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This follow up interview seems to be focused a lot on capital and very little on the product. IIRC, they never really got the software up and running. Yet, even now, there doesn't seem to be a recognition that the lack of product was a core issue. Maybe it's just WSJ tailoring the article to their audience, but this whole storyline seems out of whack.

BTW, my favorite dot-com movie is the satire "Dot". If you've never seen it, try to find a copy.

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At the last startup I worked at we had a movie night where we watched this. A non-programmer PM was, at the time, pressuring us to hire more developers by loosening our standards to get more bodies working on features. There's a great line in the movie where one of the managers basically says the product isn't coming along because it's not like they have a bunch of genius programmers to work with. I shot over a smirk to the PM after this line and I didn't hear too many more about hiring low skill in bulk.

"Dot" links:

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/8919323

Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8152149518083440011

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