Within days, even hours, of Nasdaq's tumble, venture firms went on the defensive, slashing company valuations , freezing contracts with young private companies and backing out of deals altogether. They're forcing companies to rein in costs, look for merger candidates and scrap plans to go public. A new Web site will help you network with other dot-com failures . This marketplace has no center and no owner , just a shared group of participants. This idea of a decentralized marketplace runs counter to much of the thinking behind many Internet marketplaces both in the consumer and B2B sectors.
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