Subject: Business Contacts Database
Date:    11/16/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group
          Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

Many of the members of The Entrepreneurial Group in
Yahoo Groups have yet to link a Yahoo ID, which you
must create or own already, to the email address you
gave to me, either as an attendee at an
Entrepreneurial Group forum or in conversation with
me.

It is ok if you haven't done this already.  However,
I want to give you an incentive to initiate that
link so that you can Sign In to the group and take
full advantage of the resources available to you in
the Yahoo Groups site at:

http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup

The My_Business_Contacts database is meant to be a
source for business leads and referrals to you.  In
adding record(s) to this database, it enables others
within the group to provide qualified referrals to
your business.

It also gives you an opportunity to assist business
contacts, whose names appear in the database, in
resolving a critical business need or in identifying
a qualified referral.

So, I'm emailing to you a "care package" (See
attachment TEGCarePkg.zip) consisting of the
following files:

1. oBCHowTo.txt

    This document describes the
    purpose of TEG, how to join TEG,
    how business contact information
    is entered into the TEG
    My_Business_Contacts database and
    how business leads and referrals
    are made.

2. 1UpdatBC.txt (Step 1)

    Template E-mail Form Used
    to Invite Updates from Your
    Business Contact to the
    My_Business_Contacts Database.

3. 2FolowUp.txt (Step 2)

    Template E-Mail Follow Up
    To Your Business Contact
    Indicating That The Business
    Contact Information They Provided
    To You Has Been Added To The
    My_Business_Contacts Database.
    Fill in the underscored names with
    the column value from the
    applicable My_Business_Contacts
    database record.

4. 3RFINeed.txt (Step 3)

    Template E-mail Request
    For Introduction In Following Up
    On A Business Contact's Need
    Sourced From The
    My_Business_Contacts Database.
    Fill in the underscored names with
    the column value from the
    applicable My_Business_Contacts
    database record.

5. 4RFIPorS.txt (Step 4)

    Template E-mail Request
    For Information On A Business
    Contact's Product(s) or Service(s)
    Sourced From The
    My_Business_Contacts Database.
    Fill in the underscored names with
    the column value from the
    applicable My_Business_Contacts
    database record.

6. MBC11112.xls

    A Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
    containing a sample of
    My_Business_Contacts database
    records, which you may reference
    and act upon immediately.

7. Yahooid.doc

    A Microsoft Word 6.0 document
    describing the procedure for
    linking a Yahoo ID to an email
    address, necessary to Sign In to
    The Entrepreneurial Group at:

http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup

The objective is to get as many people involved in
updating and referencing the My_Business_Contacts
database as possible, through direct access via
Yahoo Groups at:

http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/database

The network effects of doing this will increasingly
add value to the group in terms of lead generation.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: tegmarkb@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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Subject: ITEC and CincyTechUSA Regional Entrepreneur
          Network
Date:    11/16/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group
          Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken refers to ITEC as
"the most comprehensive and dynamic regional
technology program in the United States."  The 2001
Cincinnati ITEC will be hosted at the Dr. Albert B.
Sabin Cincinnati Convention Center November 28th and
29th.

The Cincinnati ITEC has been well attended in years
past and this year should be no exception.  Network
with exhibitors, attend workshops and seminars and
learn how the Cincinnati region is applying
Information Technology.

For an overview of this event, please visit:
http://events.goitec.com/overview/default.asp?ec=CIN01

I'm also fowarding an email below regarding the new
CincyTechUSA Regional Entrepreneur Network to be
announced at the show.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: tegmarkb@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

Subj:   CincyTechUSA presentation at ITEC
Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2001 9:24:47 AM Eastern Standard
         Time
From:   JBricking@...

We are excited to extend an invitation to you for
the Cincinnati ITEC, presented by
Gateway-Intel-Microsoft.

Come on November 29th at 12:30 to hear the unveiling
of the CincyTechUSA Regional Entrepreneur Network.
Learn more about the Tri-State Capital Growth Fund,
connections to pillar companies and how to access
the network.  The session will feature members of
the CincyTechUSA team and the local entrepreneur
community.

This is your chance to see the future of technology.

Secure your place by registering online today for
your complimentary tickets -
http://www.goitec.com/reg1/cin/

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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

The 11th Annual Great Midwest Venture Capital Conference

Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Time: 8:30AM - 8:00PM EST (GMT-05:00)

Date: November 28, 2001
Time: 8:30 am to 8:00 pm CST
and
Date: November 29, 2001
Time: 7:30 am to 1:45 pm CST
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:

The 11th Annual
Great Midwest Venture Capital
Conference

Agenda:
http://www.gmvcc.com/geninfo/agenda.htm

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Who Attends:

The GMVCC typically attracts
over two hundred attendees
from over twenty-five states
and Puerto Rico.  These
attendees include venture
capitalists, private
investors, investment bankers,
mezzanine funds
representatives, commercial
bankers, economic developers,
accountants, lawyers,
management consultants,
State/Federal agencies (such
as SBA/SBIC/Commerce/etc.),
local economic development
organizations and other
non-presenting companies
seeking funds.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mission:

To produce a valuable service
for investors and
entrepreneurs by showcasing
qualified early-stage high
technology and innovative
companies in a venue wherein
entrepreneurs and investors
can make valuable contacts,
exchange information and
create mutual business
opportunities.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenters:

Early-stage high-growth
companies.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown
350 West Maryland Street
Indianapolis, IN 46225
USA
Phone: 1-317-822-3500
http://www.mapquest.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Price:

http://www.gmvcc.com/register/default.htm

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:

Bill Glennon
Indiana Business Modernization
and Technology Corporation
10 West Market St., Suite 450
Indianapolis, Indiana
46204-2242
Phone (317) 635-3058, ext. 230
toll-free  1-800-877-5182
Fax (317) 231-7177
Email:
bglennon@...


http://www.gmvcc.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Subject: See Startup.com
Date:    11/10/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group
          Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

A documentary film I highly recommend you see is
"Startup.com".  The film spans the time frame May
1999 through December 2000 as two real life
entrepreneurs, Kaleil and Tom, evolve the concept of
optimizing municipal government via the internet
into a commercial enterprise called GovWorks.com.

In this film you'll observe the dynamics of
developing the concept, forming a management team,
negotiating with Venture Capitalists, getting
funded, ramping up, buying out minority
shareholders, valuing a company, getting access to
power, gaining media exposure, celebrating
victories, enduring setbacks, answering to the board
of directors, forcing a co-founder out, praying,
winding down, etc.  The bond and tension between
Kaleil and Tom is real as you witness them maturing
in this process.

The dot-com phenomenon gave hope and confidence to a
generation that wanted to make a difference.  Sure,
there was a lot of hype.  But, the ambition to
succeed at something that proves valuable attracts a
following.  All at the risk of invigorating or
demeaning personal and professional relationships.
You be the judge.

I rented the video from Blockbuster at
8094 Beechmont Ave
Cincinnati, OH, 45255
(513) 474-6555

http://www.blockbuster.com/bb/store_locator/locate_store


"startup.com"

Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
Starring Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, Tom Herman

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/11/startup/

Filmmakers Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
talk about their unblinking look at ill-fated
GovWorks.com in the movie entitled, "Startup.com":

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2001/05/11/startup_interview/index.html

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: tegmarkb@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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Subject: Dayton i-Zone Business Plan Competition
          Concept Phase Overview
Date:    11/09/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group
          Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

I am forwarding to you an email I
received from the Dayton i-Zone
technology accelerator regarding
their next educational segment in
the $100,000 Business Plan Challenge.

Thank you for your interest and
participation in The Entrepreneurial
Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: tegmarkb@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

Please join the i-Zone in session 2 of its 9 part educational series.
http://www.i-zone.org/ca/Event1.phtml?id=35

Concept Phase Overview

Date(s):      November 14, 2001 
  
Time(s):      5:00PM - 8:00PM  Networking from 5:00PM-6:00PM 
   
Location:    Engineers Club 110 E. Monument, Dayton, OH ( map)
  
Presenter:  Lew VanAntwerp key i-Zone Team Member, retired NCR and
                  Xerox Executive

Panelists:  Steve Wolf, Cofounder and Director of Product Development
                 for Adternity, an online advertising agency.
                 http://www.adternity.com
                 Dan Zokol, President and CEO of Cohesia,
                 http://www.cohesia.com
  
 
Description: The talk will focus on defining the deliverables that form the basis for the
                judging at the end of phase 1 of the business plan contest.  The format will
                include a discussion of the items and the level of detail expected and
                include comments from entrepreneurs who have gone through the process of
                building a new business.

This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law.  If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message.  Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.

Subject: C-Cap Seeks Angel Investors
Date:    11/06/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

On October 4th and 5th, I attended C-Cap's
Entrepreneur Bootcamp, "From Start To Financing", an
intensive 1 1/2 day workshop for growth-company
entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs.

The program was excellent.  Topics were relevant to
entrepreneurs starting technology based businesses,
with good dialog between knowledgeable presenters
and attendees.

Especially helpful were the one-on-one sessions in
which one angel, one advisor and an entrepreneur had
the opportunity to review and discuss the
entrepreneur's business concept.

For more information regarding the 10/4-5/2001
session please visit:
http://www.thecircuit.net/asp/06_EveCal_detail.asp

Jim Cunningham, Director of C-Cap, is on The
Entrepreneurial Group's email distribution list and
needs your help in locating qualified Angel
investors to join C-Cap's Angel Network, Queen City
Angels.

Please visit:
http://thecircuit.net/asp/09_CapFun.asp
for more information regarding C-Cap Angel Investor
qualifications.

If you have a lead on a qualified Angel investor,
you may email Jim Cunningham at:
jcunningham@...

These Angels bring much needed startup capital to
promising high technology companies in the
Cincinnati region.  A recent success story is the
C-Cap Angels making their first investment, a $1
million round of financing for Blue Ash software
firm Charles H. Mack & Associates, which markets
customer relationship management (CRM) software and
was founded in 1977.

Please visit:
http://cincinnati.bcentral.com/cincinnati/stories/2001/10/29/story1.html

I am forwarding the email message below regarding
the C-Cap ANGEL INVESTING 101 program.

Subj:   Calling All Angel Investors
Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2001 9:44:34 AM Eastern Standard
Time
From:   "Jennifer Adams" <JAdams@...>
To:     Jadams@...

(See attached file: ANGEL_PR.PDF 522897 bytes)

The Circuit / C-Cap:  Calling All Angel Investors

Announcing ANGEL INVESTING 101 program

Date:  December 7, 2001

C-Cap, the capital resource hub of the Circuit, is
presenting this special one-day event for
individuals who are interested in investing in early
stage growth companies. The attached brochure has
all the details.

