MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM OF NEW YORK CITY, INC.
presents

ENTREPRENEURS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY: WHAT SEPARATES THE HIGH FLYERS?
The ingredients for success in starting and developing a technology-based company are not obvious. Why, for example, did Akamai succeed while dozens of other companies with similar beginnings fail? It is a question that demands careful consideration by anyone setting up a new company.

The panel will offer perspectives from founders, angels, academics, financiers and entrepreneurs.

Questions include: What represents a good idea? Who should be on the team? Where should funding come from? What partnerships are important? What is the value of incubation?
Panelists:
Professor Edward Roberts, founder and Chairman, MIT Entrepreneurship Center and Sloan School faculty member since 1961; co-founder, MIT Enterprise Forum; co-founder/GP, Zero-Stage Capital Group; co-founder, CommonAngels; Chairman, Advisory Board, KnowledgeCube Group.
Kwok Li, Chairman & CEO, Linsang Partners LLC; co-founder, Yuri Systems (acquired by Lucent); co-founder & CEO, Splitrock Services (acquired by McLeod).
Professor Morten Hansen, Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School, incubation specialist.
Howard Balter, CEO, Net2Phone
Moderator – TBA
DATE: Wednesday evening, June 7, 2000.
 Pre-registration required by Thursday, June 1st
TIME: 5:15 p.m. - registration, networking and refreshments. 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. - program
PLACE: Chase Manhattan Bank, 270 Park Ave. (47th St.), NYC.