{"product_id":"burn-rate-how-i-survived-the-gold-rush-years-on-the-internet-paperback","title":"Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Wolff's wickedly funny chronicle of his rags-to-riches-to-rags adventure as a fledgling Internet entrepreneur exposes an industry powered by hype, celebrity, and billions of investment dollars -- and notably devoid of profit-making enterprises. As he describes his efforts to control his company's burn rate -- the amount of money the company consumes in excess of its income -- Wolff offers a no-holds-barred portrait of unaccountable successes and major disasters, including the story behind Wired magazine and its fanatical founder, Louis Rossetto; the rise of America Online, perhaps the most dysfunctional successful company in history, and the humiliating inability of people such as Bill Gates to untangle the intricacies of the Web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Wolff's wickedly funny chronicle of his rags-to-riches-to-rags adventure as a fledgling Internet entrepreneur exposes an industry powered by hype, celebrity, and billions of investment dollars -- and notably devoid of profit-making enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he describes his efforts to control his company's burn rate -- the amount of money the company consumes in excess of its income -- Wolff offers a no-holds-barred portrait of unaccountable successes and major disasters, including the story behind Wired magazine and its fanatical founder, Louis Rossetto; the rise of America Online, perhaps the most dysfunctional successful company in history; and the humiliating inability of people such as Bill Gates to untangle the intricacies of the Web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e writes a weekly column about media for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and is a founding columnist of the Internet business magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Industry Standard.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the creator of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eNetGuide\u003c\/i\u003e and the thirty-title series of NetBooks. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Kids\u003c\/i\u003e and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhere We Stand, \u003c\/i\u003e which became a multipart PBS television series. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.57 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444801564979,"sku":"9780684856216","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cDVSOG9ySnB3eUUwdHZwQVM3VjhMdz09.webp?v=1758949079","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/burn-rate-how-i-survived-the-gold-rush-years-on-the-internet-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}