  - Learn how C-Cap connects investors with
    entrepreneurs

  - Meet the Queen City Angels, Cincinnati's premier
    group of angel investors

  - Hear Jack Wyant, founder of Blue Chip Venture
    Companies, keynote speaker

  - Learn about MerwynTM, the revolutionary
    idea-analysis technology developed at the
    world-renowned Eureka! Ranch.

Register online at http://www.thecircuit.net - click
Events Calendar, then Dec. 7-Angel Investing 101,
and click the Register button.

TO: CIRCUIT MEMBERS AND FRIENDS: Help grow the Angel
investing community in the Cincinnati region. If you
know any potential angel investors, PLEASE FORWARD
this email to them.

Jim Cunningham
Director of C-Cap
(513) 791-2884 ext. 202
E-mail: jcunningham@...

A Member of Ohio's IT Alliance

ABOUT C-CAP: C-Cap is a hub that connects angel
investors with entrepreneurs seeking early-stage
capital. C-Cap has assembled a group of 20
individual investors (up from 7 at the start in May,
2001), who are actively investing in early-stage
companies that have the potential to achieve high
growth.  Great things are happening. At this
program, attendees can meet those angels and learn
how to join them. Visit C-Cap's new web site at
http://www.c-cap.net

To read the attachment you must have the Adobe
Acrobat Reader installed. If you do not have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, click on this link to download that
program.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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Subject: The Byzantine Yahoo ID Hurdle Revisited
Date:    10/29/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

It was brought to my attention that the procedure
for linking your email address, which I use to add
new members to theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo
Groups, to a Yahoo ID is somewhat Byzantine (defined
as: highly complicated, intricate and involved).

I apologize profusely for the hassle you may have
experienced.  I want to make it worth your while to
take the steps necessary to access
theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo Groups.

There are many features in Yahoo Groups, such as
accessing the My_Business_Contacts database,
accessing meeting agendas, accessing the group's
member list, having the ability to contribute
documents and links to the group, accessing the
group calendar, etc. which are important to group
communication and helping others to achieve their
business objectives.

So, I've documented the steps that a moderator of
the group takes to add new members to the group as
well as documented the steps that new members must
take to link their email address to a Yahoo ID.

In this documentation, it is NOT necessary for you
to create a new yahoo email account (ie:
emailid@...).

Therefore, I've created a document named, YAHOOID.DOC,
and have posted it on theentrepreneurialgroup site in
the TEG Using Yahoo Groups folder at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/

I have also attached the YAHOOID.DOC file, in
Word 6.0 format, to this email.

In summary, following are the steps documented in
YAHOOID.DOC you must take to link your email
address, the same email address in which you
received this email message, to a Yahoo ID to then
gain access to theentrepreneurialgroup site in Yahoo
Groups:

1)  To Sign In to theentrepreneurialgroup group:

     Please print these instructions and follow them
     carefully.  The objective of the initial Sign In
     for a new member of the group is to link the
     email address you supplied to the group
     moderator with a Yahoo ID that you create.
     Steps 1a through 1l are for the initial Sign In
     only.

     1a)  Please visit:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
          A message displayed to the right indicates
          you are not recognized as a member of the
          group.

     1b)  Click on the Conversion Wizard link.

     1c)  Enter the email address you supplied the
          moderator in the entry field [No Password]
          and click the Continue button.

     1d)  The Authorization Code web page is
          displayed, thereby initiating an email
          message with an authorization code being
          sent to the email address entered in step
          1c above.

     1e)  You will receive the Authorization Code
          email in your email inbox, at the email
          address supplied in step 1c.

     1f)  From this email message, get the
          authorization code and go to the
          Authorization Code web page in step 1d,
          enter the authorization code and click on
          the Continue button.

     1g)  If you have an existing Yahoo ID, then
          enter the Yahoo ID and the password and
          click on the Sign In button (Go to step
          1k).  Otherwise, click on the Register For
          Yahoo ID Now button (Go to step 1h).

     1h)  Enter a Yahoo ID, a password, an alternate
          email address and complete the Yahoo ID
          Registration form.  Make the password easy
          to remember and write the password down and
          keep it in a safe place.  Click the Submit
          This Form button.

     1i)  The Registration Completed web page is
          displayed.  Click on the Continue to Yahoo
          Groups link.

     1j)  You will receive a Congratulations web page
          indicating that your email address has been
          successfully linked to a registered Yahoo
          ID.  Click on the View My Groups link.

     1k)  A Yahoo Groups web page is displayed with
          all groups associated with the Yahoo ID
          displayed as links.  Click on
          theentrepreneurialgroup link.

     1l)  You will then see the
          theentrepreneurialgroup home page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup.
          Now click on one of the many links on the
          left hand side, such as Messages, Post,
          Members, Calendar, Files, Polls and
          Bookmarks.  You are now successfully signed
          in to theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo
          Groups.

     Steps for subsequent sign ins follow after a Yahoo
ID has
     been linked to the email address in step 1c.

     1m)  Please visit:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
          Click the Sign In link.

     1n)  On the Sign In page, you will enter your
          Yahoo! ID and supply a password.  Then
          click on the Sign In button at the bottom
          of the page.

     1o)  You will then see the
          theentrepreneurialgroup home page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup.
          Now click on one of the many links on the
          left hand side, such as Messages, Post,
          Members, Calendar, Files, Polls and
          Bookmarks.  You are now successfully signed
          in to theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo
          Groups.

Note: You must always sign in to Yahoo! Groups to
       gain full access to theentrepreneurialgroup
       group services.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank
you for your consideration and continued interest
and participation in The Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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Subject: BizPlanIt and VC Advice
Date:    10/26/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

Following is advice from Jon Staenberg, Managing
Director of Staenberg Venture Partners, regarding
business plans and business planning from the
investor perspective.

Staenberg Venture Partners is a venture capital firm
investing in Internet, software, and
telecommunications companies at all stages of
development.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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BizPlanIt recently spoke with Jon Staenberg,
Managing Director of Staenberg Venture Partners
(SVP) to gain his advice regarding business plans
and business planning from the investor perspective.
SVP invests in Internet, software and
telecommunications companies at all stages of
development, and focuses on investments in the
Pacific Northwest and Silicon Valley to create
synergies and share resources between these two
technology and investment hubs.  Visit SVP's website
at http://www.staenberg.com


BIZPLANIT
What advice would you give to an entrepreneur who
has a great business idea, but doesn't currently
have connections with potential investors?

JON STAENBERG
Well I think that it's really the job of an
entrepreneur to go out and "create connections".  I
look for teams that will make things happen, and an
important component of that is the ability to
develop relationships with the right people.  I also
find that the way that I'm sold a concept during
early introductions is often indicative of the level
of success the team will have in selling and growing
the business after an investment is made.  So in
some regards I think it's analogous to a job
interview.  That very first time you walk in with
hopes of securing a new job, you are in a selling
mode.  And that same type of approach is just as
important for entrepreneurs who are pitching to new
investors.  Those first exchanges are important and
they form lasting impressions.

BIZPLANIT
What type of business plan packages do you like to
receive initially?

JON STAENBERG
At first I like to see a short 2 to 3 page document
that outlines a solution to a market opportunity and
gets me excited and interested to learn more about
the company and the team.  I also find it useful at
this stage to review a well-organized PowerPoint
that walks me through highlights of the business
concept and the benefits of the business model.  If
I like what I see at that point, the next step is to
request the complete business plan and financial
package and start moving closer to the due diligence
phase.

BIZPLANIT
What are your specific goals during that early read
of the business plan?

JON STAENBERG
At the start I don't attempt to determine if the
business plan is "perfect" or if it answers every
question I might have because it can't at this
stage.  Instead, I'm trying to establish a feeling
for what the business plan tells me about their
presentation strengths and their ability to sell an
idea or a business concept.  I'm trying to discover
if there's merit in the overall vision of the
business and if there's strength in the team behind
the business.

JON STAENBERG
Then again, things like proper grammar, spelling and
organization are very important too.  Sometimes on
that "first pass" of the business plan I'm looking
more closely for reasons to put it down, get rid of
it, or move on to another deal.  So for example, if
I discover a typo in the very first sentence, then I
have very little reason or motivation to go any
further with it.  You'd be surprised how often that
kind of thing occurs.  The point is that details are
also important, and mistakes of this sort send a
message of carelessness.  Frankly it turns me off as
a potential investor almost immediately.

BIZPLANIT
How have changes in the markets altered the flow of
business plans that land on your desk?

JON STAENBERG
We're seeing maybe 10 to 20 percent of the business
plans that we saw during the boom times.  But then
again, the quality of the plans that we see today is
on average much higher than before.  My sense is
that the "real entrepreneur" is back, and many of
the individuals who had dreams of becoming
entrepreneurs when things were a little easier are
back to whatever they were doing before the funding
bubble.  Also, quantity can be deceptive.  It's
really the quality of the plan, team and potential
fit with us that matters the most.

BIZPLANIT
What are some of the things you look for in the
business plans you read today?

JON STAENBERG
I like when I can be shown that you've identified a
market condition that needs solving, and that you
really "know" the current or potential customer
base.  When I see a business plan where I've been
convinced that the management team has gone out and
demonstrated that a customer exists and that they
know these customers intimately that captures my
attention.  Naturally all the other elements come
into play when deciding to make an investment, but
I'd say that it's this intimate understanding of the
customer and how to solve their problem that's of
interest to me.

BIZPLANIT
You must receive a lot of unsolicited business
plans, any advice on that topic?

JON STAENBERG
My recommendation is that you really need to have a
connection with an investor or some type of an
introduction to increase your chances of your
business plan being seriously considered.  This
doesn't mean that I don't review unsolicited plans.
But it often surprises me just how little some
business plan writers consider the specific criteria
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Subject: TEG News 10/25/2001
Date:    10/25/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

For those attending The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG)
meetings, beginning with the October 24th meeting,
the attendee list is now appended to the meeting
agenda.  The October 24th meeting agenda is the
document named TEG11024.DOC in the TEG Meeting
Agendas folder posted at theentrepreneurialgroup web
site at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files

Also, I have attached the TEG11024.DOC file, in
Word 6.0 format, to this email message.

TEG membership online is now over 70.  There has been
good discussion within the group and support of
others wanting to realize their objectives in
venture creation and business ownership.

Dean Carrol writes:

Hi all,

I will probably not be able to make this month's
meeting due to another conflict!  :-(

I have incorporated my business and secured a domain
name.  I have a friend, a former boss, in Milwaukee
that would like to open an office there for my
business.  I would like to develop the business as
a franchise operation but have been told that I
cannot do this until I am in business for a period
of time.  What is the best legal working
relationship that I can have with this fellow in
Milwaukee?

Right now, I have modified a simple contract from
the internet requesting that he return 30% of
business generated to me in return for use of my
tradename and materials.  He is out of work also, so
I don't want to burden him unnecessarily.  The only
overhead I have is postage, telephone, internet
provider and business equipment at this time.

