bitpipe
We became the management coaches for bitpipe at a very early stage, assisting the founders in successfully hiring their VP of Sales and in completing their first round of venture investing. We became the strategic coaches for the senior management team . We are an investor in bitpipe.

AudioFile
We worked with the founding CEO, the senior management team, and the early-stage investors to redefine the company's business plan and its sales plan. We coached management through the process of the company's successful acquisition by the WinFax Division of Symantec, the world's largest supplier of faxing software.

Brainshark
Acting as a hands-on management coach, we worked with Brainshark's founder before the company began, providing strategic guidance on the vision, the strategies, and many of the tactics necessary to begin and successfully establish venture financing in an early stage start-up. We have worked as the strategic facilitators for the company and also provided a variety of executive recruiting services. We are investors in Brainshark.

Chipcom
We worked with Chipcom, one of the original industry leaders for routers and hubs in the expanding telecommunications industry, as a strategic coach during their high-growth years, just prior to the company's IPO and its resulting successful acquisition by 3Com. At Chipcom, we provided coaching services that resulted in the company successfully reinventing its manufacturing operations and its product development processes, which enabled Chipcom's rapid growth.

Cobotyx
Introduced by the company's early-stage investors, we provided interim CEO management, refinancing and restructuring this innovative OEM supplier of hardware and software used by the telephone industry. We directed the successful sale of the company to a larger public corporation in the telecommunications industry.

Composite Design Technologies
We have provided a variety of senior management coaching services for this market leader of software solutions for composite design and manufacturing tools used by the aerospace and defense industry. We assisted in successfully restructuring the company's sales organization, additionally providing our coaching services to successfully recruit a new sales team.

GeoVue

Habama
We have worked with the founding CEO since the inception of Habama, providing strategic and tactical coaching services for the senior management team as the company was being formed and as the initial management team was being recruited. Habama is an early-stage Internet-based ASP providing commerce, collaboration, and content management services for emerging and medium-sized businesses. The CEO of Habama was previously the CEO of Sensitech, another of our customers. We are investors in Habama.

Hyperdesk
Introduced by the company's early-stage investors and its Japanese strategic investor, we worked with the entire senior management team to direct the successful sale of Hyperdesk to FTP Software over a period of four months.

Ibis Consulting

IntraServer/LSI Logic
We coached the founding management of this leading supplier of I/O board level products through the successful acquisition of the company by LSI Logic. IntraServer Technology is a leader in PCI and CompactPCI(tm) I/O peripherals for Intel(tm)- , Alpha- , and SPARC(tm)- based systems. We additionally provided management coaching services for creating the company's sales plan and for recruiting the sales team at IntraServer.

Interactive Super Computer

NETsilicon
From its earliest years, we have worked with NETsilicon management providing a variety of strategic planning and management coaching services. Working directly with the CEO and the entire senior management team, we have assisted in directing the company's strategic planning, writing the company's business plans, and coordinating the development of the management team. As a leading manufacturer of imaging products and embedded solutions for the networking industry, NETsilicon conducted a successful IPO in 1999. We are an investor in NETsilicon.

PixelVision
Introduced to PixelVision by its early-stage investors, we directed, with the founding CEO, the successful restructuring of this leading manufacturer of flat panel monitors for the financial services industry. As a result of the company's success, we assisted in directing the successful acquisition of the business by Cybex Corporation.

Premise

Relational Courseware
Working with the founding CEO of this rapidly growing computer-based training provider, we provided business planning, strategic coaching, and tactical implementation services for the senior management of RCI. We coached the CEO through the process of executing the successful sale of the company to Gartner Corporation, a leading supplier of IT industry analysis and services. The founder of RCI has now become the founder of Brainshark.

Skills Survey

Vistagy

WebEvent
We provide business planning, senior management coaching and fundraising services to this market leader of calendaring and scheduling software. Working with this early stage and rapidly growing innovator of calendaring solutions, we have provided a wide variety of management coaching services which have allowed the company to achieve its business plan objectives.

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