Founders | Cornerstone

the idea

Nov 8 1999

Company Kick-off Meeting

We planned to kick-off operations at a ranch, but it started raining (a rare occurance in LA). The meeting was moved to a bowling alley, followed by dinner at El Cholo, a local Mexican restaurant.

Adam Miller

Mastermind, CEO

Perry Wallack

Money man, CFO

Steven Seymour

Entertainer, SVP Sales

Adam Miller, Perry Wallack after flying into LA

walked away from stability to follow the dream

2000

Man with spyglass standing on pile of books

Opportunity at AOL

Walked away from a then-coveted opportunity to become the premier sponsor of AOL’s Research and Learning Center. The internet bubble burst a month later.

started getting attention

2001

Built a Pipeline of Prospective Clients

Our online learning software was first ‘to the cloud.’ We built a pipeline primarily of Northeast financial services firms.

closing deals

2001-2005

Hired Help and Closed Deals

September 11th happened and instead of a hiring freeze, on September 15th we went on a hiring streak. We closed some big named clients, all from large enterprises.