I will really appreciate your advice,  thanks.

Dean Carroll.
Cincinnati, OH

Please contact Dean at DeanHCarroll@... if you
can advise him on this business issue.

Chris Telling is moving forward with his business
concept in Digital Asset Management (DAM) software
technologies.  The new company name is CAREY DAM and
the web site in development is
http://www.damBIGidea.com

I'm still encouraging TEG group members to link
their email address to a Yahoo ID so that they may
access the group's resources via the web at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
through the Sign In link.

Please email me at tegmarkb@... if you need
the instructions on how to link your Yahoo ID with
the email address to which this message has been
sent.

For example, the My_Business_Contacts database is a
resource for group members to provide and to
initiate qualified referrals.  Business contacts are
people you know having a business need or a business
product or service. Your name and email address will
be referenced by other members of The
Entrepreneurial Group who may initiate
correspondence with the contact person using the
contact information you provide.

Here is an entry in the My_Business_Contacts
database:

Today's_Date_YYMMDD
010830

My_Name
Mark Bruemmer

My_Email_Address
tegmarkb@...

My_Contact's_Business_Need
Blueline Editorial Service is interested in
businesses and companies that need marketing and
marketing communications assistance. Our ideal
client has outsourced creative, editorial, and/or
marketing needs in the past or has a present need to
because current staff lacks professional expertise
for certain crucial projects or challenges. Ideal
clients for us are willing to collaborate with us
for superior results at very competitive rates. Our
clients range from startups to international
corporations. Our portfolio includes business plans,
marketing plans, website content, e-marketing, press
releases, publicity campaigns, brochures,
presentations, etc. (Please inquire for more
details.) We cover corporate and marketing
communications in any media (traditional and new)
for organizations of any size and in any field.

My_Contact's_Product_Or_Service
Blueline Editorial Service provides strategic
communications and marketing planning, graphic
design and desktop publishing services, copy
writing, editing, and proofreading services, and
consulting services and onsite training in
professional business communications.

My_Contact's_Business_Name
Blueline Editorial Service

My_Contact's_Name
Phil Paradis, Ph.D.

My_Contact's_Title
President

My_Contact's_Email_Adress
blueline@...

My_Contact's_Other_Contact_Information
407 Vine St., #298; Cincinnati, OH 45202; Tel.
513.241.5154; Tel. 859.781.1110;Fax 859.781.4989;
http://www.geocities.com/bizwriters

Please reference the documentation in the Business
Contacts Template Files folder at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/
for more information on how to update the database
and how to initiate contacts.

Any entries you make in the database may be helpful
to others in forming business alliances, in
assisting your business contact with their business
need, in promoting your business contact's products
and services and in locating job opportunities.

If you are a job seeker, entering your skills and
talents into the My_Business_Contacts database may
be of help to you in locating work through the TEG
network.

The postscript below is a method I use to prompt
a business contact for information to populate the
My_Business_Contacts database.  He or she completes
the form and emails it to me so that I may update the
database.  I then email a thank you to them after I
have updated the database.

This is something you can do as well.  For your
benefit, the benefit of other TEG members and for
your business contact.  Fundamentally,
entrepreneurship is about building business
relationships based on trust.  Toward this objective,
The Entrepreneurial Group network is an enabler.

If there are others whom you think may be interested
in joining The Entrepreneurial Group on the web,
please have them visit:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
and click the Join hypertext link.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

P.S. I am a member of The Entrepreneurial Group,
which meets monthly in Cincinnati, Ohio and manages
an online Business Contacts database for its
membership.  Information in this database is used to
refer business needs and leads FREE of charge to The
Entrepreneurial Group membership.  In the future,
someone in the group may be contacting you to
recommend a solution, to offer a referral or to
inquire further about your firm's products and
services.

If you would like your business need or lead
information added to the Business Contacts database,
please complete the following form and e-mail it to
me so that I can update the database with this
information.

1. In a paragraph, please describe your current
business need or describe what a good customer would
be for your business: ______________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. In a paragraph, please describe your business'
product(s) or service(s): __________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
3. Your business' name: ____________________________
4. Your name: ______________________________________
5. Your title: _____________________________________
6. Your e-mail address: ____________________________
7. (Optional) Your other contact information (ie:
web site address, telephone number(s), business
address, etc.): ____________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

If you prefer to learn more and to request an
invitation to join The Entrepreneurial Group, please
visit:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
and click the Join hypertext link.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

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Subject: TEG Meeting Agenda 10/24/2001 7-9pm
Date:    10/23/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

The agenda for The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG)
meeting scheduled to meet Wednesday, October 24,
2001, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Hyde Park
Community United Methodist Church, 1345 Grace Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45208, is the document named
TEG11024.DOC in the TEG Meeting Agendas folder
posted at theentrepreneurialgroup web site at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files

Also, I have attached the TEG11024.DOC file, in
Word 6.0 format, to this email message.

Please take a moment to review this document.  Also,
it would be much appreciated if you printed a copy
and brought it with you to tomorrow's meeting.

Please note there are references made to handouts
which I will distribute at the meeting.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

The Entrepreneurial Group Forum

Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Date: October 24, 2001
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:

The Entrepreneurial Group
Forum
Chapter 8: Selling Your
Services from The Complete
Guide to Consulting Success by
Howard Shenson
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Agenda:

7:00 - 7:20pm Introductions
7:20 - 7:50pm Chapter 8 Review
7:50 - 8:00pm Break
8:00 - 8:30pm Open Discussion
Regarding Your Goals, Issues
and Experiences in Business
8:30 - 9:00pm Sharing of
Resources, Contacts, etc.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Facilitator:

Mark Bruemmer
Mark Bruemmer, Inc.
Voice: (513) 474-2026
Fax: (513) 474-2079
E-mail: tegmarkb@...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Hyde Park Community United
Methodist Church
1345 Grace Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
Room 202
http://www.mapquest.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Price:

FREE
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
More Information:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

The 11th Annual Great Midwest Venture Capital Conference

Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2001
Time: 12:00AM - 1:00AM EST (GMT-05:00)

Date: November 28, 2001
Time: 8:30 am to 8:00 pm CST
and
Date: November 29, 2001
Time: 7:30 am to 1:45 pm CST
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:

The 11th Annual
Great Midwest Venture Capital
Conference

Agenda:
http://www.gmvcc.com/geninfo/agenda.htm

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Who Attends:

The GMVCC typically attracts
over two hundred attendees
from over twenty-five states
and Puerto Rico.  These
attendees include venture
capitalists, private
investors, investment bankers,
mezzanine funds
representatives, commercial
bankers, economic developers,
accountants, lawyers,
management consultants,
State/Federal agencies (such
as SBA/SBIC/Commerce/etc.),
local economic development
organizations and other
non-presenting companies
seeking funds.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mission:

To produce a valuable service
for investors and
entrepreneurs by showcasing
qualified early-stage high
technology and innovative
companies in a venue wherein
entrepreneurs and investors
can make valuable contacts,
exchange information and
create mutual business
opportunities.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenters:

Early-stage high-growth
companies.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown
350 West Maryland Street
Indianapolis, IN 46225
USA
Phone: 1-317-822-3500
http://www.mapquest.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Price:

http://www.gmvcc.com/register/default.htm

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:

Bill Glennon
Indiana Business Modernization
and Technology Corporation
10 West Market St., Suite 450
Indianapolis, Indiana
46204-2242
Phone (317) 635-3058, ext. 230
toll-free  1-800-877-5182
Fax (317) 231-7177
Email:
bglennon@...


http://www.gmvcc.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Steps to Starting a New Business

Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Date: October 11, 2001
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:
Steps to Starting a New
Business.

The agenda for each class
focuses on:

1.  Basic start-up forms
     (vendor's license, EIN,
     name resitration, etc.)

2.  Legal organization types
     (uses and benefits)

3.  Reasons for a business
     plan/how to put one
     together that works

4.  Lending considerations
     (credit, loan packages,
     loan options)

5.  Managing customers

6.  Taxes, WC, pricing, and
     other topics as time
     allows
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenters:

John Melvin
Director
Small Business Development
Center
Clermont Chamber of Commerce

Tina Mills
Attorney

Chris Goecke
Fifth Third Bank
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Clermont Chamber of Commerce
553 Chamber Drive
Milford, Ohio 45150
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:
The class is free and is open
to anyone.  Registration can
be made by calling
(513) 576-5000.

http://www.clermontchamber.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

2001 Ohio SBIR Conference

Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001
Time: 9:00AM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Date: October 11, 2001
Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm EDT
and
Date: October 12, 2001
Time: 7:00 am to 3:00 pm EDT
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:

2001 Ohio SBIR Conference
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Embassy Suites Hotel
5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, Ohio 43017

$89 per night rate
1-800-362-2779

http://www.mapquest.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Price:

$100 for both days.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:

Sharon Sebert
Ohio Department of Development
P.O. Box 16565
Columbus, Ohio 43216
(800) 848-1300 ext. 49336

http://www.odod.state.oh.us/tech/sbir/Program_Services/Upcoming_Events___FYI/upc\
oming_events___fyi.htm#2001conference

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

2001 Ohio SBIR Conference

Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001
Time: 8:00AM - 8:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Date: October 11, 2001
Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm EDT
and
Date: October 12, 2001
Time: 7:00 am to 3:00 pm EDT
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:

2001 Ohio SBIR Conference

Agenda:
10/11/2001:
  8:00 am Registration
  9:00 am Opening Session
10:00 am Inside the Agencies
12:00 pm Networking Luncheon
  1:30 pm Inside the Agencies
  4:00 pm SBIR Program Manager
          Panel Discussion
  5:30 pm Buses Depart for
          Edison Award Ceremony
  6:00 pm Edison Award and
          Emerging Technology
          Award Ceremony at
          COSI
  9:00 pm End Day 1

10/12/2001:
  7:00 am Continental Breakfast
  8:00 am SBIR Winners' Panel
          Discussion
  9:00 am Breakout Sessions
          SBIR Proposal Writing
          Selling to the
           Government
11:00 am Breakout Sessions
          Business Planning,
           Market Research &
           Getting Your
           Technology to Market
          Partnering
           Opportunities with
           Universities and
           Federal Labs
12:30 pm Lunch with Keynote
  3:00 pm Conference Closes
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Who Attends:

This statewide conference is
designed for both the
beginning and experienced SBIR
competitor.  The conference
will highlight the proposal
preparation process from point
of concept to proposal
submission.  Federal SBIR
program managers will provide
insight into each agency's
critical technology areas and
funding levels, as well as the
requirements for submitting
proposals.  Enhance your
opportunity for success in the
SBIR program by hearing
previous winners and agency
reviewers discuss their
perspectives.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenters:

Agencies:
Air Force
Army
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Transportation
DTRA
Environmental Protection Agency
NASA
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Navy

10/12/2001 12:30 pm Luncheon
Keynote: Dr. Stephen Millett
Thought Leader, Battelle
"Strategic Technologies 2020"
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Subject: TEG Meeting Agenda 09/26/2001 7-9pm
Date:    09/26/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

The agenda for The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG)
meeting scheduled to meet Wednesday, September 26,
2001, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Hyde Park
United Methodist Church, 1345 Grace Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45208, is the document named
TEG10926.DOC in the TEG Meeting Agendas folder
posted at theentrepreneurialgroup web site at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files

Also, I have attached the TEG10926.DOC file to this
email message.

