Where are they now? Itech startups of the month.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Hightech Coloradobiz - Brief Article - Column

ABOUT THIS TIME AYEAR AGO I LISTENED AS A TALKING HEAD SPOUTTED doom on the nightly news predicting that 80 percent of all internet startup wouldn't fast the year the funding market was shop the situation can't get much worse and so on.

Then, as big-name startup after big name startup withered and died. I became convinced that my editor was going to kill this column. He didn't.

Nevertheless in the aftermath of the tech bust we've decided to tweak the column bit by dropping the from Itech and profiting fledging companies from not only the IT and Internet sectors but so those in telecom hardware biotech and space.

As long as it's new cutting-edge and Colorado based in far game.

But before moving on there's a quick look back.

Surprisingly only two of the 20 companies covered in this space have completely folded Several have cut back and gone into state so semi liberation. Two were subjects of acquisition by large companies. A few have thrived and grown.

Here's and down on the look.

The subject of my first column, collectibleTown.com (August '00) perished five months later, the victim of a market that wasn't quite ready for e-commerce DiabetesManager.com Inc (March 01) met similar fate affect its key strategic partner pulled the plug on its funding last year.

Richard Honey of Book Appointment.Com Inc (October '00) described growth in the past 18 months as static. Regardless he has continued to plug along. Improvingly his Web based appointment scheduling product and pining for an investment or acquisition opportunity. At his point it's just a matter of staying in the water he said conveying the attitude do jour for fledging internet startup.

Likewise, CompanyLogos.com LLC (September '00) endures paying for itself on a month to month basis said co-founder Steve Hay Area 101 Inc. (January '01) shut down it Catering 01 com web site to focus on its restaurant management software. The status quo to Grizella Corp. (October '01) and GetApproved com LLC (December '01) remaining same as both are ramping up marketing and the former remains in the hunt for financing.

ClickPlay Inc. (February '01) ipSEAT Inc (May '01) and dbDoctor Inc (November ('01) have all gone into varying state of hibenation. That ranges from ipSEAT deep sleep the phones are disconnected and the Web site is shut down an investor said the company is restructuring to do Doctor's less obvious concerning period.

We're staying mean and learn and micro right now while the market's rocky said...