ADVISORY/Economic Club of Chicago Hosts E-Business Panel.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (March 14) CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2000 "FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER OR KILLER APPS" The Economic Club of Chicago Will Host a Forum Featuring Chicago E-Business Leaders Top Executives of Diamond Technology Partners, Lante, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, and The Sauce.com to Discuss E-Business Challenges The Economic Club of Chicago will host a compelling panel of Chicago executives who are involved at the forefront of the e-business revolution at a luncheon forum at noon on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at the Palmer House This article is about the hotel in Chicago. For the Sauk Centre hotel, see The Palmer House (Sauk Centre). For Potter Palmer's mansion, see Palmer Mansion The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in downtown Chicago. in Chicago. Titled "Faster, Better, Cheaper or Killer Apps," the panel will explore the new challenges and experiences in building e-businesses -- from developing a new startup, to creating an e-business within a bricks-and-mortar giant, to building an Internet services business tackling and developing whole new markets. Chunka Mui, partner with Diamond Technology Partners Incorporated (Nasdaq:DTPI) and head of its Innovation Group, will moderate the panel, leading off with a presentation on the explosive growth and current state of the e-business world. Mui is the co-author of "Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance Market dominance is a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings. There is often a geographic element to the competitive landscape. ," the business best-seller that lays out the economics and strategic implications of the Internet and e-commerce and offers a set of rules for spotting and shaping "killer apps" for competitive advantage. Chicago e-commerce leaders who will describe their building of Internet-related businesses include: Rudy Puryear, president and 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 Lante Corporation (Nasdaq: LNTE LNTE Lante Corporation (stock symbol) ), the Chicago-based Internet services company that recently completed one of the most highly successful IPOs on record; Joseph C. Lawler, executive vice president of R. R. Donnelley & Sons (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DNY DNY display area code (NYX) routing (US DoD) DNY Downstate New York ), the traditional "bricks-and-mortar" giant now advancing into the e-business world; and Peer H. Munck, president and CEO of TheSauce.com, a dot.com startup bringing the Internet revolution to independent restaurants. Rodney L. Goldstein, managing partner of Frontenac Company The Frontenac Company is a Chicago-based private equity firm with over $1 billion in capital with a focus on investments in the business-to-business services, information technology services, and communications services sectors. and chairman of the Economic Club's Forums Committee, will preside pre·side intr.v. pre·sid·ed, pre·sid·ing, pre·sides 1. To hold the position of authority; act as chairperson or president. 2. To possess or exercise authority or control. 3. over the Forum, the third in the Economic Club's 1999-2000 season. Following the discussion, the panel will answer questions from the audience. |
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