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Internet's bad boy grows up
LA Times: Internet's Bad Boy Grows Up
Remember fuckedcompany.com? Philip Kaplan got rich on his edgy mockery of failing dot-coms. Now he has a 'legit' start-up of his own, complete with venture capital backing. Excerpt:
Now, instead of tearing down companies, Kaplan — at 29 — is building one of his own.He persuaded Sequoia Capital, the blue-chip Silicon Valley venture capital firm that backed such companies as Google Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., to invest $4 million in his method of placing ads on websites. He moved from New York City to San Francisco with dreams of turning AdBrite into the next billion-dollar company.
May 25, 2005 at 03:05 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
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