Not surprisingly, most don't win the backing of the local chamber of commerce. Lapp admitted that offering the deal free to charities would initially sap the venture's profits. However, as with all good deals, there are a few catches. Companies selling Web site services abound, pushing everything from hosting to site design to custom graphics.
Developers shout to be heard over the din of competing offers.
We avoided the press like the plague. As the mind behind the company, Lapp has a lot to say after a quiet 10 years growing into the business. The book chronicles Wolff's own cynical view of the technology industry based on his experience with venture capitalists and Web gold-diggers in the early years of the Internet. Like Wolff, Lapp sees present failings in the industry as opportunities to learn and improve. When you look at Web development companies today, they're these horizontal albatrosses.