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The fantasy world of Jeff Bezos
Wall Street thinks the magic is gone from its once-favorite dot-com. But Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos tells Red Herring otherwise.
From the October 2000 issue

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Convention serves up Democrats and demos
The Democratic National Convention is the most accessible, interactive convention ever, thanks to eager technology companies. But will anyone be watching?
August 15, in INDUSTRIES

Upscale investors splurge on Kmart Web store
An $80 million deal for Bluelight.com proves that offline retailers can tap deep pockets to ramp up their online stores, avoiding traditional pitfalls that startups face.
August 15, in INDUSTRIES

Chiron ails after big buy
Investors in the big biotech aren't breathing any easier after it acquires PathoGenesis, a small company working on cures for diseases of the lung.
August 15, in INVESTOR NEWS

Yellow page tie-up for Mondus
The UK-based online office supplier got $150 million in funding last week from an Italian phone directory firm. But don't look for a trend -- observers say it's an anomaly.
August 15, in VC & STARTUPS

B2B bummer
Shop Talk: Revenues? We don't need no stinking revenues.
August 15, in INDUSTRIES

Free the schools
The Red Eye: Tim Draper mounts a bold campaign to reform education in California.
August 15, in INSIDE TECH

@Link connects with $101 million
Dealflow: VCs don't discount Kmart's BlueLight.com; Redpoint confirms gigafund; XML search startup finds $1 million; and lots more.
August 15, in VC & STARTUPS

 
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Early bailouts at Roshnee
Cisco Watch: Are the brains draining?
Phone.com beefs up for big pitch

INVESTOR NEWS
Linux stocks land in the poorhouse
Chinese dot-coms falter
Fish or Cut Bait: B2B rebirth

IPO NEWS
IPO Critic: Viasource shoots for $165 million IPO
IPO week in review: another hot one
IPO calendar

VC & STARTUPS
High fiber act
Dealflow: A mountain of money for Mondus
Dealflow: Ironplanet scoops up $36 million

INDUSTRIES
Fishwrap: Deflation, democracy, and departures
Is Jeff Bezos Father Christmas?
DaimlerChrysler looks to Web for financial salvation

COMPANIES
Head Count: Nordstrom translates to Northern Stream
Head Count: FedEx ships a CEO
Head Count: Another Case makes headlines


Venturing into the end zone
Roger Craig is part of a new breed of locker-room capitalists cashing in on venture capital and startups.
August 9, in VC & STARTUPS

2000 Red Herring 100
Your guide to the most dynamic companies in the digital economy, including the top 50 public and the top 50 private firms, plus ten to watch for the future.
From the June 2000 issue


TECH NEWS FROM ZDNET
Network Computing Devices posts loss in 2Q
Network Computing Devices posts loss in 2Q
Electronic Arts sets rare stock split
Network Appliance tops 1Q estimates
MARKET CLOSE: Techs soar in late trading


THE NEW YORK TIMES ON THE WEB
New Economy Eclipses a Sliver of Old Florida
How One County Cleared the Welfare Rolls
Poll Finds Delegates to the Left of Both Public and Party
Tribunal Approved to Examine War Crimes in Sierra Leone
Russian Nuclear Submarine Trapped on Bottom of Barents Sea

 

   










Exact fare

A few years ago, I became more familiar than I wanted to be with the whereabouts of the #41 bus in San Francisco. There was one driver whose temper would flare daily when he hit the lunchtime traffic jam on Union Street. He'd honk and lurch his way through the crowded shopping district, annoying everybody.

But if you wanted to catch that bus, you could hear him coming, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Waiting at a bus stop is not productive time. NextBus, though, has a system to make public transit more efficient for riders, which it's been testing here for a few months already. It gathers location data from buses and streetcars (it will install transmitters if necessary), then sends predictions of when a bus will be at a particular stop to individuals' cell phones or other wireless devices. It's also on the Web.

NextBus sells to public transit agencies, and its site carries ads. (I think it should also sell the data stream to its client.) NextBus is also a darling of a local governments -- SF Mayor Willie Brown made an appearance at the NextBus press conference recently.

The company is looking for its first venture round.

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Company site: NextBus

Sounds like a perfect match with Vindigo, doesn't it?

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