“Everyone in this company is an owner. We don’t need unions in Amazon.com.”
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, hinting to his restive, organizing employees that a holiday strike would put their options even deeper under water, The New York Times, 23 November 2000
“Whether it’s online or on the street, it’s all the same. If it goes to its logical extreme, the holidays will stretch through the year, and there will be a shopping frenzy 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”
Tom Lacias, an Adbusters campaign manager, on the credit-limitless future of e-commerce, Wired News, 22 November 2000
“We have a viable business model. The only question is whether we will have access to capital to get us the last five yards.”
Send.com CEO Mike Lannon, inviting investors to kick in more cash, The New York Times, 21 November 2000
“I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors recently approved a cash bonus arrangement for certain key employees of Pets.com, Inc., including yourself.”
Pets.com executives Julie Wainwright and Chris Deyo in letters they sent each other shortly before they closed the company, divvying up some of the rapidly dissolving retailer’s cash on hand in a mutually-agreed $225,000 retention bonus, Pets.com quarterly filing, 14 November 2000
“We’ve got an audience, and we’re going to figure out how to get money directly from them.”
Yahoo VP Matt Rightmire, on the portal’s plan to make users pay, Upside.com, 17 November 2000
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