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Entries from June 2007

HealthSpoke Pitches at Communitech Lunch

June 13th, 2007 · Comments Off on HealthSpoke Pitches at Communitech Lunch

Today I had a great opportunity to present HealthSpoke(TM) at a Communitech luncheon. The event featured guest speaker Mike Pascoe of Meriton Networks, who has been a part of growing and selling a few high-tech, networking companies. As part of these networking lunch events, Communitech provides the opportunity for early stage tech companies to give […]

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Discussion with former eBay CFO

June 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Discussion with former eBay CFO

Today in finance class we are having a great discussion with Gary Bengier, the former CFO of eBay. Gary was a key part of the company during its early formative years, from 1997 to 2001. He was deeply involved in the company’s strategy, and led the company’s initial and secondary public offerings. The class has […]

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Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge Wrap-Up

June 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments

As I mentioned in my last post, James and I had the exciting opportunity to travel to Rochester, NY, to take part in the Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge. After crunching the numbers, the staff at CBET determined that instead of making the 4-hour drive the evening before and staying in a hotel, it would be […]

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