Sequoia called back that day to invite Reisman to an all-partners meeting on Monday.
"I felt like saying fish or cut bait, " says Reisman, who set her hopes on one last backer.
Whatever relief Reisman felt over moving a step closer to funding was short-lived.
By the time they boarded their flights, Reisman, an avid dog lover, bit.
Before it was over, Reisman would have 30 in-person and 60 phone meetings with 40 venture capitalists at 9 firms.
Reisman has won an exclusive contract with Loveland Pet Products, which will fill all her orders via UPS from St.
Now three venture firms hinted they might be willing to fund Reisman if she considered merging with yet one more rival, PogoPet.
"There were days when I thought the sky was unlimited, " says Reisman.
But Reisman, who ran the Boston marathon twice, refused to lie down.
Tina Reisman-Boukes, a 56-year-old Dutch social worker and convert to Judaism, took part in one of the tours on the recommendation of her son.
Reisman was precluded from signing with a competing lead venture capitalist for a period of 30 days, but Firm X could still back out.
One more time, Reisman drove down from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, where she met TCV's managing partner Jay Hoag and associate Michael Linnert.
After two competitors, Pets.com and Petstore.com, became the first startups to receive major venture capital backing, PogoPet agreed to meet with Reisman that Saturday.
Then Reisman made an unpleasant discovery about her venture suitors.
Corporations will have to strategically address these segments to compete and ultimately win against a formidable competitor, said Denise Larson and Gary Reisman, principals and co-founders of New Media Metrics.
Overall, there is emotional attachment to both specialty and general-merchandise retailers, indicating there is still a role for both, according to Denise Larson and Gary Reisman, principals and co-founders of New Media Metrics.
While out on three spacewalks, Atlantis mission specialists Steve Bowen, Michael Good and Garrett Reisman replaced six solar array batteries on the orbiting platform and installed a backup communications Ku-band antenna and a robot tool tray.
Soon enough, Reisman found herself in a world of blandishment and betrayal, of half-truths and machination worthy of Hollywood, as venture capitalists jockeyed for the chance to crown a winner in the latest Internet game (see box, p. 139).
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