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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (47965)6/26/2000 10:27:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 94695
 
sfgate: Who Will Bite the Dust? Predicting next dot-com flameout an online sport

sfgate.com

[...]

The same fascination that draws people to a train wreck is attracting them to monitor -- and gloat in -- the downfall of free-spending companies.

[...]

216.156.244.236 f**kedcompany.com -- dot com dead pool

`They get incredible dirt,'' said Michael Tchong,
editor of Iconocast, an e-mail list for marketers.

``Employees know when things are starting to slow
down and not go right. This is the kind of thing
you can just smell at a company,'' Pacific Studies'
Siegel said.

One well-known Internet analyst said he checks
the site before recommending companies, to make
sure they're not listed. A headhunter said his
recruiters actively call employees at listed
companies, figuring they'll be ready to bail soon.