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To: Angel D who wrote (33)	3/18/1999 9:58:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 302

Angel, excellent point. My favorite phrases are: "We anticipate we'll do..." (read: hey, it's my opinion so I can say anything I want...) "I've got contracts on my desk worth..." (read: no chance in hell we'll ever close these deals, but if hell freezes over then...) "If we only get 1% of the market..." (read: we have no business plan, no employees, we're working out of my garage, but...) "We're meeting with a major brokerage house..." (read: we'll never get by the receptionist but...) - Jeff ~~~~~~~~~~ My own personal "red flag" is when the company issues press releases at least once a week talking about revenues "at the rate of" or some such thing, but not real revenues.

To: Angel D who wrote (33)	3/19/1999 12:03:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 302

My own personal "red flag" is when the company issues press releases at least once a week talking about revenues "at the rate of" or some such thing, but not real revenues. What do you think? --Add to that "estimated" revenues of any kind, usually based on winning a percentage of perceived market share. Typically this percentage seems modest: "1% of the PC market in China", or some such. --Companies forever announcing "stragetic relationships" with firms in places so remote that any independent verification is impossible. --Companies forever announcing "strategic relationships" whose benefits to them are unclear, perhaps non-existent. --"Related party transactions": not always a danger, but they need to be looked at carefully. --Companies that grandly announce "partnerships"--with IBM, Microsoft, whatever--that anyone can apply for by merely filling out a form online.