hackoff.com
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Creator: Tom Evslin
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In this podiobook: Larry Lazard, CEO of hackoff.com, takes his company public and watches its stock price soar and collapse. Following a hostile takeover attempt, Lazard is found dead in his office of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.Author Tom Evslin, a serial CEO, also took a company public in the Internet bubble and fought off hostile takeover attempts in the subsequent rubble. Unlike Larry, Evslin lived to tell what may be the definitive story of those strange times.The mystery moves backwards and forwards around the time of Larry's death. Sex, power, money, farce, and tragedy mix in boardrooms and bedrooms, the parties of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the smoky stairway of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.hackoff.com - not a porn site - provides anti-hacker protection for e-commerce. Larry Lazard started the business after his release from prison to which he was sentenced for a confessed hacker attack on banks.The folks at hackoff track the company's stock price with fatal fascination; an online chat board provides a Greek chorus of contradictory explanations and expectations; analysts spin golden fantasies from websites and eyeballs; traders conjure real fortunes at their trading desks; and everyone who can clamors for "friends and family" stock.hackoff.com's characters include CFO Donna Langhorne, Larry's ex-lover and classmate from Harvard Business School and a former swimsuit model; Chief Technical Officer Dom Montain, who dropped out of Caltech to write video games; Detective Mark Cohen, NYPD, who's investigating Larry's death; Larry's wife Louise, who is certain her husband was murdered; and Ahmed Qali, who represents a group of Palestinian programmers in Jenin to which hackoff out-sources work. Along with the bankers, CEOs, and CFOs of dotcom America, are eavesdropping limo drivers and waiters, venture capitalists, hackers, terrorists, and the victims and heroes of 9/11.If you've ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of the boardrooms, private jets, and ornate meeting rooms of brokerage firms, hackoff.com gives you your chance. You'll be better prepared for the next bubble if you read this book but that's not why you'll eagerly download each online episode. You'll do that because the cleverly woven mystery will have you dying to know whodunit.
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Episodes:
Fri, 30 May 2008 17:10:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: This episode of hackoff.com is the conclusion. All is revealed!
Tue, 09 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: We hear the audio of Ahmed returning the Lucite to Larry and giving him the good news about Yasir. But the meeting doesn't end well.
Mon, 08 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: Mark and Dom have a hypothetical discussion about mushrooms.
Sun, 07 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: Donna Langhorne and her husband Francis are overheard hatching a new plan.
Sat, 06 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: Details of hackoff.com's defense against the antihack hostile takeover attempt emerge from Dom's audio.
Fri, 05 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: There IS sound to go with the video of Larry's office.
Thu, 04 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: There is a surprising revelation about Gotcha, the hack that Larry went to jail for.
Wed, 03 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: Dom has to go through a very tight place to get back into his comfort zone.
Mon, 01 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: Dom's international communication continues - but his local communication is suddenly disrupted.
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: Dom hacks deep into the night. A search engine of his own invention sees site that Google will never see.
Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Endgame 4/5-4/7/03: From his hiding place, Dom watches the past.
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Dom is on the lam but sends email to his pursuer.
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Detective Cohen and Rachel discuss the video of Ahmed's visit to Larry and Larry's very strange reaction to what should have been good news.
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Detective Mark Cohen and Rachel Roth meet in a midtown fern bar.
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Detective Cohen and Donna Langhorne watch a video together but have a falling out.
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Donna has an extraordinary piece of evidence she now feels she needs to show to Detective Cohen.
Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Now it's Donna Langhorne's turn to discuss VoIP with Detective Mark Cohen.
Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Detective Cohen and Dom Montain's discussion switches from backdoors to VoIP.
Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
You've Got Mail 4/4/03 PM: Detective Cohen and Dom Montain discuss backdoors.
Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Ahmed's Business 4/4/03 AM: Ahmed Qali explains to Detective Cohen why his fingerprints are on the gun found in Larry's office. Their interview concludes.
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Ahmed's Business 4/4/03 AM: Ahmed Qali describes his last meeting with Larry Lazard. Detective Cohen doesn't believe him.
Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Ahmed's Business 4/4/03 AM: Detective Cohen's interview of Ahmed Qali continues with an examination of Qali's past and current business.
Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Ahmed's Business 4/4/03 AM: Detective Cohen's interview of Ahmed Qali continues with an examination of Ahmed's personal history.
Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Ahmed's Business 4/4/03 AM: Detective Cohen begins his interview of Ahmed Qali.
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
In Play, 2/26 - 5/28/02: hackoff.com makes plans to outsource to Jenin Associates - not without some concerns.
