Ted Waitt
Ted Waitt
Theodore W. "Ted" Waittis an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Waitt is a co-founder of Gateway, Inc....
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This program is knocking down the barriers to entry for people who want to participate in the digital revolution. After a seasonally slow April and May, our marketing program kicked in, driving a dramatic increase in volume in June and creating good momentum for the second half of the year,
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It's a natural step in the expansion of our direct business model.
branded experience
At that point, it's a branded experience that's customized for the customer,
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clearly, we were looking to do better than that.
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Gateway supports your right to enjoy digital music legally.
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Basically, our internal forecasts were overly aggressive, ... When you fall short of your internal forecast, two things happen: costs go up as a percentage of sales and margins go down.
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Is the PC dead? I definitely don't think so. I think there's a lot of legs left in the PC. We're going to look at and continue to invest in information devices. I still own 100 million shares in this company, and I'm going to do everything in my power to insure this company's success.
progress time
We've made a lot of progress in 2001 and now it's time to grow,
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We are aggressively moving into other business segments that surround the purchase of a PC, thereby delivering the greatest value to customers, shareholders and industry partners,
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We're continuing to see consistent demand across all segments now,
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We plan to consistently execute this strategy through 2002 and exit the year as a robust, growing company with more than $1 billion in cash and an intensely satisfied customer base.