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title: "How I Got My Business Model Right With My Second Company: Joe Gillette"
description: In 1999, Joe Gillette was managing his telecommunications firm, Gillette Global Network, out of New York City, generating revenues of $10 million. As many
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# [How I Got My Business Model Right With My Second Company: Joe Gillette](https://www.cloudcommunications.com/news/how-i-got-my-business-model-right-with-my-second-company-joe-gillette)

 Written by [Doug](https://www.cloudcommunications.com/news/author/doug) | Feb 1, 2012 5:00:00 AM

<https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png>In 1999, Joe Gillette was managing his telecommunications firm, Gillette Global Network, out of New York City, generating revenues of $10 million. As many entrepreneurs do, he began fantasizing about the story that he might be telling in his old age one day. "I thought I'd call the story 'How I Turned $40,000 into $40 million'," said Joe. "But it ended up being called 'How I Turned $40,000 into $40 million and back into $40,000." [Read the rest here.](http://www.inc.com/lewis-schiff/how-i-got-my-business-model-right-with-my-second-company-a-recap.html)

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