Word: portfolios
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...results have been spectacular. My sparring partner, my associate Matt Jacobs, and I, forced to pick 10 "teams" each to compete in the B2B Rotisserie League, have crash-coursed the whole 1999 new-stock lineup. We make our mistakes with phony money and save the real deal for the portfolio. Our draft may have lacked the tension of the NFL's live ESPN version, but it turned up such gems as VerticalNet, VeriSign, Commerce One and Ariba, companies that until I had to lay out 750 Gs of Rotisserie money, I couldn't do much more than ogle from afar...
...Phillip Gross, $8.75 million, working in domestic portfolio...
...Robert Atchinson, $7.26 million, working in domestic portfolio...
...Jeffrey Larson, $5.03 million, working in foreign portfolio...
...rolled out in places like hotels, airports and corporate dining rooms. Saks Fifth Avenue has discontinued its coffee line but plans an expansion next year of its private-label loose-leaf teas. And then there's Madden, who carries around her own tea, which recently fell out of her portfolio during a business dinner in Las Vegas. "Can I try some?" her companion asked. By the end of the meal, the designer had both a new client and a new convert...