The Internet Bubble: Inside the Overvalued World of High-Tech Stocks--And What You Need to Know to Avoid the Coming Shakeout

by Perkins, Anthony B.; Perkins, Michael C.

• ISBN13: 9780066640006
• ISBN10: 0066640008
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

Discusses high-tech stocks, uncovering the inner workings of an industry that increasingly thrives on greed and hype. Reveals who is really getting rich, and how they use small investors to finance their empires. DLC: Internet industry--Finance.

Author Biography

Anthony B. Perkins is the founder and chairman of Red Herring Communications and publisher and editor-in-chief of Red Herring, the world's top technology business magazine, and redherring.com. He also appears regularly on CNN and CNBC and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences worldwide. Michael C. Perkins is a founding editor of Red Herring and the author of The Red Herring Guide to the Digital Universe. He has worked as a consultant and has served as a speaker and moderator for several prestigious business forums.

Table of Contents

Prologue---Playing the Internet IPO Game	ix
Introduction---The Internet Stock Bubble	1	(10)
Internet Mania	11	(24)
Venture Capital Cowboys	35	(32)
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers: Leading the Venture Capital Herd	67	(38)
The I-Bankers Embrace the Internet	105	(30)
The Great Biotechnology Bubble	135	(14)
Internet Companies in a Gilded Age	149	(26)
The New Economy	175	(20)
Cult IPOs, SCAMS, and Other Hazards of Internet Investing	195	(14)
Investing in an Overheated Market Environment	209	(20)
Epilogue	229	(8)
Appendix A: Calculating the Bubble	237	(4)
Appendix B: Bubble Calculation Methodology	241	(6)
Appendix C: Company Lists	247	(6)
Bibliography	253	(10)
Acknowledgments	263	(4)
Index	267