{"id":1055,"date":"2015-03-21T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/hfs_five_years_old_032115\/"},"modified":"2015-03-21T20:43:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T20:43:00","slug":"hfs_five_years_old_032115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs_five_years_old_032115\/","title":{"rendered":"HfS Research is five years old!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17558 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/5-year-plan-HfS.jpg\" alt=\"5 year plan HfS\" width=\"325\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five-year-plan complete for HfS!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Would you believe it? \u00a0That quirky little research firm that started as a blog, at which many people snickered as a flash in the pan&#8230; reached 5 years old this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But we actually <em>had<\/em> a plan &#8211; and it was a five year one to break into the analyst mainstream and influence our services markets as much as any of the establishment analysts who&#8217;ve been around for years. \u00a0Have we succeeded in doing that? \u00a0I&#8217;ll leave that to you to decide&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I would personally like to recognize several characters who have played a part in helping HfS get off the ground and developing our reputation in the market as the destination for unvarnished insight, collaborative debate and plenty of entertainment: \u00a0Esteban Herrera, Tom Ivory, Tony Filippone and Jamie Snowdon for having pride and faith in our mission and playing their part. Reetika Joshi, Charles Sutherland, Ned May, Mark Reed-Edwards, Tricia Bolger, Ned May, Pareekh Jain and Khalda de Souza for their ongoing support of the business and preaching the gospel &#8211; and putting up with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fred McClimans, Bram Weerts, Hema Santosh and Barbra McGann for throwing their lot in with us recently to take us to a whole new level. \u00a0And several friends (and family) who have been active in their support; Deb Kops, Lee Coulter, John Haworth, Sir Alan Fersht, David Poole, Jay Desai and many others. \u00a0Also our early clients who have stayed loyal; Sarah Thomas, Shari Wenker, Mike Salvino, Ian Maher, Frank D&#8217;Souza, Stan Lepeak, Cliff Justice, Tiger Tyagarajan, Frank Cannata and many, many others. \u00a0If I forgot to mention you, please forgive me as so many of you have been amazing with your support.<\/p>\n<p>Now for our second 5 year plan&#8230;. what fun and games are in store for us next?<\/p>\n<p>Happy Springtime all =)<\/p>\n<p>Phil<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/a-thundering-week-in-orlando\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/HfS-launches.jpg\" alt=\"Some fresh faced healthy looking  chap in March, 2010...\" width=\"411\" height=\"548\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some fresh faced healthy looking chap in March, 2010&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five-year-plan complete for HfS! 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