<1998 published a modestly successful financial newsletter
1998 held several very popular "what is the web" type conferences for fearful executives
1999 formed new venture to bring vertical integration of wholesale distribution (and many other buzzwords) to our industry
2000 caught the eye of a moderate sized public company and sold the entire business to them
2001 were instructed to "not spend any money" by parent company
2002 parent company attempts to pretend we don't exist
2003 long, slow negotiations to buy back the publishing business for a few cents on the dollar
2004 publish a modestly successful financial newsletter
