ADVISORY/Founders of TheStreet.com and DoubleClick Will Be Among Panelists of UpStart101; A Crash Course on Internet Startups at Columbia University.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Feb. 22) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: MagicBeanStalk brings to students at Columbia UpStart101, a series of practical mini-conferences held in select universities around the country that focus on educating students about the life and culture of Internet companies, what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how to get connected with the next high-flying dot-com. WHEN: The event will take place Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at the Alfred Lerner Hall Alfred Lerner Hall is the student center or students' union of Columbia University. It is named for Al Lerner, who financed its construction. Situated on the university's historic Morningside Heights campus in New York City, the building, designed by deconstructivist architect of Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Open to all students. Bring your resume. Register online. WHO: Featured Panelists: Tom Clarke Tom Clarke may refer to:
WHY: A dot-com epidemic is hitting business schools and graduating programs across the country. More and more students each year are passing up jobs with consulting firms and investment banks The following is a list of investment banks Financial conglomerates Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking and investment banking, and sometimes insurance. to work for the next high flying dot-com. or to launch their own Internet startups. However; as students try to get into this Internet revolution, they are finding it difficult, frustrating and time consuming to connect with Internet companies because the market of information and resources for startups is fragmented and inefficient. As a result, college students miss out on exciting opportunities in the Internet industry and are left to follow more traditional careers. MagicBeanStalk's goal is to change all that by bringing the Internet Economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. and its opportunities to "the breeding grounds of Internet startups" -- the universities. ABOUT MagicBeanStalk.com: MagicBeanStalk is a dot-com for dot-com's. It exists to help the startup community find information, conduct transactions and communicate more easily bringing greater efficiency, reduced costs and faster growth to startups everywhere. The inspiration came after Yale University graduate James Gutierrez spent days fruitlessly combing the Internet for employment opportunities with Internet startups. The realization that an information gap existed not only for students but also for investors, vendors, service providers and entrepreneurs gave birth the MagicBeanStalk model. Today, the Company is well positioned as a premier business-to-business hub for dot-coms. |
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