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Forbes.com
November 30, 2001
Pets.com has new CEO Julie Wainwright to thank for today’s announcement that Amazon.com and venture capital firm Hummer Winblad have together taken a 50% stake in the online pet supply retailer, which launched in November 1998.
Raging Bull
February 7, 2000
Pets.com hails from rather humble beginnings, when in 1994, a savvy 31-year-old entrepreneur, Greg McLemore, registered this first-tier domain name. Not until 1998 did McLemore’s Web design firm, WebMagic, launch Pets.com, incorporating content, community, and commerce. . . . Pets.com
San Jose Mercury News
May 27, 2001
McLemore declined [to sell WebMagic’s Pets.com business]. Within days, the Pets.com founder scored a $10 million investment deal led by the VC firm Hummer Winblad…
Business Wire
February 11, 2000
Pets.com today announced that it has completed an initial public offering of 7,500,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $11 per share. The shares commenced trading today on Nasdaq under the symbol IPET.
NBC Nightly News
April 14, 2000
WebMagic CEO Greg McLemore speaks on the NBC Nightly News correctly predicting the upcoming demise of hundreds of Internet companies while Amazon.com would survive.
Business Wire
January 20, 2000
Pets.com today announced that it has put up for auction an authentic Pets.com Sock Puppet on Amazon.com Auctions. Direct from Pets.com’s recent Super Bowl commercial shoot, the genuine Sock Puppet, one of only a few originals, is available for bidding
Forbes.com
Pets.com has new CEO Julie Wainwright to thank for today’s announcement that Amazon.com and venture capital firm Hummer Winblad have...
San Jose Mercury News
McLemore declined . Within days, the Pets.com founder scored a $10 million investment deal led by the VC firm Hummer...
NBC Nightly News
WebMagic CEO Greg McLemore speaks on the NBC Nightly News correctly predicting the upcoming demise of hundreds of Internet companies...
Business Wire
Pets.com today announced that it has completed an initial public offering of 7,500,000 shares of common stock at an offering...
News.com
Electronics giant Panasonic will hatch a new business incubator Thursday, the latest in a line of companies to help foster...
Reuters
The San Francisco-based Pets.com has the great advantage of being backed by online powerhouse Amazon.com. . . . ‘Pets products...
Newsweek
The Internet is everywhere, even on TV . . . www.pets.com uses its ‘puppet spokes-dog thing’ to chat with pooches...
Newsweek
Pets.com seeks to sell everything your pet pines for. . . . But unlike its competitors, Pets.com has a formidable...
Business Wire
Pets.com today announced that it has put up for auction an authentic Pets.com Sock Puppet on Amazon.com Auctions. Direct from...
Yahoo! Finance
‘We are running hard and fast to make Pets.com the best possible customer experience, from product selection to customer service,”...