Lessons Learned
Believe it or not, you can start an e-biz without going down in flames. Our special report will help you start wisely.
When David Tanguay, 28, walks into his Quebec City office in themorning, he isn't worrying about layoffs or plunging stockprices. The CEO, president and co-founder of Wanted Technologies thinks moreabout working with his 45 employees, meeting his five VPs andkeeping his investors up-to-date. Founded in 1997 and launched in1998, the data management company has weathered the technologyfallout by avoiding the dotcom stigma and sticking to soundbusiness fundamentals.
If the heaps of high-profile dotcom failures and horror storieshaven't deterred you from wanting to start your own Internetcompany, then congratulations-you already have the gumption to getstarted. Since we know you don't want to jump straight fromstart-up to cyberscrap, however, we're going to help you sortout how to get your Web business launched on the right foot. Foradvice along the way, we tracked down one Internet survivor, onestart-up and two experts who've seen it all.
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