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http://www.redherring.com ------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORY: A look at last year's top IPOs, VC firms, and banks -- before and after the fall. Going public: IPO review for 2000 http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=special_report_gen&channel=30000003&rh_special_report_id=670000067&doc_id=1380019338 ------------------------------------------------------------ A D V E R T I S E M E N T Join EYESTORM for its private opening, June 5 in NY, 6-9 pm! Pioneering art media company EYESTORM--with limited edition artworks by acclaimed artists from Jeff Koons to Andy Warhol --celebrates the opening of its unique art space in NY at 60 Mercer Street @ Broome. Click here for an private invite: http://www.eyestorm.com/newyork A D V E R T I S E M E N T ------------------------------------------------------------ Catch of the Day: Trade you In an economy in which the superstars let us down, who are the heroes? I submit it's the guys out there buying stuff. Consumer confidence is surprisingly high. It's as if real people are ignoring the soggy market, the dot-com washout, and the recessionary mutterings from Gray Davis and Alan Greenspan. But aside from a tax cut, how are we going to recognize the troops? As it happens, a San Francisco company, PeopleCards, is reacting to our culture's superstar obsession by making a series of trading cards with real people on them. People can even submit themselves as candidates on the PeopleCards site. Now, if this takes off, it'll be a fad. Yet it's worth noting that the major sports card manufacturers (like Topps) are considering, if not already producing, non-sports cards. In talking to PeopleCards president Brant Herman, it occurred to me that making limited runs of cards for private use (as promotional items, for example) could be a nice business. But there are already companies doing this. While it's unlikely that the public will want to mint its own celebrities, if it does, an exit for this experiment could be an acquisition by one of the major card companies. - Rafe Needleman, rafe-needleman@redherring.com Editor, http://www.redherring.com COMPANIES * PeopleCards http://www.peoplecards.net * Topps http://www.topps.com * Trading Faces http://www.tradingfaces.com RELATED STORIES * Is it simply boom, interrupted? http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=20000002&doc_id=150019415&rh_special_report_id= * A mixed tech report card for President Bush http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=10000001&doc_id=50019205 * Ten tech stocks to avoid http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=20000002&doc_id=1950018595 * The Angler on California's depressive personality http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;doc_id=1550018355&channel=70000007 * Market Currents: Will Greenspan make the kindest cut? http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=20000002&doc_id=1520019352 * The ten zaniest VC pitches http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=40000004&doc_id=700017670 ------------------------------------------------------------ A D V E R T I S E M E N T Join EYESTORM for its private opening, June 5 in NY, 6-9 pm! Pioneering art media company EYESTORM--with limited edition artworks by acclaimed artists from Jeff Koons to Andy Warhol --celebrates the opening of its unique art space in NY at 60 Mercer Street @ Broome. Click here for an private invite: http://www.eyestorm.com/newyork A D V E R T I S E M E N T ------------------------------------------------------------ VC and Startups How do you boot out your CEO? Why isn't Reno a great place to start a B2B company? How do you spot a bad VC? Mayfield's David Ladd returns to answer these and many more reader questions. VC P.S.: Suck it up, part 2 http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=40000004&doc_id=730019473&rh_special_report_id= Inside Tech Researchers are exploring the use of living cells and micro- organs to warn of the presence of dangerous toxins and aid in the discovery of new drugs. 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