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
In Play, 2/26 - 5/28/02: Dom describes his meetings with Microsoft and Oracle as potential acquirers of hackoff.com.
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
In Play, 2/26 - 5/28/02: Larry and Louise have dinner with banker Rachel and her boyfriend Ahmed.
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
In Play, 2/26 - 5/28/02: hackoff.com and bankers Barcourt and Brotherson prepare to examine "strategic alternatives".
Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Bear Hug, 2/19 - 2/25/02: hackoff.com responds to the bear hug.
Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Bear Hug, 2/19 - 2/25/02: The hackoff.com board considers George Wrobly's takeover proposal.
Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Bear Hug, 2/19 - 2/25/02: Larry gets a call from antihack CEO George Wrobly with a proposal.
Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Bear Hug, 2/19 - 2/25/02: Larry and Donna talk to the analysts. It's not a happy call.
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Bear Hug, 2/19 - 2/25/02: The chat group chats and Larry doesn't like what he sees.
Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
Bear Hug, 2/19 - 2/25/02: hackoff.com prepares to announce disappointing quarterly results.
Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000
9/11/01 - The Half Life of Surprise: Larry and Dom are in the crowded stairwells of the south tower.
Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:00:00 +0000
9/11/01 - The Half Life of Surprise: FAA:Hi. Boston Center TMU, we have a problem here.
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
9/11/01 - The Half Life of Surprise: As oblivious as most of the rest of the world is to events in American skies, the bankers present their Power Point slides showing SWOTs (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of both hackoff and antihack.
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
9/11/01 - The Half Life of Surprise: Bankers have a proposal for hackoff.com and antihack. American Flight 11 from Boston is hijacked.
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
9/11/01 - The Half Life of Surprise: The world goes about its business early on the morning of 9/11. The hackoff.com management team is on their way to a meeting in the World Trade Center.
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: Larry, Donna, and Aaron discuss how to deal with the "possibility" of a weak quarter. The chat group has the last word in the last episode of chapter 9.
Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: Dom has a new product idea... even if the latest updates to the old one are late.
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: Larry gets bad news at a hackoff staff meeting and reacts... badly.
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: Donna and her husband have a serious discussion about the charges his firm bought against her company.
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: hackoff.com is hit with a class action suit. Find out why this makes Donna Langhorne particularly angry in this episode.
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: Joanne Ankers' career is in danger and Joseph Windaw takes defensive action.
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: NASDAQ seems to be in freefall. Larry waits for the (green) shoe to drop.
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Fall, 4/1 - 6/30/00: Aunt Hattie, who works at Merrill Lynch, doesn't think the Lazards are managing their new-found liquidity very well.
Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Vaginata 4/2/03: Detective Cohen is worried about Lousie Lazard's safety.
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Vaginata 4/2/03: The results of Larry's autopsy are surprising!
Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Vaginata 4/2/03: Detective Cohen's interview of Lousie Lazard concludes with her descrition of her "investigation."
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Vaginata 4/2/03: As Detective Cohen's interview of Louise continues, she talks about their friends' reaction to the Lazard's new-found wealth and how the friends dealt with their own "friends-and-family" stock.
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Vaginata 4/2/03: Detective Cohen's interview of Louise Lazard continues in the second episode of Chapter 8. It appears he doesn't understand women well.
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Vaginata 4/2/03: Detective Mark Cohen begins his interview of newly-widowed Louise.
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Larry and Rachel fly back to NJ in the corporate jet. Louise and Ahmed meet them at the airport.
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: The roadshow is all over but the pricing. The hackoff.com board meets by phone.
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Larry and Donna discuss strategy for improving quarterly results. Frank Folger tries to help with some email.
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Larry and Donna have an uneasy conference call with Frank Folger about prospects for the quarter.
Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Larry and Donna take the hackoff.com secondary roadshow to Texas where they meet - and answer - some skepticism.
Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: A storm has closed Boston's Logan Airport. But Larry and Donna need to get from there to New York for an important breakfast presentation. Larry takes executive action.
Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Larry and Donna are on the roadshow for the hackoff.com secondary and are back at Semper talking to Tom Chen. The atmosphere is different than it was during the IPO.
Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Larry wants the iHudson deal closed before the roadshow for the secondary. Frank Folger says it'll happen.
Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: There's action in the stock of both hackoff.com and Big Router.
Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: Negotiations between Larry and his VCs over who sells what in the secondary are close to breakdown. In the podcast version, Larry Lazard is played by Matt Blumberg, Louise Lazard by Kelly Evans, Joseph Windaw by Brad Feld, Joanne Ankers by Stephanie
Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: In episode 2 of chapter 7, Larry negotiates hard with his VC board members over who gets to sell how many shares in the secondary. In the podcast version, Larry Lazard is played by Matt Blumberg, Joseph Windaw by Brad Feld, Joanne Ankers by Stephanie
Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Secondary, 2/3 - 3/28/00: In the first episode of chapter 7, Louise and Larry Lazard are flying home from Davos on the Concorde discussing a secondary offering of hackoff.com stock - their personal liquidity event.
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: In the final episode of Chapter 6 and the final day at Davos, Larry feels benign.
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: Larry meets with Mahmud Assan about outsourcing work to the Palestinians.
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: Chapter 6 continues with national party night at Davos. Larry and Lousie and their new friends the Rostovs wander from Mauritius through France and the US in their quest for the fabled Russian party.
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: It's the night of the big dinners at Davos. Larry antagonizes some accountants and learns about telecom capacity swaps.
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: Larry does a live TV interview from Davos and the chat group chats about it.
Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: Larry meets Simon Peres and agrees to help Palestinians.
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Davos, 1/26 - 2/1/00: Larry leads a luncheon seminar on corporate governance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The European and American views differ. Israel agree with the US.
Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Dom's Game 4/1/03: Dom and Donna discuss who left the (software) backdoor open.
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Dom's Game 4/1/03: There is email fallout from the staff meeting Donna chaired.
Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Dom's Game 4/1/03: Donna chairs her first staff meeting as CEO. It is clear that things will be different than they were when Larry was running the show.
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Dom's Game 4/1/03: Detective Cohen continues his interview with Dom Montain. He is particularly interested in what happened after a stormy staff meeting on the day Larry died.
Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Dom's Game 4/1/03: In the first episode of Chapter 5, Detective Mark Cohen begins his interview of hackoff.com CTO and super-hacker Dom Montain.
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The IPO,5/29 - 5/30/99: The chat group and Larry's wife Louise both comment on his TV appearance - in very different ways.
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The IPO,5/29 - 5/30/99: Against the wishes of Barcourt and the advice of his lawyer, Larry risks an appearance on CNNfn's "Meet the Money.
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The IPO,5/29 - 5/30/99: Now that hackoff.com is public, it has a chat board. They chat. And Larry is greeted as hero back in the office.
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The IPO,5/29 - 5/30/99: hackoff.com (NASDAQ:HOFC) is public! Larry watches trading begin on the Barcourt trading floor.
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The IPO,5/29 - 5/30/99: Larry bargains with both his Board and the bankers over the price at which hackoff will come public.
Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Roadshow, 5/99: On the private jet going from Boston to Ft. Worth, the team discusses the Semper pitch and the order which followed. In Ft. Worth, Larry and Donna relive some of their b-school days.
Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Roadshow, 5/99: The roadshow team is at Semper Investments in Boston for the all-important pitch to fund manager Tom Chen.
Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Roadshow, June 1999: The roadshow team is en route via Concorde from London to New York forthe US portion of the trip. "Friends and family" stock are on their minds.
Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Roadshow, June 1999: The team flies to Geneva where the roadshow will begin. Donna and Rachelhave an uncomfortable drink.
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Roadshow, June 1999: The hackoff.com team and their bankers prepare for the roadshow leadingto the hackoff IPO. Larry has a loud showdown with the bankers over costs.
Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Beauty Contest, Feb. 1999: At RR Donnelly the draft prospectus (red herring) is finalized andtransmitted to the SEC, a key step in going public. Board members JosephWindaw and Joanne Ankers find some privacy at the harvard Club.
Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Beauty Contest, Feb. 1999: On the phone and in email, hackoff.com executives and Board membersdiscuss the possible choice of Barcourt and Brotherson to lead the bankerteam for the hackoff IPO
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Beauty Contest, Feb. 1999: Bankers from Barcourt and Brotherson pitch Larry and Donna on why their bank should be selected to lead the hackoff.com IPO. Larry is rude.
Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
The Beauty Contest, Feb. 1999: The hackoff.com Board of Directors discusses the possibility of going public.
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Morning April Fool's Day 2003: The interview of Donna Langhorne by Detective Cohen continues. She tells about the last time she saw Larry alive and gives her alibi for the time of his death. Terry White is the guest star playing Donna in the audio of this episode.
Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Morning April Fool's Day 2003: NYPD detective Mark Cohen begins his interview with hackoff.com CFO Donna Langhorne. Terry White is the guest star playing Donna in the audio of this episode.
Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000
Morning April Fool's Day 2003: hackoff.com CEO Larry Lazard is found dead in his office of a gunshot would. The press release is on the wire and the chat group is chatting. Trading in hackoff.com stock (hofc) is, however,expected to resume shortly.