From:
iBreakfast [[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday,
September 29, 2001 7:13 PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: TECHNOLOGY RESPONSE COUNCIL...WTC WEB
HERO...iBREAKFAST REPORT
WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY iBREAKFAST EXECUTIVE EVENT
REPORT
Sponsored by Grant Thornton
www.gt.com
In conjunction with
BGA New Media
www.bganewmedia.com
Industry
Scoop
www.industryscoop.com
eTV
World www.etvworld.com
1. Invitation to join CEO Technology Response
"Brain Trust"
2. NYSIA Silicon Alley Community Meeting
3. iBreakfast
Report: After the Depression. Michael Mandel's speech on New Business Models for
the Net.
4. New Media Has a WTC Hero - How Web Project Manager Andrew Furber
and the Little Fireboat Attacked the Fire and Helped Dig People Out
5.
NYNMA's Super CyberSuds
6. BizBlender
7. Next iBreakfast: "Dealing With
Business in the World of Terror - 3 Companies That Have Been there Before" Oct.
17
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Dear
iBreakfast Members & Silicon Alley Executives,
CEO's Interested in a
Technology Response "Brain Trust"
Time: Thurs. Oct. 4th 8-11am
Place:
NY VentureSpace
Free to qualifying CEO's
In the spirit of boosting the
recovery, the iBreakfast is sponsoring a CEO-level Round Table on a technology
response to living and doing business in a world of terrorism. Contrary to the
stereotype, we have experienced an educated, net-savvy, entrepreneurial style of
fanatic. We expect to develop a list of proposals, business concepts and
opportunities for the business and investment. The new business and
government-funded landscape will be surveyed.
If you head a company that
offers a product or business service that can help define the role of technology
and new media in dealing with it - and would like to participate in this free
event - please contact me at [email protected] or call
212-624-9110.
Sincerely,
Alan Brody, Executive Program
Director
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NYSIA
Community Meeting - Oct 3
For those affected by the World Trade Center
tragedy we highly recommend participating in the following: The New York
Software Industry Association (NYSIA) Silicon Alley community meeting on
Wednesday, October 3rd. The discussion will focus on how the World Trade Center
Disaster has affected the New York metropolitan area's technology community.
Representatives from the Mayor's office, the New York City Partnership, state
development agencies and Federal Small Business Administration are planning to
attend and will lead a discussion on how to best coordinate relief efforts for
affected companies. Leading New York City companies will be offering special
relief and recovery assistance
Time: Wednesday, October 3rd Doors open
at 6 PM. The program starts at 6:30 PM
Place: The Altman Building
(http://www.altmanbldg.com) 135 West 18th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenue)
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AFTER
THE DEPRESSION - NEW BUSINESS MODELS FOR THE NET
Report on the Sep 25th
Meeting
After a moment of silence, the September 25 iBreakfast considered
the terrible events we have encountered. No one really asks to be a prophet but
it was hard to ignore the sadly prophetic tone of the event: it had been
specially scheduled later than the typical 3rd Wed. to avoid the High Holy Days,
and the topic - recovering from the depression was, in the words used to
describe the speaker, Michael Mandel's book, "eerily prescient."
Mandel,
the economics editor of BusinessWeek, who also wrote this week's cover story,
predicted the drastic depression, in his 2000 book, "The Coming Internet
Depression" because of the underlying business model of innovation that he had
discerned: technology R&D had essentially been outsourced to VC-funded
start-ups. Since the whole industry had grown on the expectations of VC returns
from IPOs and colossal buyouts more than the start-ups collapsed: big companies
had been feeding off the start-ups and the telecom expansion which in turn had
been paying for the massive underlying infrastructure. Once the market
collapsed, it would do a great deal more harm than damage a few VC portfolios
-it would undermine the entire technology, new media and telecom chain.
The reason he predicted that the depression would be even worse than
expected is because the major corporations may have survived, having outsourced
their R&D, now had very little new product in their the
pipeline.
