The Story Of iVillage
from the good-or-bad? dept
Fortune (which still hasn't learned that a "printable" or "single page" view is necessary - so it's three clicks to read through the whole story) is running an article about the collapse of iVillage. The article starts off well, suggesting that they're going to tell insider stories of intrigue about how the company collapsed. Instead, all they do is mention that the culture wasn't great, and some people feel Candace Carpenter got a bad rap because she's a woman. The doesn't change the fact that the site still isn't profitable, has lost tons of money, has a stock price about as tiny as most dot coms, and couldn't hold onto a CFO to save its life (perhaps literally). I think any CEO of such a company would have a bad reputation.
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