A web site created by [[Philip J. Kaplan]] (aka pud) around May 2000 for some friends, the site started as a "[[dot-com]] [[deadpool]]" where players tried to guess which dot-com company would be the next to [[bankruptcy|fold]], screw up, or otherwise wind up embarassing themselves.
The site's name is a parody of [[FastCompany]], a magazine that along with [[Upside]], [[Red Herring]], and [[Wired]] were tireless boosters of the internet [[tulip mania]] of the mid to late 1990s.
The site became an underground hit, with users finding out about it via [[word of mouth]]. Eventually, Kaplan realized he had a potential money maker on his hands and added free and for pay services like: rumor listings, discussion boards, even a brief foray into customized [[porn]] on demand. As of late 2000, Kaplan claimed site revenues of US $80,000 per month based on subscriptions to his rumor-alert service (presumably most of the subscribers were [[head hunters]] and companies keeping track of their competition.
[[http://www.fuckedcompany.com/ www.fuckedcompany.com]]
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