Death … taxes … feelings? You know that your business-owner clients don’t want to talk about this stuff. They want to run their business and make more money. They want to keep their head down and stay hyper-focused on top-line revenue and bottom-line profit. But, as their professional advisor, you…
You’re busy. I get it. You’re trying to run and grow your company and juggle a hundred priorities today. You also may have to take the kids to soccer practice, take a parent to the doctor, and squeeze in a date night with your spouse. You probably don’t think you…
Click here if you missed Part 4 or Go Back to the Beginning September 1999 – The “Road Show” We had targeted September 23, 1999 as our IPO date (which happened to be the day before my 30th birthday). You may recall the volatility of the NASDAQ in late 1999.…
Click here if you missed Part 3 or Go Back to the Beginning January 1999 – The Game Had Changed Now, four years into our company, the game had changed. We’d now taken someone else’s money and we still needed to raise another $4 Million (we initially only were shooting…
The story of my 5-yr journey from pre-startup, through growth, IPO, acquisition, and exit.
Click here if you missed Part 1 or Go Back to the Beginning Summer 1995 – Becoming the “Expert” We scrounged together $1000 to send out our brochure to the top advertising and marketing firms in Chicago. Several took the bait. Essentially, I was giving them an Internet and email lesson…
Click here if you missed Part 2 or Go Back to the Beginning Spring/Summer 1997 – The First Turning Point Our primary focus was WebPromote, and we had become one of the leaders in Internet Marketing with numerous top-tier clients. We were inventing and offering an ever-expanding suite of products…