31.   But the Enron experience may change that, as investors start paying attention to boards at even seemingly successful companies.

32.   But the pressure for consolidation is pushing even successful companies to alter their operations.

33.   But the PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that venture investors played an instrumental role in developing successful companies and brought valuable assistance to start-ups beyond financing.

34.   CMGI is a combination of a venture capital investment fund and an incubator that has started a number of successful Internet companies, including Lycos.

35.   Customer service has become an important variable that separates the successful online trading companies from those that received a below-average ranking.

36.   Drucker was already preaching that a successful company must cannibalize its own products, before the competition does.

37.   During a study mission to Japan several years ago, Boeing executives learned that the most successful companies adopted pre-employment screening processes and worked in teams.

38.   Enron appeared to become a wildly successful company by creating a new, largely unregulated financial business, that of energy trading.

39.   Enron was painted as a successful company.

40.   Even successful online companies have admitted feeling a pinch.