Comments on: Was It a Bubble, Or Was It Just Early? http://thefinancebuff.com/was-it-bubble-or-was-it-just-early.html like a friend telling you about money ... Sun, 20 May 2012 11:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: TFB http://thefinancebuff.com/was-it-bubble-or-was-it-just-early.html#comment-87 TFB Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:47:00 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=77#comment-87 It could've bought a grocery chain using its stock. Then it would survive as the store. Like AOL did to Time Warner. It could’ve bought a grocery chain using its stock. Then it would survive as the store. Like AOL did to Time Warner.

]]> By: ScrappyUntechie http://thefinancebuff.com/was-it-bubble-or-was-it-just-early.html#comment-86 ScrappyUntechie Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:51:00 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=77#comment-86 I can't believe that Webvan would have survived in any economic conditions - boom or bust. It tried to recreate the infrastructure of a grocery retailer from scratch. Sure, it had lots of high tech and automation. <br/><br/>Still, did Webvan really expect to beat the guys who knew how to buy, stock, distribute, and market groceries... without being able to leverage their infrastructure through both retail and delivery channels? I can’t believe that Webvan would have survived in any economic conditions – boom or bust. It tried to recreate the infrastructure of a grocery retailer from scratch. Sure, it had lots of high tech and automation.

Still, did Webvan really expect to beat the guys who knew how to buy, stock, distribute, and market groceries… without being able to leverage their infrastructure through both retail and delivery channels?

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