Art Papas
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Like they were like, oh, actually, it's really great.
Well, yeah, but you had four years there to turn around, right?
So we raised one and a half then.
We didn't spend that.
And then we got to 13 million and we were always profitable after 2003.
I was at an up round.
Yeah.
And then Hyland and General Catalyst came along and said, let's recapitalize the business.
So GE was able to get out.
Yeah.
A lot of it, most of it was secondary.
Just buying out GE.
And then there was internet.com portfolio.
So we outlasted our investors.
They went out of business.
Or did these guys come in and still buy like 60% guys were really great.
They came in and they were like, look, you know, you're essentially a hired gun CEO.
Yep.
With your package, let's get you real equity.
in terms of options.