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Craig Winn is an American businessman noted for founding Value America, a tech company that failed in one of the more spectacular crashes of the Dot-com bubble in 2000.

Business career

In 1977 Winn joined his father's company, Winn Co., after graduating from the University of Southern California with business degrees in marketing and finance. There he worked as a manufacturer's representative.^[1]

In 1986, he founded and built a lighting company called Dynasty which he brought public in 1990, making him his first fortune.^[2] The company went bankrupt in 1993.^[1]

In 1996, he became a Dot.com entrepreneur when he founded Value America,^[3]^[4] an early sort of electronic mall that was briefly second only to Amazon.com. The company raised investments from Paul Allen and Frederick W. Smith, among others. By December 1999, Winn had resigned from the board after disagreeing with all but one of the rest of the board regarding restructuring. Value America filed for bankruptcy in August 2000,^[5] less than a year after its IPO.^[6] It was one of the first large dotcoms to fail.^[7] It was one of the "most notorious" crashes of the Dot-com bubble.^[8]

Writing

Winn's book In the Company of Good and Evil: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal (original title, In the Company of Good and Evil: From Zero to 3 Billion and Back Again), with co-author Ken Power, is about his experience with Value America.^[9] The book proposed remedies for the kind of chicanery that had enabled Winn and Power to earn fortunes and help cause a stock market crash.^[10]

After the September 11 attacks, Winn and his colleague at Value America Ken Power to wrote a self-published book called Tea With Terrorists. Following the airing of a segment about Tea with Terrorists on The 700 Club, the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) likened the book to The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, asserted the Tea with Terrorists was blasphemy, and demanded that it be banned.^[11]

Bibliography

Yada Yahweh: A Conversation with God, Cricketsong Books (? 2007)
Prophet Of Doom: Islam's Terrorist Dogma In Muhammad's Own Words, Faithworks (April 2004)
Tea With Terrorists: Who They Are, Why They Kill, What Will Stop Them Faithworks (October 2002), (ISBN 9780971448117)
In the Company of Good and Evil: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal Cricketsong Books (January 2002)
Questioning Paul

References

^ ^a ^b "Craig Winn, Netrepreneur," Businessweek 2000 article
^ Dorsey, Kristy (5 September 2001). "Once upon a time on the net". The Herald (Glasgow).
^ Crazy Craig's C-Commerce Archived 2006-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Craig Winn, Netrepreneur
^ Value America Declares Bankruptcy: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Aug. 11, 2000 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath. J. David Kuo, 2001
^ "A Short Time Ago," Fortune, July 25, 2005
^ Peterson, Kim (21 October 2001). "Internet Goliath Value America rose high and crashed hard". San Diego Union-Tribune.
^ Wineke, William (19 May 2002). "Rags to Riches goes full circle (book review)". Wisconsin State Journal.
^ "Some problems and solutions for corporate ills". The Herald (Everett). 6 May 2002.
^ "Kenyan Muslims want book authored by American banned". BBC Monitoring. The Standard (Kenya). 30 April 2004.

External links

Prophet of Doom official website
Yada Yahowah

[bw2000-1] "Craig Winn, Netrepreneur," Businessweek 2000 article

[DorseyNet-2] Dorsey, Kristy (5 September 2001). "Once upon a time on the net". The Herald (Glasgow).

[3] Crazy Craig's C-Commerce Archived 2006-03-18 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Craig Winn, Netrepreneur

[5] Value America Declares Bankruptcy: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Aug. 11, 2000 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[kuo-6] dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath. J. David Kuo, 2001

[7] "A Short Time Ago," Fortune, July 25, 2005

[PetersonHard-8] Peterson, Kim (21 October 2001). "Internet Goliath Value America rose high and crashed hard". San Diego Union-Tribune.

[WinekeReview-9] Wineke, William (19 May 2002). "Rags to Riches goes full circle (book review)". Wisconsin State Journal.

[CorporateIlls-10] "Some problems and solutions for corporate ills". The Herald (Everett). 6 May 2002.

[AmericanBanned-11] "Kenyan Muslims want book authored by American banned". BBC Monitoring. The Standard (Kenya). 30 April 2004.

