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Hey Steve....
Your post was sincere and I truly understand your thoughts and I applaud your new commitment to the tasks at hand.
With that said, however, I dont think you give yourself enough credit for what you built. I fondly recall a dinner that I had with 5 or 6 of the biggest "HAVES" in our industry (I think it was like January of 2002) and I said to them "You guys are sitting here on your high horses like you are invincible and the Steve Lightspeed's of the world are working their asses off and are going to take over what you have built" (yes, I used your name specifically). Each of them looked at me like I was crazy and just laughed at me....which was indirectly laughing at you....but you proved them wrong....you built a large program that took away their business. They went through the same thing that you are going through now (sinking sales, etc) but they did it in 2003 and 2004 and only a couple of those guys are even around anymore and none are as dominating.
Those "HAVES" didnt give you anything....you busted your ass and you got what you worked for.....the problems with the "WANTS" now is that they do not have the same dedication and drive as you did back then. They came into the industry at a time where programs were giving them everything they needed to make money and holding their hands as they did. I think that is what stifled creativity more than any "big boys club".
Of course, this is just one mans opinion.
--T
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