Please take a moment to review this document.  Also,
it would be much appreciated if you printed a copy
and brought it with you to tonight's meeting.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

The Annual State of Venture Capital & Pre-Venture Capital

Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Time: 12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Date: September 25, 2001
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Registration: 11:30 am
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:

The Annual State of Venture
Capital & Pre-Venture Capital
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Who should attend:

Venture capitalists, private
investors, investment bankers,
commercial bankers,
entrepreneurs, attorneys,
accountants, consultants and
others involved in the
investment community.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenters:

Jack Wyant
Blue Chip Venture Company
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Montgomery Inn Banquet Center
(Formerly the Gregory Center)
601 E. Pete Rose Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3582
http://www.mapquest.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Price:

GCVA members $25,
non-members $35,
guests $30*
*may attend with a GCVA member
  a max of 2 times
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:

For more information on this
event, contact Chenise Crump
at 513-579-3166 or
ccrump@....

http://www.gcva.com
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Subject: Tragedy, Freedom and Trust
Date:    09/17/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

The terrorist acts in New York and Washington, D.C.
on September 11, 2001, are truly horrific.  To know
that such tragedies involving thousands of innocent
people was masterminded by intelligent individuals
working cooperatively in a highly coordinated
suicide attack seems inconceivable.  Their acts of
aggression merely serve to magnify the darkness of
humanity.

These events shed light on the fragility of the
freedoms we enjoy today in the United States.  Our
country was founded by those escaping persecution
and by those desiring new opportunities and freedoms
in creating a better life for themselves and their
families.  These immigrants brought with them their
courage, their culture and their ethics.  Our
heritage strengthens and affirms the system of
government, the application of capitalism, the
economics of free enterprise, the spirit of freedom,
and the principles of justice that we value as US
citizens today.

In our diverse world, there will always be people
who disagree.  The best we can do is to provide and
support an unbiased and fair system through which
voices are heard, wise counsel is made available,
agreements are signed, violence is held in check and
justice is allowed to prevail.  To be free, I
believe, is to live within the boundaries of laws
that respect fundamental human rights.

Nothing can ever fully compensate the victims or
their loved ones in this absurd tragedy.  The
profound pain, wounds and scars of their suffering
have left their indelible mark on them and the
American psyche.  The collective experience of
freedom loving people around the world reacting to
this event evokes a wide range of emotions from
bewilderment to anger, revenge and fear.  Yet, it
strengthens our courage and resolve to expose,
confront and combat a menace that threatens our
safety and security.

In the short term, the battle to be waged against
terrorism involves penetrating, monitoring and
dismantling human intelligence networks.  Certainly,
technology plays an increasingly important role in
discovery and tactical advantages.  However,
diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed against
those involved in or associated with ("Harboring")
terrorist activities in combination with technical
surveillance systems may prove to be more effective.

But it may be unrealistic to expect immediate
results.  Despots like Idi Amin, walk the streets of
Riyadh, while Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein over
decades still retain power in their countries in
spite of economic sanctions and political pressures.
Yet, the current prosecution of former Yugoslavia
President Slobodan Milosevich for war crimes against
humanity while in power is a step in the right
direction in terms of holding state authorities
accountable for their actions.

Hopefully, the American experience will not move in
the same direction as that of the British and the
Irish Republican Army in terms of sustained
terrorist activities in a Western civilization.

In the long term, we must strive to reconcile
differences among people.  Because the source of the
"evil" that motivates people to perform such
destructive acts is a fundamental belief system very
different from our own.  Open communication and
acceptable forums for free expression is vital.  To
be effective, people must express genuine interest
in and awareness of others around them.  Tact and
wisdom on our part may persuade the dissidents, who
choose to make us their enemies, to be more
receptive to a better solution and way of life.

"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
- Winston Churchill

New York City

It was one of the wonders of the modern age.
Dedicated April 4, 1973, it had a name, like the
Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Empire
State Building, that transcended geographic
qualification.  When someone said, "The World Trade
Center", you immediately recognized where it was and
what it represented.

In the mid-1970's my father, a Vice-President of
Canteen Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Trans World Airlines, was responsible for selecting
and managing the software systems used in the
commissaries of The World Trade Center.  This
included the Windows On The World restaurant in
Tower 1, the North Tower.  He spent over 3 years on
this project, commuting between our home in Kansas
City and NYC.  There was always a hint of pride when
I was asked, "Where does your dad work?", to which I
responded, "The World Trade Center".

Up close and from a distance, those majestic towers,
simplistic in their exterior design, made a strong
statement about where you were and where it stood in
relation to the world's financial community.  It was
most significant that there wasn't just one, but two
of these skyscrapers made visible on a clear day to
one in ten Americans.

In the Spring of 1978, I remember going to the South
Tower and pressing the button to floor 100,
wondering what tenants might be there.  When the
elevator doors opened, I stepped onto a floor that
was completely vacant, no carpeting, no partitions,
no furniture, nothing except open space, concrete,
columns and windows.  Recently, I learned that each
floor covered one acre.  On that particular day, I
happened to be the sole occupant on the 100th floor
of Two World Trade Center.

Many years ago, Donald Trump unveiled a proposed
design of a complex that included a 150 story tower
surrounded by several 70 story buildings to be
located on Manhattan's west side.  Those plans have
since been shelved.  If such edifices inspire most
people with awe and a handful of others with
malicious intent, then how do we vote on such
projects in the future?  What then replaces the
world's fifth and sixth tallest buildings that are
no longer there?

"The World Trade Center may have been the greatest
architectural challenge of the 20th century"
- Minoru Yamasaki

http://www.m-yamasaki.com

Washington, D.C.

If you've ever flown into National Airport, now
called Ronald Reagan National Airport, in
Washington, D.C. you are impressed, particularly at
night, with the beauty of design and juxtaposition
of our nation's monuments.  The Mall is there, with
its Washington Monument, Jefferson and Lincoln
Memorials, and reflecting pools, Capitol Hill and
the White House, too.  Across the Potomac is the
Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetary.

The scene imbues a sense of heritage, national
pride, and power.  It is in this place that laws are
enacted and enforced, public policies are made,
influence is leveraged and world leaders convene.

I've always referred to D.C. as a very cosmopolitan
city.  From third world taxi cab drivers to Asian
cuisine to European style architecture to
representation from all over the globe, it is a city
of world citizens.  Rarely does a weekday go by that
I don't tune in to National Public Radio from
Washington.

In November 1991, I began working with Systems
Research and Applications (SRA), based in Arlington,
Virginia, in the CASE Technologies group.  It was an
opportunity for me to further develop my skills in
project management, systems architecture, design and
software development using Computer Aided Software
Engineering (CASE) toolsets.  Also, I was given a
chance to work with some of the best in this
technology.

Whether seen from the Metro, the expressway or from
a window seat on an airplane, the Pentagon nearby
always seemed impenetrable.  Now, to have it's walls
breached in this manner is truly galling.

Eyes On The Future

How do we reconcile our inherent instinct of
self-preservation with commercial aircraft being
hijacked and piloted by suicidal zealots hell bent
on destruction?  Evidently the unthinkable has
happened.  How do we possibly defend and protect
ourselves from such devastating acts in the future?

In an article entitled, "US weighs new forms of
electronic surveillance following attacks" by Agence
France-Presse dated September 14, 2001, the field of
Biometrics, including face-scanning technology, iris
recognition and hand geometry, holds promise for
authorities requiring a more thorough system of
identification.

It is now a new world in which inconveniences may be
the price we pay for protecting and defending the
freedoms we cherish.  The terrorists managed to
compromise a basic trust in commercial air travel.
Not unlike the Tylenol episode, what formerly passed
for safe, secure travel via commercial airlines must
now be repackaged as "tamper proof".

In conclusion, I want to express my deepest sympathy
to those affected by the events of September 11th.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Finally, I want to include an email I received from
the editor of Silicon Alley Daily regarding his
staff's reports and reflections on last Tuesday's
events.

Subj:   [SA Daily] A Day of Terror
Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2001 3:49:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   "Silicon Alley Daily" <news@...>
To:   "netmotifs@..." <netmotifs@...>



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Silicon Alley Daily -- Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Media, Finance, and Technology
in New York
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CONTENTS


Editorial
   - What Can Be Said at a Time Like This? (or, Someone Just Answered
My Rhetorical Question, 'How Can Things Get Worse?')

A Day of Terror
   - eSpeed Offices Destroyed; Fate of Company's 500 Employees Unknown
   - Silicon Alley Regroups
   - RTS Reactions to Yesterday's Tragedy
   - Emergency Information

News
   - Amazon Suspends Intifada.com Membership in Affiliate Program

Press Releases [PAID]
   - FIT Launches Enterprise Technology Center

Classifieds
   - Director of Conference Sales - NYC; Conference Editorial Guru -
NYC; Conference Marketing Executive - NYC; Position Wanted: Your
Ad...; Event: Financ Strats for Wireless Carrs - 9/24+25; For Rent:
Entire Floor - Midtown, NYC

EDITORIAL

What Can Be Said at a Time Like This? (or, Someone Just Answered My
Rhetorical Question, 'How Can Things Get Worse?')

  by Jason McCabe Calacanis

When I saw the second tower fall, I broke down. Please wake me from
this awful dream. This is just not possible. I put my head down on my
desk because I really couldn't look anyone in the eye for fear my
sobbing would turn into hysterics. Keeping it together is not an
option at a time like this.

Twenty of us were huddled around the 14-inch TV in the office. No one
was talking. We all knew that despite the heroic work of the
firefighters and rescue crews, there was no way to get everyone out
of the buildings.

New York City is huge, but we all knew many people who worked in, and
in some cases lived around, the towers. Some of us knew members of
the emergency crews risking their lives to save the lives of others.

My brother Josh left the New York City police force earlier this year
to join, as fate would have it, the fire department. It was a
lifelong dream for him and the rest of my family, because my
grandfather was a New York City firefighter. When the synapse was
finally bridged in my brain yesterday, I scrambled to find out where
he was. He was off duty, thank God, because he would have been the
first person to run into the towers; it's in his DNA.

Josh worked last night climbing into the rubble four stories
underground, according to my dad. His rugged gear was ripped to
shreds. He got home at 4:30 this morning, took a two-hour break to
kiss his kids and wife, and headed back to the horror.

