Instead of taking company executives on dinners and golf outings, New Relic built a product that sold itself.
She talked about starting the company in a very lean way, continuing to grow the business and eventually taking her company public in 2011.
He has considered taking his company public but has found better ways to raise cash.
The boyish boss of Facebook will reap billions by taking his company public in 2012.
Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, a 290-person note-taking app company based in Redwood City, Calif.
Pearse says he will score big sales to service providers before taking the company public by year-end.
Longer term, he contends, the controlling Sutardja family might receive greater financial reward taking the company private.
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Along the way, pat yourself on the back for taking your company to higher levels of profitability.
He was eager to gain the experience of taking a company public and the financial opportunity was great.
"NTT DoCoMo is more or less taking the company (AOL Japan) over, " internet analyst Ortwin Gierhake of WestLB Securities said.
Dell, who will continue as chairman and CEO, first approached the board about taking the company private in August 2012.
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Also, she said, Lilly representatives downplayed the weight gain that Dr. McKinney saw among some patients taking the company's blockbuster antipsychotic Zyprexa.
Analyst reports from underwriting banks are often viewed by investors with a skeptical eye, because banks collect fees for taking a company public.
Some will head for the exits before selling real estate or a business, taking a company public or winning a large legal settlement.
The message is upbeat, with Judson floating the idea of taking the company private, while batting away concerns over shrinking cash flow to service debt.
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Dell spoke about taking the company private at a Sanford C.
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Others dream of taking their company public and reaping further riches.
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So six months after taking the company private, Foster was back on the road hustling bankers and investors so that he could take the company public.
In some cases it is triggered by a big income event like selling real estate or a business, taking a company public or winning a legal settlement.
"We want to make sure we have all the facts, but right now we're taking the company's assurances" that the issues with use of customer data didn't extend to trades or instant-message conversations, Mr. Nides added.
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Mr. Flanders has shrunk Playboy's staff from 585 when he arrived to 165 today, 65 of whom work in the famous Playboy Mansion where Mr. Hefner lives, as stipulated in the contract taking the company private.
The big home improvement retailer has just begun to win some success shaking its stock price out of the doldrums--perhaps just in time to scare off Eddie Lampert or another potential suitor with designs on taking the company private.
Investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been trying to expand their private banking businesses in the past few years, particularly by courting those whom they have helped to become rich by taking their company public.
Two California law firms filed lawsuits seeking class-action status on behalf of stockholders this week, taking the company to task for allegedly concealing threats to its business and sales growth, such as Facebook platform changes that made it easier for users to find rival games.
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Now that conflict of interest rules at universities often prevent many real top experts from taking drug company speaking fees, and because many of those experts have given up the money because they are afraid it will hurt their reputation, the people giving these speeches are not always really the best and the brightest.
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The company is taking over a subsidiary of U.S. aviation company Fairchild Corp. to gain a place on Nasdaq.
This is about more than simply a financial transaction, one company taking over another.
Apple Computer is one company taking advantage of the consumer appetite for brand-name electronics.
He was also taking on a company that was creating lots of jobs, which meant it had political muscle.
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