This is the eighth in a series of 11 videos produced by the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University. This one focuses on managing growth. A Virtual Turf War . . . The entrepreneurial pot of gold shone like a lump of clay.
The Internet can be an amazing thing... Hospital Purchasing Co-Ops Link Up to Make Buying On the Web Easier Properly decorated and fluffed, the lightest of feathers can display a magnificent confidence.
I was still focused on the remnants of the capital-planning group in the company... . . . Of the two start-ups [Neoforma and Medibuy], Neoforma has the more technically sophisticated website . . . Neoforma seems to have better technology and stronger managers than its rival . . . Money brought everything to the surface.
Everything had been set up. The pieces were falling into place. The press was talking about us. Investors were buzzing about us. Wall Street was in a frenzy of excitement. Money was breeding money, and its offspring were fertile at birth... UPSIDE’s 1999 Hot 100 Ariba IPO Goes Through the Roof Web Firm Neoforma Names to Top Post Zollars From Cardinal Jeff and I had started Neoforma.
We had provided its first monetary food. We had reared the company, nurtured it, guided it, imposed our will and ingrained our personal ethics. But we did not control Neoforma... Cool Company - A Site Where Hospitals Can Click to Shop E-Commerce Poised to Impact Healthcare Supply Industry Significantly The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity Balance is not always found in the middle.
In moments of stress or confusion, I often catch myself looking back in time to similar situations... Letting go felt very good—until I lost my grip.
Jeff and I were getting tired. Tired of wearing so many hats to work each day. I fantasized what it would be like to focus on only a few jobs at a time... |
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