Remembering the Towers

Clearly, saving the people in the wreckage is the most important
thing to consider at a time like this. However, as shallow as it
makes me feel, I'm feeling a crushing sadness at the loss of the two
gleaming towers that seemed to soar into the sky.

Yesterday's bombing was supposed to send a message, and it did. As a
lifelong New Yorker, I take a certain pride in the city and
specifically the Towers. As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, one of my
first memories was a trip my family took to the observation deck. It
was the most amazing trip of my life.

For years, as I traveled to and from the brownstones in Brooklyn, I
would always take the Brooklyn Bridge instead of the more efficient
tunnel into the city so I could see the view of Manhattan from
downtown Brooklyn. I'll never look at the city that same way again.
I've always felt safe here. I don't anymore.

The Towers always amazed me, and over the past couple of years I've
attended dozens of affairs at the World Trade. The last time I went
to Windows on the World for a benefit dinner, I took a moment on the
way to the bathroom for my ritual: I pressed my forehead to the
glass, just as I did when I was a kid, and looked up and down and all
around. Magical.

An Array of E-Mails and IMs

Throughout the day, like many of you, I turned to the Internet for
information and reaching out, sending e-mails and instant messages to
find out if everyone I know was okay. My friend relayed a story from
his firefighter brother-in-law via IM to me.

His brother-in-law drives a fire truck and was one of the first on
the scene. As his crew ran into the towers, he stayed with the truck
in line with procedure. The building started to buckle, and he
watched as people started jumping out of the windows, before turning
away from the horror. He couldn't watch, but he could hear the bodies
hitting the ground. The building collapsed and his entire company of
firefighters, the people he worked with every day, was gone.

The reports I'm hearing from friends on the scene is that there are
only a handful of survivors.

My e-mail started piling up with people checking in, and many of my
former employees contacted me to make sure I was alright. Some of
these folks left under bad terms and some were laid off as we
"right-sized" over the past year. It didn't matter yesterday; the
state of affairs had done away with any animosities or differences.

There is no silver lining to something like this, but if we all
appreciate each other and our lives together a little more, that
can't be a bad thing.

Perspective

The night before the tragedy, I was at a party for Bust magazine at a
downtown bar. I saw many of the friends I've made as the editor of
Silicon Alley Reporter over the years, titans of the rise of the
Alley like Glen Meyers from Rare Medium and Jeff Dachis and Craig
Kanarick, formerly of Razorfish. Over the past couple of months, I've
hung out with many of the Alley's former high-flyers, commiserating
over the crushed stock market, the recession, and the how ugly it was
to run a business these days.

It's taken a year for the people in our generation to get used to the
economic crash, the layoffs, and the fact that things would not
always go our way. The last year has been trying for all of us,
myself included.

For the first time in my life, I had to pull back. I had to lay off
people I loved working with and who did a great job. I had to deal
with the frustration of realizing that everything I touch doesn't
instantly turn to gold like it did in past years. It's been humbling
to be an entrepreneur in this market. As the kids like to say, it
sucks.

Last week, I told someone that I knew we were at the bottom of the
market because things couldn't get any worse.

I've never been so wrong in my life.

Taking Back Our Lives

I sent everyone home from work yesterday, but I told them to come in
today. That was not an easy decision, even though we're four miles
away from the scene.

Frankly, I didn't feel like coming back to work today. I'm still in
shock, still worried about my brother, and still wondering if this
will happen again.

However, we have to reclaim our lives at some point--the sooner, the
better. Our lives have forever changed and I'm scared. For the first
time in my life, I really feel like things are totally out of control
and there is nothing I can do about it.

There is no easy way to end this editorial. I don't have a clever
"out-tro" or quip in me today. All I can think to say in closing is
that I hope you and your loved ones are safe, and if you lost anyone
in this tragedy my thoughts and prayers are with you.

God bless.   Jason

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A DAY OF TERROR

eSpeed Offices Destroyed; Fate of Company's 500 Employees Unknown

  by Brian Morrissey

Like all of New York and the country, Silicon Alley was left scarred
by yesterday's terrorist attack, as B2B electronic marketplace
eSpeed's headquarters were destroyed.

The company made its offices at One World Trade Center, on the 103rd
floor. At 8:48 a.m., less than an hour after taking off from Boston's
Logan Airport bound for Los Angeles, a hijacked American Airlines
plane slammed into the north tower of New York City's tallest
building, leaving a charred ruin of the top third of the building
before it crumbled to the earth below two hours later.

ESpeed, which provides a platform for real-time trading involving
corporate and municipal bonds, last reported nearly 500 employees.

Its parent company, London-based Cantor Fitzgerald International,
which spun off eSpeed in a 1999 IPO, had offices on the 101st, 102nd,
103rd, 104th, and 105th floors of the building, employing about 1,000
people. The company said it did not know how many employees were in
the building at the time of the attack, or how many survived the
disaster.

"All our thoughts and prayers are with our New York colleagues and
their families and friends at this time," eSpeed Chairman Howard
Lutnick said in a statement. "In a very difficult and confused
situation, we are doing all that we can to determine more about the
situations of colleagues."

(Another Alley company, electronic exchange Instinet, also had
offices at One World Trade Center, on the 13th and 14th floors. A
company spokeswoman confirmed the offices, but did not say how many
employees worked there or any other information.)

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Cantor Fitzgerald
staff in Los Angeles listened in horror as the tragic events unfolded
at the New York office. "I think a plane just hit us," the paper
quoted one New York employee telling the Los Angeles office.

The Journal reported one New York employee pleading, "Somebody's got
to help us ... We can't get out ... The place is filling with smoke."
The call cut off shortly afterwards.

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Silicon Alley Regroups

  by Brian Morrissey

Yesterday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center shook New
York to its core, leaving downtown in rubble and the city's famously
voluble citizens quietly searching for answers to unspeakable acts of
terror.

In Silicon Alley, people tried to get in touch with friends and loved
ones who worked in the World Trade Center, but often ran into jammed
airwaves, as cell phone service in New York turned spotty. Most Alley
companies closed for the day, while message boards usually devoted to
flaming Alley execs turned into grieving rooms.

Immediately after the attacks, Upoc users fired off messages to each
other, reacting in disbelief to the tragedies that unfolded one after
the other as the morning wore on. News sites, from MSNBC to CNN.com,
were jammed with information-hungry Web surfers. At the Alley's
FuckedCompany.com, Philip Kaplan took a day off from dishing gossip
on dot-com declines to open a forum for discussing the terrorist
attacks. Vault.com set up message boards for employees from the World
Trade Center's largest tenant, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

With the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq closed, business in the
Alley has ground mostly to a halt. Under orders from the city, all
businesses south of 14th Street were closed, shutting the doors of
many Alley firms.

Agency.com, which has offices at Exchange Place, less than a mile
from the World Trade Center, found its building engulfed is ash and
smoke. Melissa Holden, a spokeswoman at the company, said some
employees left the area after the first attack, while others waited.
Holden said she and some others were going to leave after the initial
attack on the north tower. "Luckily, we waited," she recalled today.

Agency.com set up a website for employees to check in, talk about the
events, and find updates on when the office will be open again.
"We're spending today getting in contact with everyone," she said,
adding that the company does not believe any employees were injured.
She doesn't expect the office will be open this week.

Some Agency.com employees are working from the company's Midtown
offices, while others are working from home. Holden said Agency.com
executives are calling clients to reassure them that the company will
continue its client work. "We're going day by day," Holden said.

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RTS Reactions to Yesterday's Tragedy

  Today we start the hard work of trying to put our lives back
together after the unimaginable horror that transpired yesterday.
I've asked members of our staff, both editorial and business, to
write about what they're feeling and thinking today. At a time like
this, sharing our thoughts and feelings is part of the healing
process.   We will be resuming business coverage in our various
newsletters in the course of the week. We welcome your letters and
stories at letters@... , some of which we will
publish in the next couple of days.   Stay strong,   Jason

David Roberts, executive assistant

My first reaction upon seeing the images on television was disbelief.
I contacted the friends and family that I could reach given the
strain on phone lines and mobile phones, and succeeded in reaching a
few people, letting the out-of-towners know I was okay, and checking
in with local loved ones. Thankfully, I knew that most people in my
life had little reason to be in the financial district.

My primary concern, though, was my new roommate, a friend from my
hometown, who had recently arrived to pursue his writing career. Sean
was somewhat intimidated by his move to the city, but was certain it
was the step he needed to take. He had gotten a job transfer to a
national chain bookstore, which was located at 5 WTC. Tuesday was his
second day on the job, and he had left the apartment at 8:10 a.m.

I was unable to reach Sean after I first heard the news, and was all
but certain that he had made it to his destination before or just as
the events were occurring. My concern was turning into serious worry
as more events unfolded, and communication became impossible. I was
horrified at the idea that I might have to contact his family and
friends back home with sad news. By 2:00 p.m. I had left three
voice-mail messages on his cell phone, to no response. There was
nothing to do but wait. Finally, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, Sean
reached me, and was understandably shaken but unharmed. He had made
it back to the apartment safely.

Through a series of serendipitous events, he was late for work,
missed his connecting train, emerged from the subway after the first
crash, and actually witnessed the second. Once he understood what was
going on, he made every effort to get away. The A line he had
commuted in was now closed. He was fortunate enough to catch the 1/9
train as far as 96th Street before they closed the subway system, and
before either building collapsed.

The images we saw on television were nothing compared with his
descriptions, and his interactions with people on the ground. I am
thankful that he and everyone else I know are okay. I think about
that as I continue to process these events. The important things have
become very clear to me since this has unfolded.

Karen Sharkey, classified account manager

Yesterday's events still feel a bit unreal to me, but as the
individual stories unfold--and I walk past street and building
barricades and closed businesses--the horror is sinking in. And it is
devastating.

My family has been fortunate--my brother, who is an attorney at
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, was safely evacuated from the 72nd floor
of 2 WTC. He was in the stairwell on the 20th floor when the top of
the building collapsed. I can only imagine his state of mind. He told
me that people were not panicking, just moving dazedly but steadily
and, "to quote Jerry Garcia, it was 'a long strange trip.'" My
parents, isolated and insulated in Bay Ridge, were glued to the TV
set, my mother with her omnipresent oxygen tank. What a horror for
parents, especially elderly ones. (The street noise from redirected
Verrazano Bridge traffic, which will blare outside their window
today, will probably be an improvement over yesterday for them.)

My personal worst moment as a parent yesterday was hearing that 200
firefighters and 85 police officers were unaccounted for--luckily for
me, my firefighter son lives in Florida now, but he knows at least 40
firefighters in New York City and is uncertain about their situation.
He is as upset and angry as I have ever known him to be about the
worst day in that Department's, and New York's, and the United
States' history. As am I--but I am grateful that I did not experience
the horror of a loss as great as those of the parents of the
firefighters, police officers, and civilian victims of the attack.

