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Boo Hoo: A Dot.Com Story from Concept to Catastrophe (Paperback)
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Boo Hoo: A Dot.Com Story from Concept to Catastrophe (Paperback)

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Paperback 416 Pages
Published: 06/06/2002
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boo hoo is a gripping, insider's account of the rise and fall of this most controversial of internet startups - a global, online retailer of sports and designer clothes.

Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9780099418375
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 295 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 25 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Such a dazzling version of the boo phenomenon that as readers turn the pages they will be rooting for the company to survive even though they know the story ends in disaster. - The Sunday Times

Boo Hoo is an engrossing account of how two childhood friends persuaded some of the world's savviest investors and fashion houses - including Bernard Arnault's LVMH and the Benetton family - to fund a sports and designer clothing company to the tune of $100m. - The Guardian

[his] tale captures the hype and excitement of developing what was seen by many as a ground-breaking company with state-of-the-art technology- Along the way, it tells of endless rounds of raising finance, glamorous parties, staff clashes and bitter sparring with the press. - BBC.co.uk

The game would be to bring boo.com to market, when it would soon be worth more than $1 billion and make its backers rich. Can all this have happened last year? It seems more like a tale from a different aeon, but the lessons it teaches are timeless. - The Spectator

Reading [this] has the fascination of watching a high-speed car crash replayed in slow motion. You know what's going to happen, you can see the confident glow on the drivers' faces, but can't warn them about the curve in the road that is coming to unstick them. Schadenfreude is irresistible. And yet everyone walks away unhurt. - The Independent

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