Just as Baier was mulling over what to do, Nasdaq began its swan dive.
Baier has a list of people he wants to keep, and checks on them regularly.
To find out where he stood, Baier set up informational meetings with investment banks like Robertson Stephens.
One entrepreneur told Baier that none of the investment banks or mezzanine investors would even return his calls.
Baier had an inkling, mostly from the horror stories spreading through the klatch of VC-backed entrepreneurs.
Baier's venture capitalists were warning they weren't going to keep funneling him money.
When office space got tight, Baier triple-paid a contractor to renovate quickly.
"Actually, I've got to catch up with you on something else, " answered Chief Executive Paul Baier, pulling him into his office.
But Kent Wellington, who describes himself as a friend of Baier's, responded.
Baier's tumultuous year is like a lot of recent tales about entrepreneurs--a story of calm sailing that turns precipitously into a frightening squall.
Just weeks before he had eagerly agreed to let Baier move into a new 30, 000-square-foot space by paying nine months' rent in advance, plus options.
Paul Baier, a software expert who has led the Survivors First project, said the group had allegations from victims against 2, 100 clerics in its files.
The company, Baier said, would be moving in a new direction.
Baier gets access to change her password and deactivate the account.
The segment came after Fox News host Bret Baier tried repeatedly to trip up congressman Paul with hypothetical questions on intelligence of a fully nuclear Iran.
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Baier, given 24 hours to sign the lease, reluctantly agreed.
"It was the most unproductive meeting ever, " Baier recalls.
"Here I was telling the same person I had called with such enthusiasm 14 months ago and convinced to join me as a cofounder that he was out of a job, " says Baier.
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