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High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars
by Charles Ferguson, Charles H. Ferguson
Description: High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars recounts Charles Ferguson's experience founding Vermeer Technologies and developing FrontPage amid the competitive dynamics of Silicon Valley
ISBN: 0812931432
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garyrob · 2026-04-14 · Original thread
It may have been, I never used it, but it was also a very early, innovative (at the time) product made by a company called Vermeer.

There is a truly fascinating, and even inspiring, book about the company and the sale of FrontPage to Microsoft: https://www.amazon.com/High-Stakes-No-Prisoners-Internet/dp/...

walterbell · 2025-09-06 · Original thread
We need more knowledge sharing on the topic of negotiating with VCs. Charles Ferguson's book was good, followed by the Venture Hacks blog from AngelList, https://www.amazon.com/High-Stakes-No-Prisoners-Internet/dp/...

  What we have here is a rare thing - an unvarnished account by an insider of what it took to make a deal with the VC sharks during the dawn of the Internet Age and come out of it with something you could take to the bank. You wont find many other tech business books giving such a detailed account from start to finish. Though it is lacking on the technical side, the view from the 'money guys' is pretty detailed. It is pretty amazing to realize the whole arc of the story is only about two years..  To then leverage his proceeds into some constructive social documentaries like 'Inside Job' is a great second act..