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+'''Craig Winn''' is an American businessman noted for founding [[Value America]], a tech company that failed in one of the more spectacular crashes of the [[Dot-com bubble]] in 2000.
-'''Craig Winn''' is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] and former businessman. He has self-published six books, including several on [[terrorism]] and [[Islam]]. His latest book is called ''Yada Yahweh''.<ref>[http://yadayahweh.com/Yada_Yahweh_Foundation.YHWH Chapter 0 Yada Yahweh]</ref>  Each of his books have been made available for free on the [[internet]].[http://yadayahweh.com/]
-After the events of September 11th, Winn began a research project with colleague Kevin Power to "uncover the roots of terrorism". They visited 120 countries and interviewed members of [[al-Qaeda]], [[Hamas]], [[Islamic Jihad]], [[Fatah]], [[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]], [[Force 17]], the [[Palestinian Authority]], the [[Knesset]], [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]], and US generals, as well as [[Israeli]] secret service agents in the [[Mossad]] and [[Shin Bet]]. The two published their findings in the novel ''[[Tea With Terrorists]]''.<ref>[http://teawithterrorists.com/chapter.aspx?g=301&i=3202]</ref>
-Winn has made numerous appearances in the media around the United States, including 1500 radio interviews by his own count. [http://www.prophetofdoom.net/Resources.Islam] Some of the shows are made available on his website.[http://www.prophetofdoom.net/events.aspx?g=4703] Winn has been interviewed by ''[[Business Week]]''.[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_18/b3679004.htm]
 == Business career ==
-In 1977 Craig joined his father's company, Winn Co., after graduating from the [[University of Southern California]] with business degrees in marketing and finance. There he worked as a manufacturer's representative.<ref name="bw2000">[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_18/b3679004.htm "Craig Winn, Netrepreneur,"] ''Businessweek'' 2000 article</ref>
+In 1977 Winn joined his father's company, Winn Co., after graduating from the [[University of Southern California]] with business degrees in marketing and finance. There he worked as a manufacturer's representative.<ref name="bw2000">[https://web.archive.org/web/20000510214951/http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_18/b3679004.htm "Craig Winn, Netrepreneur,"] ''Businessweek'' 2000 article</ref>
-In 1986, he founded and built a lighting company called Dynasty, which he brought public in 1990, and went bankrupt in 1993.<ref name="bw2000"/>
+In 1986, he founded and built a lighting company called Dynasty which he brought public in 1990, making him his first fortune.<ref name="DorseyNet">{{cite news |last1=Dorsey |first1=Kristy |title=Once upon a time on the net |publisher=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]] |date=5 September 2001}}</ref>   The company went bankrupt in 1993.<ref name="bw2000"/>
-In 1996, he became a [[Dot.com]] entrepreneur when he founded [[Value America]],<ref>[[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_18/b3679004.htm]</ref> an early sort of electronic mall that was briefly second only to [[Amazon.com]]. The company raised investments from [[Paul Allen]] and [[Frederick W. Smith]], among others.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/company/206/000125828/]</ref>  Valueamerica.com had a successful IPO in April 1999, starting at $23 per share, reaching up to $74.25 at its highest point. Winn's share of Value America was, on paper, worth over $1 billion after the company's IPO, and he planned to use his new wealth to bankroll a political career, including a run for the presidency of the United States.<ref name="kuo"/> These plans were shelved when Value America imploded later.  By December 1999, Winn had resigned from the board after disagreeing with all but one of the rest of the board regarding [[restructuring]].  ''Value America'' filed for bankruptcy in August 2000,<ref>[http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/va_kaput.html]</ref> less than a year after its IPO.<ref name="kuo">''dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath.'' J. David Kuo, 2001</ref> It was one of the first large [[Dot-com bubble|dotcoms to fail]].<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/07/25/8266640/index.htm "A Short Time Ago," ''Fortune,'' July 25, 2005]</ref>
