Coming out of Y2K, we formed a company called NexTec Global Strategies that carried forward many of the same strategies that proved successful for Y2K.  The company opened in early 2000 in top-floor, Class-A space in the Lynnwood Corporate Center.  Within six months, the dot-com crash hit.  Technology companies, including NexTec, got hammered.  We opened and closed our doors within a span of six months, only blessed by the fact that we were able to sublease our space to a Canadian firm which also paid us cash for all of the furnishings.  We learned our lessons, brushed ourselves off, and looked for the next opportunity.