Description: David Kuo had a ringside seat at one of the biggest busts of the internet age. Value America, "the marketplace for the new millenium," was supposed to revolutionize retailing by using the internet to put consumers directly in touch with manufacturers--no more retailers or distributors needed. Headed by charismatic CEO Craig Winn, Value America became a darling of Wall Street at the peak of tech fever. But even as Winn was bringing in investors with a dazzling sales pitch & guiding the company to a successful IPO (what he deemed an Instant Payoff Opportunity), his eccentricities & lack of focus became alarmingly apparent. In a few years, the company raised & spent hundreds of millions of dollars before a spectacular crash when it became clear that the site just didn't deliver. DOT.BOMB is the story of Value America & the Internet gold rush as seen from inside. David Kuo was Senior Vice President of Communications at Value America, & he witnessed first-hand the stupefying insanity of it all: the machinations, delusions, good efforts & wild miscalculations that led to the company's demise. Kuo delivers tales of wretched excess, inspired salesmanship, online dreams, & unmitigated moneygrabbing. This is an unforgettable story of internet mania that everyone who ever invested in a tech stock will be dying to read.

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