Kathie Fries, freelance researcher

I just want to stop thinking about the unbelievable images that
entered my brain the second I stepped out of the elevator at my
office. I moved to New York six weeks ago, and will only be working
here through October. This job should have been a small and exciting
memory for me, my first New York credit to get me started in the
city. But now, the shortest employment I've ever taken will last with
me forever, terrifying and huge.

Mark Frieser, conference producer

I woke up this morning hoping that yesterday's events were just a
horrible and terribly vivid dream, but sadly it was all too real.
From the deserted, quiet streets to the sound of fighter jets flying
overhead, I know the world as we knew it is gone, and the way we live
as New Yorkers and Americans has changed forever.

I consider myself very lucky not to have been downtown yesterday.
I've been thinking about how I used to take my friends from out of
town to the WTC when I was a kid because it was the best place to see
all of my city, New York. Those structures, which were not only
beautiful but an incredibly innovative engineering feat for the time,
were a symbol of the strength and power of our city. It's very
saddening, and it's only going to become worse as the casualty
figures come in and we respond as a nation to this attack.

I am still shocked, but I am certain of one thing: We will prevail.
We will rebuild the WTC, and we will prevail over the terrorists by
showing them that we will never surrender our lives to fear.

Doug Mintz, editor, VentureReporter.net

There is little anyone can say to dull the pain or lift the spirits.
Thinking back on the events of yesterday must be both a personal and
communal experience. The question that we must confront together,
however, is how to proceed.

Israelis often say that terrorism only works if you let it change
your lifestyle. They are, of course, right--yet, we have never before
faced the terror they face on a regular basis. So how do we react as
our hearts and souls fill with concern, worry, shock, and, most of
all, fear?

We must face the fear we feel and conquer it.

We must memorialize the lives of the accidental heroes so that we do
not forget them, and we must continue to live and work and cherish
life as much as we can, knowing the pain so many will feel. To do
otherwise is to confirm the validity of the terror and to shy from
the fear.

Dakota Smith, staff writer

I am sickened and saddened by yesterday's violence. My prayers go to
those who are no longer with us, and to the families of the victims.
I am also amazed at the grace and support I have witnessed in the
last 24 hours from hundreds of New Yorkers.

Cathie Calacanis, editor, iHealthcareWeekly

My mother never let any of her children leave the house in the
morning without a kiss good-bye (and there were seven of us trying to
get to work or school on any given weekday morning--with one
bathroom, I might add). Nor did my father ever leave for work without
coming into our rooms and, whether we were awake or asleep, kissing
us good-bye. As we walked to the subway, it was mandatory that as you
passed under the windows of our sixth floor apartment you turn around
and wave up to my mother who always perfectly timed your pass--in
between making breakfast and bagging lunches.

Yesterday reminded me of those mornings, and why my parents did what
they did. Each day presents a set of unknowns; even the simple notion
that everyone will be together again at the dinner table is not a
given. And that was on my mind yesterday as I began to think about
all the people who would not make it home for dinner and the ones who
would be waiting in vain for a loved one to return.

Yesterday evening when I returned home, my young neighbor, who has
3-year-old twins with another child due in about a month, was sitting
on her stoop with a phone in hand. She was awaiting word of her
husband who worked on the 102nd floor of one of the towers. He called
yesterday morning after the first plane hit to say that he was okay.
But that was before the second plane hit and the buildings
subsequently collapsed.

This morning, she was still on the stoop with a phone in hand, but
with no word of her husband. I'm sure that when he left for work
yesterday morning he kissed his wife and kids good-bye, fully
expecting to see them later on. I'm sure his wife and kids expected
him to return home to them that evening, as he always did.

Thankfully, my family members all made it home for dinner last night.
Despite my relief and gratitude that they are all safe, I feel a deep
sadness. I just keep thinking about how we never know what the day
holds in store for us, and how yesterday forever changed the lives of
so many people. I have also been thinking a lot about what mornings
in the home of a terrorist are like. Do they kiss their loved ones
good-bye in the morning?

Bill Alena, online sales director

In the past 28 hours I have gone through many emotions: fear,
sadness, anger, and a strong sense of nationalism. To my own personal
dismay, the sadness and fear are gone. The only emotion I feel is an
intense anger and wanting for revenge. I didn't want to write this
and face my true feelings, but I hope honesty will get me through my
anger to feel more sadness and compassion. I wish everyone the best,
and my prayers are with all the victims of this terrible act of war
and cowardice.

Jay Chicoy, senior account manager

I encountered faces of horror, anger, confusion, and sadness as I
walked north through the deafening silence of the streets of New York
City yesterday. If there were one way to describe the sound, it would
be the quiet after a winter storm brings snow to a street, muffling
all noise. "Why did this happen to us?" I overheard one woman say in
tears as I passed a pay phone. There was a long line of four or five
other people desperately waiting to make a similar call to find out
if family members were still alive, just as I had done in my office
seconds after I watched the first story unfold.

Passing hospitals on my long walk and watching medical staff prepare
for a barrage of the critically injured, I couldn't help recalling
the sickening sights of the planes crashing into the towers. All I
could think was that not only New Yorkers, but all of us will be
affected by this horrific event for years to come. We will all know
someone, directly or indirectly, who was there that morning. We will
remember this day forever.

In all my life, I cannot remember a feeling of such helplessness and
sadness. But as I harbor these emotions, I also have positive
thoughts for tomorrow, and how we will get through this. How, with
this tragedy, we will prevail on all levels--physical, spiritual, and
emotional. This day should stand not as our darkest, but as one that
will change us for the better and make us stronger.

My thoughts are with all.

Karim Abay, director of print sales

When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me the story about how she
lost her mother. My mother was born in 1938 in Germany. One day, when
she was 5 years old, my grandmother left her and my aunt in the care
of their nanny. My grandmother gave them both kisses on their
foreheads and left for a friend's wedding. She never returned.

I always cried when I heard that story. I cried because the story
made me think about the possibility of losing my own mother. I cried
because I thought about my mother losing her mother. I cried because
I thought about not having a grandmother to talk to.

My mother always tried to cheer me up by telling me that after she
lost her mother, she was lucky enough to have been cared for by a
group of African-American soldiers who took over and lived in her
home. This army troupe took care of my mother and her sister until
after the war, when they were reunited with their father.

I keep thinking about this story, hoping that New Yorkers will help
care for the many parentless children produced by this 21st century
war.

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Emergency Information

  by Catherine Calacanis

For those of our readers in need of information about a loved one or
looking for a way to help amid the chaos and grief, we have put
together a list of resources. Due to high volume, repeated attempts
to get through on many of the hotlines may be necessary.

Hotlines

City emergency hotline:  212.560.2730

Information on police officers:  718.677.8238

Information on firefighters: 718.999.2541

Missing family or friends:  866.856.4167 or 212.741.4626

Morgan Stanley (World Trade Center tenant): 888.883.4391

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (World Trade Center tenant):
866.761.8265

American Airlines: 800.245.0999

United Airlines: 800.932.8555

Blood Donations

Type O & Rh Negative donors are especially needed. Donors must be at
least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be in good
general health. Photo or signature ID is required.

New York Blood Center 800.933.BLOOD or 800.GIVE.LIFE

Manhattan donation sites: New York Blood Center headquarters at 310
E. 67th St. Citicorp Center at 53rd & Lexington Avenue American Red
Cross Building at 150 Amsterdam Avenue at 66th Street New York
Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Campus at 68th Street and First Avenue
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights

Brooklyn donation sites: 120 Lawrence Street from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunrise Adult Day Healthcare Center at 9517 Avenue J from 11 a.m. -
4:30 p.m.

Staten Island donation sites: 1625 Forest Avenue from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Seaview Hospital Rehabilitation Center at 460 Brielle Avenue from 9
a.m. - 7 p.m.

Long Island donation sites: Hofstra University Arena in Hempstead
from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Huntington Hilton on Route 110 from 8 a.m. - 6
p.m. Donation center at 3125 Veterans Highway in Bohemia from 8 a.m.
- 8 p.m. Donation center at 333 Merrick Road in Rockville Center from
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Bronx donation site: Fordham University beginning at 9 a.m.

Rockland donation site: Palisades Mall beginning at 9 a.m.

Westchester donation site: 525 Executive Boulevard in Elmsford
beginning at 7:30 a.m.

New Jersey donation sites: 167 New St. in New Brunswick from 7 a.m. -
8:30 p.m. Ethicon Wellness Center on Route 22 West in Somerville from
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Metlife in Convent Station from 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
University of Medicine & Dentistry in Newark from 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.

American Red Cross blood donation hotline, at 1.800.448.3543

The Greater New York Hospital Association is recommending donors also
go to community hospitals that operate their own donor rooms.

Offers of financial and other assistance

General Public: Direct contributions can be made to the American Red
Cross Disaster Relief Fund by calling 800.HELP.NOW or though a secure
online form at the Red Cross website.

Salvation Army 1.800.SAL.ARMY

Helping.org

Catholic Charities

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Medical personnel

Medical personnel willing to donate their services should contact
their local American Red Cross office.

Mental health professional volunteers needed

The American Red Cross of Greater New York (ARC/GNY) is seeking
mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, certified
social workers, psychiatric nurses) who are licensed and certified by
the State of New York.

ARC/GNY anticipates a need for these professionals for several weeks
to come. Call 1.877.RED.CROSS for further information. Volunteer
shifts are 12 hours long. Be prepared to tell the Red Cross what
hours you will be available.

Licensed massage therapists needed

The Health Enhancement Company is recruiting volunteer LMTs
to provide fatigue relief to rescue workers and medical staff. Call
866.708.4881. HEC will need therapists to be available 24 hours a day
if need be. They will need your name, phone number, e-mail address,
and shifts you can work.

Shelter

The American Red Cross has opened 12 shelters in New York City. Each
is staffed with mental health professionals and nurses, and the
shelters are offering food. The locations are:

In Manhattan: - Bayard Rustin High School, 351 W. 18th St. - Seward
Park High School, 350 Grand St. - Washington Irving High School, 40
Irving Place - Fashion Industry High School, 225 W. 24th St. -
Chelsea High School, 131 Sixth Avenue - Norman Thomas High School,
111 E. 33rd St. - City-School, 16 Clarkson St. - Junior High School
22, 111 Columbia St. - I-S 131, 100 Hester St. - School for the
Future, 127 E. 22nd St.

In Staten Island: -- Curtis High School, 105 Hamilton Avenue

In Brooklyn: - Westinghouse High School, 105 Johnson St. - Saint
Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center set up a mental health crisis
service for people experiencing severe emotional distress and trauma
from the disaster. In Manhattan, call 212.604.8220. In Westchester,
call 914.925.5320. In Staten Island, call 718.354.6300.

