The Internet Bubble, Revised Edition: The Inside Story on Why It Burst--And What You Can Do to Profit Now

by Anthony B. Perkins and Michael C. Perkins

The Speculative Market Bubble has Burst -- Where are the Investment Opportunities Now?Two years ago, the first edition of The Internet Bubble forecast the collapse of overvalued technology stocks.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0066640016
• ISBN13: 9780066640013
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: HarperBusiness
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A must read

I have to disagree with the reviewer from Mountain View. Maybe he's in the industry and therefore knows all the inside information that's to be found in this book, but for those of us who are just trying to figure out how best to manage our portfolios, this book is a must.The Mountain View reviewer says that "much of the book consists of a rehash of familiar and/or obvious information." Well, that information is familiar now precisely because the first edition of Internet Bubble made it so. The Perkins brothers were the first to dissect the financial food chain thatexists between VCs and investment bankers. I read that first edition, and I'm glad I did. It saved me from losing my shirt.Given their track record, and the fact that I'm still keeping some of my assets in stock, how could I not read the second edition?As for the Doerr quote, I was frankly amazed to see it, because the Perkins certainly don't treat the guy with kid gloves in the book. Maybe Doerr was just being honest when he called Internet Bubble the best researched book on Silicon Vallley ever. I know I agree.

The Silicon Valley Nostradamus's

Like clockwork, these two predicted the burst of the 'bubble' with uncanny detail. While we were all drinking from the magic punchbowl, and listening and dancing to the VC and Ibanker 'sirens' and drums...these two sat on the sidelines and held up a big sign that said, "You are punch drunk with internet juice". Did we listen? Ironically most of us did not, and many even pushed this book away saying 'I don't want to know what's in there'. It is hard to be popular at a raging party by repeatedly saying 'the party ended Saturday night, it is Tuesday morning, why are you all still here?'.Like the scene from Titanic where a crew member says, 'Haven't you heard, the ship is sinking and there aren't enough life rafts'...these two have now offered you their prophecies again.Can you afford not to read this one? I know I can't.