Webvan. Webvan was a dot-com company and grocery business that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 after 3 years of operation. It was headquartered in Foster City, California, United States. It delivered products to customers' homes within a 30-minute window of their choosing. [2]

Jan 17, 2021 · 20 years ago, Webvan was born in the midst of the dot-com bubble and appeared to be well on their way to dominating the grocery delivery market. They had nearly $800 million of funding, automated warehouses, and fleets of delivery trucks across the United States.

Oct 15, 2024 · Webvan, a Bay Area startup worth billions, was supposed to be the next Amazon. Instead, it was a disaster.

Webvan Group was an online grocery delivery service that operated between mid-1999 and mid-2001, when it ceased operations, shut down its World Wide Web site, and filed bankruptcy.

Sep 27, 2013 · Webvan is well-known as the poster child of the dot-com “excess” bubble that led to the tech market crash in 2000. Business schools around the nation study Webvan’s overly...

Jul 10, 2001 · Webvan, the latest dot-company to come and go and lose a billion dollars in the process, did a decent job in its main business of delivering groceries. But somehow the company managed to screw up...

Sep 16, 2014 · In this second part of the ‘Famous Failures’ series, we examine Webvan, the poster child of the excesses that defined the initial dotcom bust, to learn important lessons in scaling.

Jun 17, 2013 · The four lessons he applied from Webvan's flop highlight Bezos' broader lesson for managers: winning flows from focusing the best brains and technology on making life better for consumers.

Jul 10, 2001 · Webvan, based in Foster City, Calif., plans to file for bankruptcy protection and laid off nearly all its 2,000 employees, including nearly 600 in Southern California. Webvan also terminated...

Jul 9, 2001 · Trying unsuccessfully to raise capital until the end, online grocer Webvan Group Inc. has closed its doors and will file for bankruptcy, sealing the fate of one of the Internet economy's...