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Kayak For Textbooks: How BIGWORDS Raised $80M, Went Bankrupt, Then Got Profitable Again |
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About the organization Amazon:
Type: Business
Sub-Types: Downloading Agent, Website, Retailing Agent, E-Commerce, Internet, Online Store, Store, Application Software, Telecommunication, Telecommunication Software, Online Shop |
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Notable Organizations: Amazon, Techcrunch
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| In 1998, seeing an underserved niche in the textbook market, Jeff Sherwood and his three co-founders launched BIGWORDS. By the beginning of 2000, they had grown from a team of four to a team of 250, had a warehouse in Kentucky, raised close to $80 million in outside funding, made a few commercials featuring Tom Green and even had a $100 million acquisition offer from a young Amazon. Although… |
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