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History

Dot-com bubble Louis Borders Borders First-mover advantage Bechtel

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Legacy

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Overview

Dot-com company Grocery Bankruptcy Foster City, California San Francisco Bay Area

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Reasons for failure

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Founded: 1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Industry: Online retailer
Headquarters: Foster City, California, U.S.
Defunct: June 2001 (2001-06)
Fate: Bankruptcy
Number of employees: 3,500 (at its peak)

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Nodes46

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Triples52

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.043478

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Webvan

Top relations

related to Financing · 13

Webvan → Benchmark Capital, Borders, E-Trade, Goldman Sachs, In, November, Sequoia, Sequoia Capital, Series, Softbank Capital, The, Up, Yahoo

related to Management · 10

Webvan → Accenture, Andersen, Andersen Consulting, April, CEO George Shaheen, July, None, Shaheen, Webvan's, When

related to Growth · 8

Webvan → At, Bechtel, HomeGrocer, In, June, San Francisco Bay Area, The, This

related to Reasons for failure · 5

Webvan → Aggressive, Commentators, Instacart, Peapod, Webvan's

related to Legacy · 4

Webvan → Amazon, Some, The, Webvan's

related to history · 2

Webvan → Borders, Louis Borders

Defunct · 1

Webvan → June 2001 (2001-06)

Fate · 1

Webvan → Bankruptcy

Founded · 1

Webvan → 1996; 30 years ago (1996)

Headquarters · 1

Webvan → Foster City, California, U.S.

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Important terminology

company million 2001 grocery bankruptcy california dot-com delivery business foster city also failure peak online invested shaheen san francisco bay

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Webvan	Defunct	June 2001 (2001-06)	1.00	infobox
Webvan	Fate	Bankruptcy	1.00	infobox
Webvan	Founded	1996; 30 years ago (1996)	1.00	infobox
Webvan	Headquarters	Foster City, California, U.S.	1.00	infobox
Webvan	Industry	Online retailer	1.00	infobox
Webvan	Number of employees	3,500 (at its peak)	1.00	infobox
Webvan	Products	Grocery	1.00	infobox
Peapod which survived the dot-com bust	instance of	in contrast to services	0.80	text
used the infrastructure of existing supermarkets	instance of	in contrast to services	0.80	text
Webvan	related to External links	Archives	0.60	section
Webvan	related to Financing	Benchmark Capital	0.60	section
Webvan	related to Financing	Sequoia Capital	0.60	section

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