1.   Birndorf said it might be ready to go public within two to three years, after a product reaches the market.

2.   Benjamin Rosen said Capstone would probably go public within two years.

3.   Bond said he was hired by AOL in July last year with the understanding that the unit would probably go public within two years.

4.   Both had founders of vision, both had venture-capital backing and both went public within seven months of each other.

5.   Both went public within the year to get cash for expansion.

6.   He plans to take his company public within the next three years.

7.   If the market for Internet initial public offerings turns up again, the new company would hope to go public within the next year, the executives added.

8.   If the market for Internet initial public offerings turns up again, the new company would go public within the next year, the executives added.

9.   Jacobs said he hoped Genmar and Watkins would both be prosperous enough to take public within a year.

10.   Leifer said he hoped to take his computer software company, Multi Media Audiotext, public within six months and join the rank of the multimillionaires.