U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 3

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Rocker                          David                    A.
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

     c/o Rocker Management, L.L.C.
     45 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1759
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                                    (Street)

     New York, NY 10111
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)

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2.   Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

     April 11, 2002
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3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)


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4.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     TheStreet.com, Inc. (NasdqNM: TSCM)
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5.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [ ]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [ ]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

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6.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form Filed by One Reporting Person

     [ ]  Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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             Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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                                                                 3. Ownership Form:
                                      2. Amount of Securities       Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security                     Beneficially Owned         Indirect (I)       4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
   (Instr. 4)                            (Instr. 4)                 (Instr. 5)            Ownership (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   41,182*                    I*                By partnership and limited liability company*
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

                            (Print of Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (continued)

              Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                        5. Owner-
                                                    3. Title and Amount of Securities                      ship
                                                       Underlying Derivative Security                      Form of
                         2. Date Exercisable           (Instr. 4)                                          Derivative
                            and Expiration Date     ---------------------------------    4. Conver-        Securities:
                            (Month/Day/Year)                               Amount           sion or        Direct      6. Nature of
                         ----------------------                            or               Exercise       (D) or         Indirect
                         Date       Expira-                                Number           Price of       Indirect       Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative   Exer-      tion                                   of               Derivative     (I)            Ownership
   Security (Instr. 4)   cisable    Date            Title                  Shares           Security       (Instr. 5)     (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:

* The Reporting  Person's  interest as described herein represents his pecuniary
interest in the securities held by Rocker Partners, L.P., Compass Holdings, Ltd.
and Helmsman Holdings, Ltd.



       /s/ David A. Rocker                                    April 16, 2002
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information  contained
in this form are not  required to respond  unless the form  displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
                                                                SEC 1472 (02-02)