ADVISORY/3Com Founder and Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe Shares Insights Two Years after Turning Venture Capitalist; Thursday, Oct. 23; 5:30 P.M. Est.News Editors/Business Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday (Oct. 23) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: "What I Learned in the Past Two Years as a Venture
Capitalist" by Dr. Robert M. ("Bob") Metcalfe. Bob
Metcalfe, who invented Ethernet 30 years ago and grew
billion-dollar 3Com to promote it, will share lessons
learned during his two years as an apprentice
high-tech venture capitalist. Metcalfe has been a
general partner in the Boston office of Polaris
Ventures since January 2001. He specializes in
information technology start-ups and will argue the
following:
-- Why we should just forget the Internet bubble;
-- What's hot (video and wireless) and what's not (optical
and services);
-- Why it's better for a VC to invest more time in searching
for good start-ups than in helping them to prosper; and
-- The difference between good technologies, good companies,
and good investments.
While an engineer-scientist (1965-1979), Metcalfe helped build the early Internet. In 1973, at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Palo Alto Research Center - XEROX PARC in California, he invented Ethernet, the international local-area networking standard on which he shares four patents. While an entrepreneur-executive (1979-1990), Bob founded 3Com Corporation, the billion-dollar networking company. While a publisher-pundit, Metcalfe was CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of IDG's InfoWorld Publishing Company (1992-1995). He has written for American Spectator Spectator, English daily periodical published jointly by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele with occasional contributions from other writers. It succeeded the Tatler, a periodical begun by Steele on Apr. 12, 1709, under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. , Forbes, Technology Review, The New York Times, The New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Wall Street Journal, and Wired Magazine. Metcalfe's book credits include "Packet Communication," "Internet Collapses and Other InfoWorld Punditry," and "Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing computing - computer ." This event is hosted by MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum of Atlanta (http://www.mitforum-atlanta.org).
WHEN: Thursday, October 23
WHERE: GCATT Auditorium; 250 14th St. NW; Atlanta GA 30318
TIME: Light dinner/networking begins at 5:30 p.m. EST;
Program starts at 7 p.m.
CONTACT: Scott Mills at 678-781-7201 or
at scott@williammills.com
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