Nevertheless, Mandel felt there was enough of an infrastructure
in place that the outlook was fundamentally optimistic for the long term. The
shakedown, in that scenario was probably healthy.
But that was before
September 11th.
The future is much more difficult now: government
support will never be enough to recover losses, the human and business
confidence losses will continue for months to come, there is no equivalent of
turning technology factories into war production factories and it is clear that
the government will take over what had once been the free market and VCs for
funding and business support.
That means a slower moving, substantially
less entrepreneurial environment. But the industry will have to get used to it
in order to get along.
In a panel following Mr. Mandel's speech with
Larry Chase from Chase Online Marketing, Michael Drapkin from XB5 and Mark Oster
from Grant Thornton, it was clear that companies need to think long and hard
about back up procedures and much business will surround the retooling of
business for security. If there is a bright spot - it is that spending for
civilian security will increase dramatically and that may present opportunity
for entrepreneurs.
Michael Mandel welcomes further discussion at [email protected]
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THE HERO WEB MANAGER AND THE LITTLE FIREBOAT THAT COULD
How many of us
have felt remarkably useless in the aftermath of the Sep. 11 attack?
You
wouldn't if you were Andrew Furber, an e-business integration project manager
who has worked with the iBreakfast organization on several projects in the past.
Furber had been a volunteer member of the John J. Harvey, a retired 1931 New
York City fireboat that group of enthusiasts had revived. His work on board, and
on her pier] as a welder and engineer led him to a fill-in job after he was laid
off from his company, dmind.
On the day of the bombing he was cycling to
work on Pier 63 in the Chelsea area when he saw the flames appear on the Towers.
As he headed toward the fireboat he saw dazed people stumbling up the West Side
Highway.
When he arrived, he learned that NYFD dispatchers had called the
mighty fireboat back into service under her last designation as Marine 2. As a
working fireboat with powerful water pumps, she was critical to the rescue
effort because the water supply downtown had been incapacitated.
When
they arrived at Ground Zero the fireboat crew set about reconfiguring the hoses
to supply water to the firefighters. Furber, whose background is in
telecommunications, satellites and the web was pressed into service as an
oxyacetylene steel cutter. Wielding his fiery torch, he followed the rescue
crews to cut apart steel beams so that trapped people could be
retrieved.
Furber returned to the site every day working long hours until
Friday when he was shut out of the site because of heightened security during
President Bush's visit.
When asked how he dealt with the horrific scene,
Furber, who has nothing more than a lapsed CPR and 1st Aid instructor
certification, said "I am really lucky that I was able to help." Being able to
do something made him quickly get over the horror. And weeks later he has
adjusted well, knowing that he had an effective part to play in the
Tragedy.
We are very proud of Andrew at the iBreakfast and we would like
to honor the spirit of volunteerism and simple, matter-of fact heroism he
exemplified. For those of you who wish to share your good thoughts, contact him
at [email protected]. For those fascinated with the little fireboat that
could, visit
www.fireboat.org.
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NYNMA's
SuperCyberSuds Nov. 1
We
at NYNMA share the sorrow of all affected by the tragedies of September 11.
We're determined to continue our customary activities to support the region's
business and technology innovators, and we encourage you to help the industry by
referring your favorite emerging, cutting-edge technology and/or new media
companies to exhibit at NYNMA's 7th Annual Super CyberSuds. When the companies
you refer sign on, you receive your choice of rewards valued at $300; the
companies receive their choice of exhibitor rewards valued at $2500 and the
opportunity to grow their business. This year's show takes place on Nov. 1 and
will focus on wearable technologies, digital entertainment, interactive gaming,
home networking, personal productivity, wireless and broadband solutions, and
more. Super Cybersuds 2001 will illustrate the fusion of technology with life -
add to the experience!
Click here to refer companies and choose your
rewards:
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If you are a interested in exhibiting at Super CyberSuds 2001,
click here:
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BIZBLENDER-
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New York, Tuesday, October
30
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For general
questions please contact our main office:
XFactor Productions 415.615.0002
www.xfactorproductions.com - [email protected]
For
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