Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 17398
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2000/2/2-4 [Industry/Startup] UID:17398 Activity:moderate
2/1     When is the next gm?
        \_ This came up at this evening's politburo meeting.  We are shooting
           for some time this month.  Is there anyone you'd like to see speak?
           -dans
                \_ Want to see tjb speak.
        \_ Trevor! We know you are reading this! Please show up on the GM today
           and join our honorable, professional organization of talented
           individuals! - tjb's #1 motd fan.
           \_ Trevor doesn't have the balls.  All talk.  Anyway, you really
              _want_ him to show up and bore you to tears?  What a whiner....
        \_ What do people think of a panel covering Berkeley student/alum
           experiences with startups?  We'd have people who've founded
           startups as well as people who came on later.
           -dans
           \_ I think that would be great. -Galen
              \_ Agree.  Add a vote for that. -dlwhite
           \_ Better would be Stanford alums who founded startups.
                \_ Is $tanfurd really better than Cal at startup success rate?
                   I mean, for every Hotbot, is there a Yahoo and a Google?
                        \_ Hotbot?  Hotbot is a property of Wired Digital which
                           failed _two_ IPO's and was eventually gobbled up by
                           Lycos.  I hope you weren't implying that "Hotbot"
                           was somehow a successful (or unsuccessful) company.
                           It was nothing more than a service once owned by
                           Wired and now Lycos.  And yes, Stanford has more
                           startups which are more successful.
                             -worked there, only mildly bitter now, recovering
                        \_ Stanford: Sun, Yahoo
                           \_ Don't forget Cisco.
                           Berkeley: Inktomi, Ingres
                           Which looks more successful to you?
                           \_ Golly, sounds like Berkeley!!!11 Stanfurd sukz!1
                              SV is packed with zillions of Farmer startups.
                              You can count the Cal startups on your thumbs.
                              And yes even though most of the Farmers will
                              fail, many will not.  They won't all be Yahoos
                              but you don't have to be Yahoo to be considered
                              successful.  "There can be only one.>ka-chunk!<"
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