25 Internet Startups That Bombed Miserably


	25 Internet Startups That Bombed Miserably
hitchhiker08
7-29-2008 3:00 AM
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Some may still technically exist but as a fraction of what they were or set out to be...
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5a777e80-41e5-4e0f-9d87-004f876ee0d3/213E7E87-D2EB-411C-8EC5-DD3F775DAC6D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/" href="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.businesspundit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link to 25 Internet Startups That Bombed Miserably" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/">25 Internet Startups That Bombed Miserably</A></H2></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/" href="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.businesspundit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><H2>1. GovWorks</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><P><IMG width="300" height="176" alt="govworks.jpg" src="http://www.businesspundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/govworks.jpg" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/">GovWorks may be the only startup failure compelling enough to have a movie made about it. The film “Startup.com” tells the tale of GovWorks’ tantalizing brush with mega-success as a website where everyday citizens could interact with their local governments. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><H2>2. Flooz.com</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/8477D6BF-43A0-4024-9B1E-FE991A326DC7" alt="flooz.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/">Flooz is a textbook example of a startup was pretty much doomed from the start. The idea was to create an alternative online-only currency (Flooz. that people would use instead of their credit cards. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><H2>3. Beenz</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/7111D255-A1DF-4111-B1E0-4D52946F6D18" alt="beenz.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/">Beenz was a direct competitor to Flooze who was also forced to close up shop.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><H2>4. WebVan</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/0697591E-BEB2-418B-B787-E10D96AD9A84" alt="webvan.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/">online grocery shopping website</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><H2>5. eToys</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/75D763EE-FD0A-4D21-98D3-E90B859BA2E2" alt="etoysflop.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/" href="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.businesspundit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><H2>6. Pets.com</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/D4E2C51B-FFDE-4697-A126-A1AE963DB5AF" alt="petsdotcom.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/">pet food </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><H2>7. Boo</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/1F9AF338-7499-4C4E-8B95-96D95BD310F5" alt="boo.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><H2>8 . Kozmo</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/3D13AB4B-4F9F-49CC-B3DA-95C16CEB9C23" alt="kozmo.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><H2>9. Kibu</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/01C17BC5-E357-4CED-94CF-4F90B0F271D6" alt="kibu_thumb.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/2/"><H2>10. Go.com</H2></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/" href="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.businesspundit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><H2>11. MVP.com</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/C692E106-0CEA-4702-8C67-8D9C77DFFE7C" alt="mvp.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><H2>12. GlobalTek Solutions</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><P><IMG width="300" height="74" alt="globaktek.gif" src="http://www.businesspundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/globaktek.gif" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><H2>13. Monitor110</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/4CAECC55-45D0-4D96-9B65-2031B04CEF30" alt="monitor110.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><H2>14. Thought, Inc.</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/8E5D7D49-9320-4DB9-8306-367D65CEA2FE" alt="12em748.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><H2>15. Channel A</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/3/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/5AE881C5-8183-4CC7-B155-46C6E453E533" alt="l10863362.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/" href="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.businesspundit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><H2>16. Kiko</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/098C2105-C6A7-42BE-8404-7318AA9BD225" alt="kiko.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><H2>17. AltaVista</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/CD539CAB-BFEE-4C82-A17C-6B5CFC980C7C" alt="altavista.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><H2>18. Lycos</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.businesspundit.com/img/3469B3D0-551C-4AF5-A57B-7D1731644C22" alt="lycos.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businesspundit.com/25-internet-startups-that-bombed-miserably/4/"><H2>19. 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