. Hire CEOs
12. Hire CTOs
13. Hire CFO
14. Hire human resources manager
15. Sign cobranding deal with the Go Network
16. Add .com to your name
17. Fire off press releases
18. File for an initial public offering

Serves 1.

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