You’ve seen people shake their heads when we say we have helped create $16 billion in value.

We’re not saying we wrote the IPOs.

We are saying that every single one of the companies on our list went to market with a message we created.

Still, don’t take our word for it. Just search the interwebs for any of these results:

• IT storage pioneer Isilon IPO: $108 million. Isilon purchased by EMC: $2.2 billion.
• Application monitor Wily Technology purchased by CA: $375 million.
• Financial services innovator (creator of ETFs) Rydex Investments sold: $750 million.
• Secondary tickets platform TicketsNow.com purchased by Ticketmaster: $200 million.
• Online food deliverer Eat 24 purchased by Yelp: $134 million.
• VC Bain Capital: $5 billion raised in new fund.
• Business contact list community Jigsaw.com sale to Salesforce: reportedly $150 million (or thereabouts).
• Estimated tourist dollars created by “Far from expected” Reno Tahoe campaign: $100 million.
• Email marketer Marketo IPO raised $80 million.
• Rich media and ad serving leader, Eyeblaster, IPOs as Media Mind: $206 million. Media Mind acquired for $517 million.
• Mobility platform Antenna Software purchased: $70 million in value.
• Medical catheter disruptor Avinger IPO: $65 million.
• VC Battery Ventures raises $900 million in two funds.
• Storage innovator Qumulo raises $40 million for storage start-up.
• Natural gas innovator Westport shares surge by 40%.
• Jackson Financial’s new investing service, Elite Access, puts $4 billion more under management.
• Coffee giant Starbucks commits to buying one billion dollars of Fair Trade coffee. And increases loans by $50 million (we helped secure this change through our work with Fair Trade USA).
• Adult educator Golden Gate University returns to profitability after 10 years in the red. And stays there for another ten (c.$50 million annually).
• Cardiac health mobile monitor Corventis acquired by Medtronic for $150 million.
• Sinus-surgery implant innovator Intersect ENT IPOs at $55 million. A year later they follow up with a further $103 million round of funding.
• Software AG buys Terracotta for $76 million.

We rest our case.