Additional information:

NYC Emergency Information

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

News Sources

U.S. News: Nationwide emergency and contact information, numbers for
government agencies in New York and Washington areas as well as
domestic and international airlines.

The Washington Post: Washington Area Evacuations and Closures

CNN: Emergency contact information

MSNBC: Information lines for family members

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NEWS

Amazon Suspends Intifada.com Membership in Affiliate Program

  by Dakota Smith

Amid criticism, Amazon.com has suspended its association with
Palestinian site Intifada.com, dropping it from its
"pay-for-customers" program.

The removal apparently was sparked when Eric Greenberg, founder of
Scient and Viant, sent an indignant letter to Amazon.com last
weekend, questioning the online retailer's business partnership with
Intifada.com.

Although Amazon.com spokesman Bill Curry had initially defended its
Associate Program, the link to Intifada.com is now disabled, while a
sign on Amazon now reads:

"Intifada's Associate relationship with Amazon.com is currently
suspended and under review. We are no longer accepting traffic or
sales generated through their links, and we have asked that all links
from their site to Amazon.com be removed pending the resolution of
our review."

Amazon.com spokesman Bill Curry was out of the office today,
according to his assistant.

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PRESS RELEASES [PAID]

FIT Launches Enterprise Technology Center

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The Enterprise Center at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT),
School of Continuing and Professional Studies, announces three new
certificate programs designed for the business owner moving into the
e-commerce arena, the individual interested in a career in
e-commerce, or the e-commerce professional seeking to upgrade their
skills in a particular area.

The convenient four- to six-week classes can be taken individually or
toward certificates in e-Business Design, Marketing and Merchandising
Online, or Small Business e-Strategies.  All classes are held in the
computer labs of FIT's new Enterprise Technology Center.

"We are excited about bringing together FIT's world-renowned
expertise in merchandising, marketing and design to e-business," says
Elaine Stone, coordinator of the Enterprise Center. "We have put
together an exciting faculty of respected e-commerce professionals
who are enthusiastic teachers." The 15 classes include Information
Architecture and Usability, Strategic Planning for the
e-Entrepreneur, e-Commerce Design Principles, and e-Metrics.

These new courses complement the Enterprise Center's Creative
Enterprise Ownership Program. The "CEO" program offers a
comprehensive series of classes for the entrepreneur.

The Enterprise Center also offers a full range of non-credit computer
courses including classes in popular software such as Adobe
Illustrator, Macromedia's Dreamweaver and Microsoft Office.  Computer
courses with a direct connection to the fashion industry such as
pattern-making are also available.

The Enterprise Center's e-commerce program also offers workshops and
presentations to showcase new technologies and provide a forum for
discussion of current issues in e-business. It was developed with the
assistance of the Microsoft Corporation and the American Association
of Community Colleges, along with support from the State University
of New York.

FIT is a college of art and design, business and technology of the
State University of New York (SUNY). Students may choose from more
than 30 programs leading to the AAS, BFA, BS and MA, and MPS degrees.

For more information or to register for fall courses at the
Enterprise Center, email ecommerce@... or call 212-217-7250.

<Press Release>

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Subj:   [SA Daily] Alley Companies Tally Damage
Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2001 4:47:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   "Silicon Alley Daily" <news@...>
To:   "netmotifs@..." <netmotifs@...>



______________________________________________________

Silicon Alley Daily -- Friday, September 14, 2001

Media, Finance, and Technology
in New York
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CONTENTS


News
   - Report: NY American Red Cross Needs IT Supplies
   - Alley Companies Tally Damage
   - TheStreet.com, WSJ Carry On
   - Stock Market Prepares To Open Monday

Classifieds
   - Emergency Web Hosting; Director of Conference Sales - NYC;
Conference Editorial Guru - NYC; Conference Marketing Executive -
NYC; Position Wanted: Your Ad...; Event: Financ Strats for Wireless
Carrs - 12/3+4; Sublease+Lease - NYC+NJ; For Rent: Entire Floor -
Midtown, NYC

NEWS

Report: NY American Red Cross Needs IT Supplies

  The New York chapter of the American Red Cross is calling for
donations of laptops, wireless networking cards, printers, CD
burners, as well as volunteers, including Citrix service engineers
and Microsoft-certified consultants, according to a report in Wired
News.

"The New York American Red Cross is in dire need of technology
equipment and services," Joe Leo, assistant director of the American
Red Cross in New York, told the news site. "The field workers and
rescue sites have little if any means of communication, and the
central office is processing way too much on completely paper
systems. Any help in acquiring these resources would be greatly
appreciated."

The address of the American Red Cross is: 150 Amersterdam Ave., New
York, N.Y. 10023. According to Wired News, only those who wish to
volunteer or donate equipment should contact the American Red
Cross.

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Alley Companies Tally Damage

  by Silicon Alley Daily Staff

Workers at New York tech companies are struggling to relocate their
companies physically, while regrouping emotionally.

Steven Miyao and five other employees of e-business consultancy
Kasina escaped their Broadway offices when smoke begin drifting their
way Tuesday morning. Miyao does not know the state of the offices,
located just a block away from the World Trade Center. "We don't know
if there's structural damage, because they haven't given us any
information," he said. For now, he and a few others are working from
home, while they prepare to move into temporary offices at Rising
Tide Studios, the Daily's parent company.

Four-year-old Delaware-based software developer Openworld was in
World Trade Center Tower One; some of its employees are feared dead.
After making a round of calls, Olivier Atta, a close friend of
Openworld CEO Alberto Olympio, who was not injured, tracked down
temporary offices for Openworld on East 36th Street and Second
Avenue.

For Atta, helping his friend relocate is the easy part--for now.

"Short term there is a lot of space, but [finding long-term space] is
a much different scenario," Atta said.

Meanwhile, many of the executives the Daily spoke with expressed a
similar, numb sentiment: wanting to re-establish offices, while
feeling their work and damaged offices are insignificant in light of
the lives lost.

Ben Austin, VP of marketing at Comet Systems, said yesterday his
staff had been unable to get to work for the last two days at their
Spring and Varick offices because of the security measures
restricting the area. This morning, many parts of Soho re-opened.

"I don't know if we will even work when we do get back, or if we'll
just stand around and talk about everything we have seen," Austin
said.

AT&T, based in a large brick building at the foot of the Avenue of
the Americas and inside the sealed-off downtown area, hoped it might
get the go-ahead on Monday to return to its offices, which so far
seem undamaged.

For the past three days, AT&T employees have shown up for work at one
of the telecom's other offices in New Jersey, Long Island, or
upstate, while Manhattan-based workers plugged in their laptops at
home.

AT&T account manager Jessica Liebson said there were a few
frightening moments Tuesday morning as the World Trade towers began
to burn, but for the most part she is grateful to be safe.

"First they told us to evacuate. Then, when we were on the street,
they sent us back in because smoke started blowing up the street,"
Liebson said.

One comparatively bright spot: AT&T's switches in the basement of the
World Trade Center Tower One were somehow unharmed by the blasts, and
only stopped working when the emergency generators ran out of power.
Those switches will be retrieved.

For now, Liebson is more concerned about the office-space needs of
AT&T's customers, although "it's way too soon to tell, because
buildings are still falling."

Market consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, though not based in the
World Trade Center, finds itself office-less four days after the
deadly attacks. The San Jose, Calif.-based company had its sole New
York office on the 13th floor of 90 West St., next to the Trade
towers. The 90 West St. building was severely burned, but remains
intact.

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TheStreet.com, WSJ Carry On

  by Jane Roh

Financial news publications TheStreet.com and The Wall Street Journal
are continuing operations while both of their offices remain
inaccessible and the U.S. stock market stays closed.

Employees of TheStreet.com evacuated their office on 14 Wall St. soon
after the attack on the WTC north tower, reported editor in chief
David Morrow in an online column usually reserved for market
analysis. Also, Bill Meehan, a columnist for TheStreet.com and chief
market analyst for Cantor Fitzgerald, is missing, according to
Morrow.

Much of TheStreet.com's production is being handled by its San
Francisco office, with contributions coming in from other
cities while New York staffers work from home, according to Morrow's
letter.

Meanwhile, the nerve center of The Wall Street Journal has been
relocated following Tuesday's events, from the headquarters at 200
Liberty St. to an office in South Brunswick, N.J., in accordance with
an emergency plan formulated well before the attacks occurred. The
Journal learned today that its office building is not structurally
damaged, but the clean-up will take weeks.

As for the newspaper's employees, Dow Jones spokesman Steve Goldstein
said nearly 100 percent of employees have been accounted for and that
the company hasn't received one call from family members seeking
information.

Many of the 800 employees that had been housed in the 200 Liberty
St. building are now working from home, although 100 editorial and
graphics employees have been commuting to the temporary headquarters.
Also, a handful of employees are working out of an existing Dow Jones
office at 1155 Ave. of the Americas.

"Our information technology people in South Brunswick are the heroes
in this--they helped to immediately re-create the newsroom, and moved
all our computer files so we could get out the paper Wednesday
morning," Goldstein said.

He also gave a large amount of credit for the Journal's virtually
uninterrupted production to the wireless device Blackberry, which
enabled reporters and editors to communicate despite crowded
landlines and spotty cellular service.

"Many of our staff members are saying you'll never be able to pry
their Blackberry from them," Goldstein said, but on a more somber
note, acknowledged the emotional toll Tuesday's events had taken on
staffers.

"We were eyewitnesses to the accident, and our reporters and editors
and all the Dow Jones employees saw many people jumping [from the
building] and the plane crash, and have had to suppress that emotion
to get the paper out," Goldstein said.

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Stock Market Prepares To Open Monday

  by Doug Mintz

With the stock market slated to re-open on Monday, New York Stock
Exchange will be testing the exchange's electronic and computer
systems over the weekend. The Monday opening will also mark the
longest the NYSE has been closed since the outbreak of World War I.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve announced today it has lent a total of
$81 billion worth of funds to banks around the world since Tuesday.
About $6 billion is injected into the banking system on a typical
day. This money serves to meet the demand for funds to complete
transactions and meet commitments from banks around the globe.

"It's there to prevent destabilization and allow trades to settle,"
said a member of UBS PaineWebber's investment strategy team.

At a press conference yesterday, SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt stated he
would today announce steps to ensure what he called "an orderly
market." While he did not disclose details of the plan, he said he
would call on companies to repurchase their own stock, ensuring a
liquid trading market.

Discussion among the investment community this morning also centered
on a restriction of short-selling activity. The UBS PaineWebber
strategist said, "The entire financial community is keen to make sure
there is not panic."

In addition, e-mails have begun circulating urging individuals to
invest in the market in a display of patriotism. On a Southern
California discussion group called GoodTimes, one member wrote: "I'm
buying some stock [Monday]. I have no idea what companies ... but
I'll be damned if these evil bastards are going to put us into a
recession."

