Hibachi with Compaq

I used to work at Modem Media on the Compaq account. When Modem announced it was going to go public (right at the height of the dot.com boom), they asked Compaq to commit to a huge contract guaranteeing a big chunk of business. Compaq refused and Modem resigned the account, opting instead to take on IBM (a move that they thought would impress investors not taking into consideration that it would instead ruin their employee's lives...nameley, mine.) Anyway, after we had made the announcement, we had to transition all of our projects over to an interim agency. My former client, Scot Petit and some of his new folks flew out to CT from Texas to say goodbye...and we all headed out for Hibachi dinner.