C/Net News.com - 1999-12-04
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[0:00] City
[0:01] >> ticker that tracks only your stocks.
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[0:15] e-business.
[0:19] >> I'm Gina Smith.
[0:20] >> I'm Richard Hart. This is cetnews.com.
[0:23] >> Today, will consumers feel comfortable
[0:25] buying furniture online without seeing
[0:26] it first? Several new companies are
[0:28] convinced that people are going to love
[0:30] it.
[0:30] >> And CEO Michael Dell joins us oneon-one
[0:33] to talk about a new venture for Dell
[0:34] computers
[0:35] >> and our senior correspondent Hari Servas
[0:37] has the first installment of a very
[0:39] special diary. Hari,
[0:41] >> today we begin the diary of a startup.
[0:43] Our cameras have been following the
[0:44] founders of a brand new company for
[0:46] months. We'll see what it takes to get
[0:48] an internet idea off the ground. Plus,
[0:50] former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki has
[0:52] a new calling. We'll go inside his
[0:54] garage.com
[0:56] >> and we'll find out whether individual
[0:57] investors can ever get a good price on
[1:00] IPOs.
[1:00] >> All next on cnetnews.com.
[1:14] [music]
[1:18] Saw some money.
[1:30] >> Good afternoon. Now that buying books,
[1:32] toys, and tickets online is becoming
[1:34] commonplace, there are several deep
[1:36] pocketed investors who are betting that
[1:37] consumers will eventually buy sofas,
[1:39] chairs, and tables online, too. In just
[1:42] the past year, investors have poured
[1:44] hundreds of millions of dollars into
[1:45] about a dozen online furniture sites,
[1:48] offering everything from home
[1:49] accessories to beds and couches.
[1:51] >> And while those big ticket items might
[1:53] seem like an unli