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To: Paul Senior who wrote (24559)	8/9/2006 4:57:20 PM
From: Madharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78567

I had 10% of my portfolio in the IPO ICGE after three days I sold 1/3 of my position and pulled out 2/3ds of my initial investment . the balance I rode for a 5 bagger. a little after that I had a 3% position a company called voxware and about half of that ended up being a 10 bagger for me. The othere one I cant remember the name of but it was a medical company that had an agreement with ROche and it sued it. I had some for my wife at $11 and forgot about it for several years in one of her accounts. Roche lost the suit and purchased the company. When I checked it it was over $50 and was about 90% of her account. I liquidated it right away! Im sure Jbash did quite well with faro. There were companies that if I had held onto them would have been 10 baggers some of which i bought under a dollar like wmb and ucoma. I just think once you have a 3-5 bagger in somthing and its a big portion of your networth, you must be awfully confident not to think its fairly or overvalued at that point, and we are always searching for value as opposed to bragging rights.

To: Paul Senior who wrote (24559)	8/10/2006 12:13:12 AM
From: gcrispin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78567

I think you can do it with biotech stocks. I had a large position in ELN with an average price of 2. I sold at 8, 16, and 27. But I've also lost easily half my money on others.. The only biotech stock that I own now is MEDX in the low 9s. The reason I don't think it is reported here is because ten-baggers are more in the arena of speculative small-cap stocks. At least that is my opinion. I

To: Paul Senior who wrote (24559)	8/14/2006 1:10:10 PM
From: TimbaBear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78567

Curious if any of you guys are able to ride large initial positions to 10 bagger type gains? I had 7 bagger with TRCI and 6 bagger with PMSI(later merged into HTRN). Positions were accumulated over months and done before the big moves started. Am sitting on a very large percentage position in GLG at average cost of $16.70 All of the above I believe I posted here (perhaps not following up on the net gain because, for me, this board is/was more about process). I am half way through accumulating another large position, that in PAAS which I believe to be currently selling for about $.60 for $1.00 in value. This is not to imply that I haven't also had some real dogs as well (but you didn't ask for them). So far, the accounts are growing nicely in spite of the dogs but this is a very difficult market for me to read. Timba

To: Paul Senior who wrote (24559)	8/17/2006 12:43:23 AM
From: Spekulatius	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78567

A more interesting question is to ask for stock recommendations with 10 bagger potential. I have been thinking about this for a while and my best bet is FLWS, the online Florist/gift company. Last earnings report was not great due to high marketing costs. the long shot to 10 bagger potential for FLWS is the low P/S and the earnings leverage that goes with reducing the cost. Admittedly a long shot, but with a little bit of luck and capable management this be able to generate decent margins. Even though FLWS missed earnings by quite some margins there were some positive developments under the hood that reverse the trend. I bought some FLWS a while ago at above 6$ and today doubled my position. internet.seekingalpha.com