Since the address used for this mailing could only have been culled from my email messages - generally only to this list - I'm curious if anyone else on the list has been Esther spammed. It's somehow "poetic" that in 8 months she has never once chosen answer a single query or engage in a substantive discussion, yet we exist to be cultivated for her advertisements. Who else believes that this is the "industry's most stimulating and networked event of the year?" --tony >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esther_Dyson) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Esther Dyson invites you to EDventure's High-Tech Forum >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:15:23 -0400 >X-Mailer: Allaire ColdFusion Application Server > > >Dear Tony, > >Please join me October 24-26th in Budapest for what promises to be the >industry's most stimulating and networked event of the year. > >Until recently, conventional wisdom put Europe about two years behind the >United States in high-tech activities. Now Europe is coming into its own, >not so much from behind as from a different direction altogether. European >Net technology companies generally still feel a need to go to the US to >get "established", but Net-based companies are beginning to find a >receptive market at home. Ventures selling products or services to >consumers and businesses, rather than companies selling technology to >other companies, can find customers at home and can often serve them >better than foreign marketers. Venture capitalists are eager to invest, >and more and more people are willing to work for or with a start-up. Best >of all, the emerging European market is learning to tolerate mistakes - >giving entrepreneurs the freedom to take risks and learn from the results! >However, Europe is a challenging market because of the diversity of >languages and cultures and a more complex regulatory environment than in >the free-wheeling United States. With these developments as a backdrop, >our agenda will explore today's driving issues in a workshop-style format. > >We've lined up a great group of speakers, including: > >Judy Balint >COO & President >E*Trade International > >Gabor Bojar >President >Graphisoft > >Sven Lung >Founder & Vice President, Business Development >iMediation > >Kurt Kammerer >CEO & Co-founder >living systems > >Gerry Montanus >General Partner >Atlas Ventures > >Stephen Nachtsheim >Intel Corporate Business Development > >Stephan Roever >CEO >Brokat Infosystems > >Martin Sorrell >CEO >WPP Group > >Jerry Yang >Co-founder and Chief Yahoo >Yahoo! > >This is one event where the attendees are as important as the speakers. I >look forward to hearing more about what you're doing and to introducing >you to the other participants. For more details and to sign up, please >visit our web site at www.edventure.com. See you in Budapest. > >Sincerely, > >Esther Dyson > >
