Goldstein: Staying the Course With Alacra

摘要

After 16 years as CEO, chairman, and co-founder of Alacra, Inc., Steven Goldstein still remembers what first sold him on the potential power of the internet: Netscape.At the time, Goldstein was vice president of strategic planning in the business information services division at Knight-Ridder, Inc. Part of his job involved scouting for possible content companies that Knight-Ridder could acquire. One deal he worked on was Knight-Ridder's pre-IPO investment in Netscape Communications, where he saw firsthand how enterprises were beginning to generate business on the internet. He was intrigued.