Internet and Society 1999
The Technologies and Politics of Control
Readings for Week 9
The Internet Gold Rush

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Will Start Ups Keep Rising in the New Millenium? , Interview with David L. Birch.

Feeding a Frenzy: Why Internet Investors Are Still Ravenous, New York Times, June 6, 1999

When Start Ups Become Blow Ups, Forbes, Oct. 6, 1999

The Fall Guys, Business 2.0, July 1999.

Questions to Answer Before Putting Your Business Online, by Paul Cox of the WSJ Interactive

Chairman of the Keyboard, by William Pape of Inc.com

Time to Money, by Guy Kawasaki

The New Cool, Akamai Overcomes the Internet's Hot Spot Problem, Wired Magazine 7.08

Inflated Public Offerings Loom, Wired News, October 22, 1999

Founder Hopes IPO Will Score a Direct Hit, Boston Herald, July 12, 1999. In Packet.

BROWSE

MP3.COM, Initial Public Offering (S-1)

Stock Price Chart: MP3.COM, Daily Chart. In Packet.

MP3 Raises $344.4M on eve of its IPO, New York Post, July 21, 1999

Ragingbull.com on MP3 stock