I think many people agree that's how doubleclick became a $3B acquisition. Doubleclick closed $40m in jun 97 and another $86m in 98. So they (luckily or cannily) raised a ton of money right before the dot com crash, slashed spending, and owe a piece of their success (definitely not all, but a piece) to having the financial reserves to be one of the few companies to weather the crash.
I think many people agree that's how doubleclick became a $3B acquisition. Doubleclick closed $40m in jun 97 and another $86m in 98. So they (luckily or cannily) raised a ton of money right before the dot com crash, slashed spending, and owe a piece of their success (definitely not all, but a piece) to having the financial reserves to be one of the few companies to weather the crash.