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Discuss one e-Business failure. Explain what happened and what you would have done differently. Explain whether or not the e-Business practiced sound financial planning.

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One e-business failre that could be discussed is the online grocery shop Webvan.

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One e-business failre that could be discussed is the online grocery shop Webvan. It started in 1997 and closed its operations with almost four years of existence in 2004. The company planned to revolutionized the groceries business by planning to delvier it online, but failed substantially in its efforts.

The company raised lot of money via IPO in 1999. The major failure ...

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