+In 1996, he became a [[Dot-com company|Dot.com]] entrepreneur when he founded [[Value America]],<ref>[http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2000/jan00/craig.html Crazy Craig's C-Commerce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318090645/http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2000/jan00/craig.html |date=2006-03-18 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000510214951/http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_18/b3679004.htm Craig Winn, Netrepreneur]</ref> an early sort of electronic mall that was briefly second only to [[Amazon.com]]. The company raised investments from [[Paul Allen]] and [[Frederick W. Smith]], among others. By December 1999, Winn had resigned from the board after disagreeing with all but one of the rest of the board regarding [[restructuring]].  ''Value America'' filed for bankruptcy in August 2000,<ref>[http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/va_kaput.html Value America Declares Bankruptcy: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Aug. 11, 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012704/http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/va_kaput.html |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> less than a year after its IPO.<ref name="kuo">''dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath.'' J. David Kuo, 2001</ref> It was one of the first large [[Dot-com bubble|dotcoms to fail]].<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/07/25/8266640/index.htm "A Short Time Ago," ''Fortune,'' July 25, 2005]</ref> It was one of the "most notorious" crashes of the [[Dot-com bubble]].<ref name="PetersonHard">{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Kim | title=Internet Goliath Value America rose high and crashed hard |publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=21 October 2001}}</ref>
-Winn's book ''In the Company of Good and Evil: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal'' is about his experience with Value America.  Winn stated, "I, along with a small but great team of people, built a large and innovative etail company. But the founders turned the firm over to 'professionals' after taking it public in harmony with prevailing wisdom. They promptly ran it into the ground while lining their pockets. To cover their crime, they blamed it on me."<ref>[http://www.prophetofdoom.net/Who_is_Craig_Winn.Islam Prophet of Doom: Questions and Answers]</ref>
+==Writing==
-== Published works ==
-His first book is titled ''[[Tea With Terrorists]]'', co-written with [[Ken Power]]. This is a novel that purports to document an investigation of the motives of terrorists. Winn has also authored ''[[Prophet of Doom]],'' which is a survey of his interpretation of [[Muhammad]]'s life as derived from the  [[Qur'an]] and [[Hadith]]. Other works of his are ''In The Company of Good & Evil''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inthecompanyofgoodandevil.com|author=Craig Winn,Ken Power|title=In the Company of Good and Evil|accessdate=2006-12-31}}</ref> (also written with Ken Power), ''Future History''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futuretruth.net|author=Ken Power|title=Future History|accessdate=2006-12-31}}</ref> and ''Yada Yahweh''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yadayahweh.com|author=Craig Winn|title=Yada Yahweh|accessdate=2006-12-31}}</ref> He has published these books through the Cricketsong Books imprint, a division of Virginia Publishers, which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of The Winn Company, LLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futuretruth.net/index.php?id=12,16,0,0,1,0|author=Ken Power|title=Copyright information on sources used on FutureTruth.net|accessdate=2006-09-23}}</ref>
+Winn's book ''In the Company of Good and Evil: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal'' (original title, ''In the Company of Good and Evil: From Zero to 3 Billion and Back Again''), with co-author Ken Power, is about his experience with Value America.<ref name="WinekeReview">{{cite news |last1=Wineke |first1=William |title=Rags to Riches goes full circle (book review) |publisher=[[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date=19 May 2002}}</ref> The book proposed remedies for the kind of chicanery that had enabled Winn and Power to earn fortunes and help cause a stock market crash.<ref name="CorporateIlls">{{cite news |title=Some problems and solutions for corporate ills |publisher=[[The Herald (Everett)]] |date=6 May 2002}}</ref>
-==Analysis of Islam==
+After the [[September 11 attacks]], Winn and his colleague at Value America Ken Power to wrote a self-published book called ''Tea With Terrorists''. Following the airing of a segment about ''Tea with Terrorists'' on [[The 700 Club]], the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) likened the book to ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' by [[Salman Rushdie]], asserted the ''Tea with Terrorists'' was blasphemy, and demanded that it be banned.<ref name="AmericanBanned">{{cite news |title=Kenyan Muslims want book authored by American banned |agency=[[The Standard (Kenya)]] |publisher=BBC Monitoring |date=30 April 2004}}</ref>
-According to [[Prophet of Doom]] and [[Tea With Terrorists]], [[Islamic Terrorism|Islamic terrorists]] are inspired by the actions of Muhammad and the verses in the Qu'ran.  Winn quotes extensively from the [[Qur'an]] and [[Hadith]] throughout his books.
