Can somebody help me find info. on this?

dozens of them ...

Google this:

dot com entrepreneurial failures

every link is a different name.

Good writing!

Keep Smilin'
John

exactly, that's a good place to start.
I seem to remember a company called CDnow that was public and kind of big for a little while and then faded away, as many tech and dot com's did after about 2001-2002 area.

Here is one that I think is just a real case of unlucky lottery:
Ayds Diet Candy

Thanks I will take a look at each one and deside. You guys save my butt thanks!

Look up:

Kamran Elahian, Momenta Corp.

And

Jerry Kaplan, Go Corp.

Both of these individuals tried to create computers that could recognize handwriting. Both burned through at least $40 million dollars before folding. Pretty big examples of entrepreneurial failure.