A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster.

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