-He publishes a rendition of
-[http://www.prophetofdoom.net/chapter.aspx?g=4701 the verses of the Qur'an in Chronological order] which was compiled by analysing the material of [[Hadith]].
-Winn worked with his team of "researchers" to compile a timeline of Islamic terrorism.[http://www.prophetofdoom.net/article.aspx?g=41111][http://www.prophetofdoom.net/article.aspx?g=41111&i=4111102]
-Regarding [[Islamist terrorism|terrorism in Islam]], Winn argues that the cause is "not [[Osama bin Laden|Osama Bin-Laden]], not [[Al-Qaeda]], not some radical fringe group of extremists, but Islam itself."<ref>[http://teawithterrorists.com Description of ''Tea with Terrorists'']</ref>
-{{cquotetxt|The critics of this work  will claim that [[Prophet of Doom]] is offensive, [[Racism|racist]], hatemongering, intolerant, and unnecessarily violent. I agree - but I didn't write those parts. They came directly from Islam’s [[scriptures]]. If you don't like what [[Muhammad]] and [[Allah]] said, don't blame me. I'm just the messenger. . .<br><br>One last thought before you head down this perilous path. I pray that when you have reached the journey’s end, you will share my heart for the plight of [[Muslims]]. I want nothing more than to free them from [[Islam]], and in so doing, free us from the terror their doctrine inspires.|Winn, in a [http://www.prophetofdoom.net/Prophet_of_Doom_Islams_Terrorist_Dogma_in_Muhammads_Own_Words.Islam letter to the readers] on the [[Prophet of Doom]] website }}
-==Muslim response ==
-Winn's work remains largely unknown in the Muslim community,{{who}} but has been criticised by those aware of it. Muhammad Sultan of [[CAIR]] stated Winn "seems to lie in hatemongering and fomenting incitement for the purpose of cashing in on fear and ignorance."<ref>[http://www.archives2006.ghazali.net/html/anti_islamic_ravings.html]</ref>
-Winn claims to have documented attempts of "Muslims filing complaints with the domain registrar to release private information" regarding his location and their repeated attempts to hijack the site [http://www.prophetofdoom.net/article.aspx?g=406&i=46008]. Some Muslims have circulated a petition to have one of his books banned and [[Censorship|censored]]. [[Daniel Pipes]] claims that this response to Winn's books raises important concerns regarding [[freedom of speech]] and the [[Freedom of the press|press]]. [http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/377]
-A number of apologetic Islamic websites have written rebuttals to Winn's claims, using quotations from the Quran and Hadith, challenging Winn to provide "just one... verse from the Muslims' Noble Quran that condones killing of innocent children, women or even hostile enemy men who drop their weapons before Muslims (surrender)". Answering-christianity.com has published a chapter by chapter response to Winn's book 'Prophet of Doom'. [http://www.answering-christianity.com/prophet_of_doom_book_rebuttal.htm]
 ==Bibliography ==
 *''Yada Yahweh: A Conversation with God'',  Cricketsong Books (? 2007)
-*''[[Prophet of Doom|Prophet Of Doom: Islam's Terrorist Dogma In Muhammad's Own Words]]'',  Faithworks (April 2004)
+*''Prophet Of Doom: Islam's Terrorist Dogma In Muhammad's Own Words'',  Faithworks (April 2004)
-*''[[Tea With Terrorists|Tea With Terrorists: Who They Are, Why They Kill, What Will Stop Them]]'' Faithworks (October 2002)
+*''Tea With Terrorists: Who They Are, Why They Kill, What Will Stop Them'' Faithworks (October 2002), ({{ISBN|9780971448117}})
 *''In the Company of Good and Evil: A True Story of Seduction and Betrayal'' Cricketsong Books (January 2002)
+*''Questioning Paul''
-*''Future History: The End of the Beginning''
 == References ==
+{{reflist}}
-<div class="references-small"><references/></div>
 == External links ==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200516033617/http://prophetofdoom.net/ Prophet of Doom] official website
-'''Winn's On-line Books'''
-* [http://yadayahweh.com/ Yada Yahweh]
+* [https://yadayah.com/ Yada Yahowah]
+{{Authority control}}
-* [http://prophetofdoom.net/ Prophet of Doom]
-* [http://teawithterrorists.com/ Tea With Terrorists]
-* [http://inthecompanyofgoodandevil.com/ In the Company of Good and Evil]
-'''Criticism'''
-* [http://www.answering-christianity.com/craig_winns_list_of_lies.htm Apologetic Islamic website with rebuttals of Craig Winn's views on Islam]
-* [http://www.examinethetruth.com/page_against_01.htm#winn Another apologetic Islamic website]
-* [http://www.prophetofdoom.net/audio/Craig_Winn_Jalal_Abualrub_Mike_Gallagher_debate_audio.mp3 Audio debate between Craig Winn and Muslim critic Jalal Abualrub]
-'''Concerning ''Value America'' '''
-* [http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2000/jan00/craig.html January 2000 article about on virginiabusiness.com]
-* [http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_18/b3679001.htm Business Week Online article published May 2000]
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