Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Telcobuy


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The result was no consensus. Black Kite (talk) 00:56, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Telcobuy

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Subject of the article fails WP:ORG. I can't find any evidence of Notability. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 19:56, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
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Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "Telcobuy.com LLC, which runs an online marketplace where businesses buy telecommunications equipment, said Thursday it has withdrawn its initial stock offering. It cited unfavorable market conditions. Telcobuy announced in March that it hoped to raise as much as $100 million through the stock offering. But the company put off that plan after Internet stocks slumped last spring. The decline has dragged on to the present. The company, of Maryland Heights, is a subsidiary of World Wide Technology Inc. Telcobuy Chief Executive Jim Kavanaugh said Thursday that the market formerly raised many Internet companies' stock prices beyond their rational valuation, without distinguishing good companies from bad ones. Now it is trouncing many stocks with the same lack of discretion, he said.  ...  At least part of the reason is that Telcobuy's sales have soared. Its gross revenue rose to $247 million last year from $49 million in 1998. This year, it expects gross revenue to exceed $600 million, Kavanaugh said. Even so, the company will not record a profit this year, though it expects to do so next year, he said. This year, the company has plowed resources into improving its Internet technology and enhancing its distribution systems, building or leasing warehouse facilities in Plano, Texas, and Livermore, Calif., as well as one in Maryland Heights, Kavanaugh said. Telcobuy has 325 employees, up from 125 a year ago."  The article notes: "When co-founders Jim Kavanaugh and David Steward decided to spin off the telecommunications part of World Wide Technology Inc. last fall, they chose the rather unwieldy name of Telcobuy.com on purpose.'It was not an accident to have 'dot com' in the name,' Kavanaugh said Friday. 'It's very indicative of the type of business we do.' World Wide, based in Maryland Heights, had grown its telecom business from equipment distributor into creating the first - and so far, only - business-to-business Internet portal for buying and selling telecommunications equipment. That 'dot com' strategy in the name and in the business has attracted two Boston-based venture capital firms to put $25 million into the company. Summit Partners, with investments in the telecommunications industry, and Highland Capital Partners, experienced in Internet businesses, announced the investment earlier this week. 'The market we're in is hotter than ever,' Kavanaugh said. 'What we have in place today is unique.' He said the new spinoff needed 'more focus, more attention.' The cash will allow Telcobuy.com to hire software engineers to work in research and development here as well as sales people in Texas and on the coasts, he said. Telcobuy.com employs about 75 people: 60 in St. Louis and 15 in Dallas. The company expects to hire another 100 by the end of the year. 'We enable both supplier and customer through the entire supply chain process,' said Kavanaugh. 'We may buy a Lucent switch that will be deployed into the Southwestern Bell Telephone network. There are hundreds of miscellaneous materials that go with that.' Telcobuy.com brings them all together and manages 'all the backend fragmented suppliers.'"  The article notes: "World Wide has about 600 employees, 450 of whom are in St. Louis. It's hiring about 35 to 40 people a month to keep up with the growth. Turnover is relatively low, which Steward says gives the company an advantage over technology firms on the East or West coasts. 'The work ethic that's here, the sense of loyalty, integrity and trust is more significant here than anywhere else in the country,' he said. That's why this homegrown success story is going to stay put. Steward says he gets calls every day from people offering incentives to move to another city. Jim Kavanaugh, who runs a subsidiary called Telcobuy.com Inc., says that when the company was raising money last year, some venture capitalists wanted Telcobuy.com to move to Silicon Valley. He refused. The company eventually raised $27 million from major venture capital firms, and hopes to complete a $100 million initial public offering ifthe stock market gets over its recent fear of Internet companies. 'We are in a position now that we are just waiting for the market to stabilize a bit,' Kavanaugh said. The partial spinoff of Telcobuy.com represents a major departure for World Wide, although it will keep a majority interest in the subsidiary. Until it sought venture capital for Telcobuy.com, all of World Wide's growth had been self-funded. The company started in 1990 as a software developer and hardware reseller, landing early contracts with the federal government and big companies like Southwestern Bell. In 1995, when it had a contract to supply computer work stations for U.S. troops in Bosnia, it figured out how the Internet would let the military track the equipment."  The article notes: "Among the other top Black firms is Telcobuy.com of Maryland Heights, MO, which is ranked No. 2 with $604 million in sales. ... Telcobuy.com of Maryland Heights, MO—electronic procurement and logistics, technical and e-business consulting services—$604 million"  The article notes: "Telcobuy.com, an operations middle-man is the least impressive. To even kick the tires, you must register and get your credit checked. It allegedly has 500,000 products from more than 1,000 manufacturers. Unlike the other sites, which help you find a service, Telcobuy.com handles order entry, provisioning, project management, single invoice and single point of contact." <li> The article notes: "The management team spun off its Telcobuy.com (No. 2 on the be industrial/service 100 list with $604 million in sales) division, which offers products over the Web to telecommunications firms, into a separate entity. (Both WWT and Telcobuy.com are both more than 51% black-owned.) With 2001 revenues of $320 million, WWT dropped to shocked the automotive business community when he sold back two Michigan franchises, including the flagship ..."</li> <li> The article notes: "Apex Oil and Telcobuy.com were St. Louis' newcomers to Forbes magazine's list of the top 500 privately held companies in the magazine's Nov. 26 issue."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Telcobuy to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 23:58, 17 April 2015 (UTC) </li></ul>


 * There are numerous other sources at http://business.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=Telcobuy&searchType=Article&currentPage=0&orderBy=. Cunard (talk) 23:58, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:20, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Most references are not authoritative. The only one that is quasi-authoritative is dated from the dot com bust.  Nothing since then.--Rpclod (talk) 04:20, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Notability. I have added several more sources to the list above. Cunard (talk) 23:56, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, § FreeRangeFrog croak 22:21, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
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