Then known as The Mining Co., the company had already made headlines for its ambitious efforts to reinvent the way people find information on the Web. More recently, the company has attracted Wall Street's attention as well, thanks to a splashy initial public offering of stock in March 1999. Founded by veteran television and Internet executive Scott Kurnit, the MiningCo. Sites vary as widely as the guides who manage them. In exchange for their time, guides split a slice of the company's advertising revenues.
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When Kurnit talked to CIO in mid-1997, he declined to release MiningCo. Even in today's overheated portal market, it's getting close. Quite a step up from a year earlier, when it ranked 121st, according to Media Metrix. Lieberman, previously executive vice president of Cahners Business Information, oversees the company's mergers, acquisitions, and international expansion. DON'T quit while you're ahead.