“We can’t hire [skilled employees] fast enough. That’s why we buy companies.”
Bert Ellis, chairman and CEO of iXL Holdings, on his recruitment-through-acquisition strategy for total world domination of interactive media, The New York Times, 13 April 1998
“It was just an opportunity that we could not refuse.”
Nick Grouf, Firefly Network’s CEO-songwriter, on his decision to sell his company to Microsoft for 40 cents on the dollar, PC Week Online, 9 April 1998
“Netscape would make an excellent partner to Microsoft.”
Netscape CEO James Barksdale, on his choice of dancing partners to put some swing back in his company’s stock, Wired, April 1998
“Women will gravitate to sites that address certain central areas that they’re dealing with and deal with them in a unique way.”
Yvette DeBow, analyst with Jupiter Communications, showing the fruits of her employer’s careful market research, News.com, 7 April 1998
“People want to take information from multiple sources and take resulting output and have multiple destinations.”
Apple CEO du jour Steve Jobs, speaking at the National Associations of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, on Apple’s role in the multimedia universe, News.com, 6 April 1998
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