The panic level spiked the night of Dec. 1 inside IntegraClick.
Co-founder and CEO John Lemp assembled at least eight senior managers for a late-night meeting at the Sarasota-based Internet marketing firm. Some were called in from home.
Moreover, the meeting and what Lemp said there impugns the foundation on which IntegraClick is built. That is, that the company, which reported $120 million in 2009 revenues, might not be the superstar gazelle and jobs engine it has been portrayed. The adulation has run deep, coming everywhere from the Business Review to Sarasota County officials to former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to Inc. magazine.