Predictions

The FTSE (England's equivalent to the Dow Jones average) traded down
more than 5 percent for the week, while Germany's DAX was down about
11 percent for the week.

According to the UBS PaineWebber strategist, the European markets are
generally waiting for the U.S. market to open in order to follow its
lead. While many speculate that Monday will open with panic selling
by U.S. investors, UBS PaineWebber, in a market commentary released
today, expressed the belief that "it is too soon to say" how the
market will behave after the immediate reaction.

The UBS PaineWebber report, "Assessing the Aftermath," focuses on
three key factors in assessing the direction of the market: consumer
confidence, government policy, and global risk aversion. While the
company expects consumer confidence to be "severely tested"  in light
of uncertainties, the report also suggests government policy will
help boost the economy with the Federal Reserve likely to cut
interest rates and government spending likely to increase.

This combination of factors can create an uncertain economic picture.
As a result, UBS PaineWebber and a number of others are calling on
investors not to sell stocks in a panic. And historical data suggests
that panic selling will in fact hurt investors in the long term.

Historical Perspective

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Dow Jones average dipped from
116 to 112 on the day after the attack. It was down to 111 the
following week but back up to 113 a month later. By Dec. 7, 1942, the
Dow Jones stood at 115. A year later it reached 133.

On Nov. 21, 1963, the Dow closed at 732. On Nov. 22, 1963, the day of
President Kennedy's assassination, it dipped to 711--a 3 percent
drop. On Nov. 26, when the market reopened following the
assassination, the Dow climbed back to 743. A week later it stood at
750, and climbed to 758 a month later. By Nov. 23, 1964, the index
reached 889, and rose to 946 on Nov. 22, 1965.

And although stock prices initially dipped after the Iraqi invasion
of Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, they ultimately rebounded. On Aug. 1,
1990, the Dow closed at 2,899. The following day it closed at 2,864.
After a week, the Dow had plummeted to 2,758, and after a month to
2,613. But a year later the Dow had risen to 3,006. And the following
year it reached 3,395.

While these historical events provide perspective, the UBS Paine
Weber strategist notes that it is "inappropriate to draw definitive
conclusions [from them] ... This situation is entirely different."

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God Bless America.


Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Small Business Financial  Series - Financial Statements for
Small Business

Date: Monday, September 24, 2001
Time: 8:00AM - 10:00AM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Topic:
Small Business Financial
Series - Financial
Statements for Small Business.

Join Bob Hennekes, CPA, CVA
for an overview of the
elements of the small business
financial statement.  Bob will
share tips on how to read and
understand the statement and
what you need to know to
present your financial data to
lenders and investors.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenter:
Barnes Dennig & Company
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:
Cincinnati Business
Incubator's Entrepreneurial
Training Center
1634 Central Parkway (between
Liberty & Elder)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:
Reserve your seat now by
calling 362-2744.  Series is
free of charge and open to the
public; reserve your seat to
avoid disappointment.
Continental breakfast will be
served.

CBI
Cincinnati Business
Incubator, Inc.
1634 Central Parkway
Cincinnati . OH . 45210
Phone: (513) 362-2700
Fax: (513) 784-0812
http://www.cbincubator.org
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Small Business Financial Series - Retirement Planning for the
Small Business Owner

Date: Monday, September 17, 2001
Time: 8:00AM - 10:00AM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Topic:
Small Business Financial
Series - Retirement Planning
for the Small Business Owner.

Ken Stone will be on hand to
share tips and strategies for
creating an affordable
investment plan to finance
your retirement.  Learn
important do's and don'ts for
financing your future and
business.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenter:
Stone Financial
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:
Cincinnati Business
Incubator's Entrepreneurial
Training Center
1634 Central Parkway (between
Liberty & Elder)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:
Reserve your seat now by
calling 362-2744.  Series is
free of charge and open to the
public; reserve your seat to
avoid disappointment.
Continental breakfast will be
served.

CBI
Cincinnati Business
Incubator, Inc.
1634 Central Parkway
Cincinnati . OH . 45210
Phone: (513) 362-2700
Fax: (513) 784-0812
http://www.cbincubator.org
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

$100,000 Business Plan Challenge Kick Off

Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Time: 5:00PM - 8:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Date: September 12, 2001
Time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topic:
$100,000 Business Plan
Challenge Kick Off

We will be announcing the
details of the Dayton i-Zone
$100,000 Business Plan
Challenge as well as featuring
successful entrepreneurs.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenters:

Various presenters from the
Dayton i-Zone.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:

Dayton Engineers Club
110 East Monument Avenue
Dayton, Ohio 45402-1211
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:

The event is FREE.  There will
be plenty of food, beverages,
and great networking
opportunities

http://www.i-zone.org
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Small Business Financial Series - Value Pricing

Date: Monday, September 10, 2001
Time: 8:00AM - 10:00AM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Topic:
Small Business Financial
Series - Value Pricing.

Learn how to price your
services and products for
maximum profit.  Wiley Kyles
presents valuation tools that
will help you examine
operating costs, G & A and
overhead expenses.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Presenter:
Bernard Kyles and Company
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Location:
Cincinnati Business
Incubator's Entrepreneurial
Training Center
1634 Central Parkway (between
Liberty & Elder)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contact:
Reserve your seat now by
calling 362-2744.  Series is
free of charge and open to the
public; reserve your seat to
avoid disappointment.
Continental breakfast will be
served.

CBI
Cincinnati Business
Incubator, Inc.
1634 Central Parkway
Cincinnati . OH . 45210
Phone: (513) 362-2700
Fax: (513) 784-0812
http://www.cbincubator.org
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Subject: Free Evaluation of Your Business Communication
Date:    08/28/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

Phil Paradis, Ph.D., is a business writer, marketing
communications consultant and former president of
the Job Search Focus Group.  He is offering a free
evaluation of your business communication and may
be a resource for your future business communication
needs.

Here is the text of his message:

Subj:   Free Analysis/Evaluation of Your Business
         Communication
Date:   Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:29:01 AM Eastern
         Daylight Time
From:   "Phil Paradis" <phil.paradis@...>
To:   <Undisclosed-Recipient:;;>

All business depends upon effective communication.

Are all your business communications effectively
building bridges between you AND your clients,
prospects, partners, associates, and
stakeholders/shareholders?

I am offering a free consultation and
analysis/evaluation of any of your business
communications--marketing communications or
corporate communications.  This is good for the month
of August only.  I will evaluate/analyze any piece
you choose--your e-newsletter, your brochure or
flyer, your website, a direct mail sales letter, a
letter from the CEO, etc.

I will ask you a few questions about what you want
to accomplish and I will point out any problems I
see and make suggestions for any improvements to
enhance the effectiveness of your business
communication.  Of course, if your communication
cannot be improved upon, I will tell you that too!
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Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: tegmarkb@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

Subject: The Byzantine Yahoo ID Hurdle
Date:    08/23/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

It was brought to my attention that the procedure
for linking your email address, which I use to add
new members to theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo
Groups, to a Yahoo ID is somewhat Byzantine (defined
as: highly complicated, intricate and involved).

I apologize profusely for the hassle you may have
experienced.  I want to make it worth your while to
take the steps necessary to access
theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo Groups.

There are many features in Yahoo Groups, such as
accessing the My_Business_Contacts database,
accessing meeting agendas, accessing the group's
member list, having the ability to contribute
documents and links to the group, accessing the
group calendar, etc. which are important to group
communication and helping others to achieve their
business objectives.

So, I've documented the steps that a moderator of
the group takes to add new members to the group as
well as documented the steps that new members must
take to link their email address to a Yahoo ID.

In this documentation, it is NOT necessary for you
to create a new yahoo email account (ie:
emailid@...).

Therefore, I've created a document named, YAHOOID.DOC,
and have posted it on theentrepreneurialgroup site in
the TEG Using Yahoo Groups folder at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/

If you would like me to email this document to you as
an attachment, please email me your request at
tegmarkb@....

In summary, following are the steps documented in
YAHOOID.DOC you must take to link your email
address, the same email address in which you
received this email message, to a Yahoo ID to then
gain access to theentrepreneurialgroup site in Yahoo
Groups:

1)  To Sign In to theentrepreneurialgroup group:

     Please print these instructions and follow them
     carefully.  The objective of the initial Sign In
     for a new member of the group is to link the
     email address you supplied to the group
     moderator with a Yahoo ID that you create.
     Steps 1a through 1l are for the initial Sign In
     only.

     1a)  Please visit:
          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
          A message displayed to the right indicates
          you are not recognized as a member of the
          group.

     1b)  Click on the Conversion Wizard link.

     1c)  Enter the email address you supplied the
          moderator in the entry field [No Password]
          and click the Continue button.

     1d)  The Authorization Code web page is
          displayed, thereby initiating an email
          message with an authorization code being
          sent to the email address entered in step
          1c above.

     1e)  You will receive the Authorization Code
          email in your email inbox, at the email
          address supplied in step 1c.

     1f)  From this email message, get the
          authorization code and go to the
          Authorization Code web page in step 1d,
          enter the authorization code and click on
          the Continue button.

     1g)  If you have an existing Yahoo ID, then
          enter the Yahoo ID and the password and
          click on the Sign In button (Go to step
          1k).  Otherwise, click on the Register For
          Yahoo ID Now button (Go to step 1h).

     1h)  Enter a Yahoo ID, a password, an alternate
          email address and complete the Yahoo ID
          Registration form.  Make the password easy
          to remember and write the password down and
          keep it in a safe place.  Click the Submit
          This Form button.

     1i)  The Registration Completed web page is
          displayed.  Click on the Continue to Yahoo
          Groups link.

     1j)  You will receive a Congratulations web page
          indicating that your email address has been
          successfully linked to a registered Yahoo
          ID.  Click on the View My Groups link.

     1k)  A Yahoo Groups web page is displayed with
          all groups associated with the Yahoo ID
          displayed as links.  Click on
          theentrepreneurialgroup link.

     1l)  You will then see the
          theentrepreneurialgroup home page:
          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup.
          Now click on one of the many links on the
          left hand side, such as Messages, Post,
          Members, Calendar, Files, Polls and
          Bookmarks.  You are now successfully signed
          in to theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo
          Groups.

     Steps for subsequent sign ins follow after a Yahoo ID has
     been linked to the email address in step 1c.

     1m)  Please visit:
          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
          Click the Sign In link.

     1n)  On the Sign In page, you will enter your
          Yahoo! ID and supply a password.  Then
          click on the Sign In button at the bottom
          of the page.

     1o)  You will then see the
          theentrepreneurialgroup home page:
          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup.
          Now click on one of the many links on the
          left hand side, such as Messages, Post,
          Members, Calendar, Files, Polls and
          Bookmarks.  You are now successfully signed
          in to theentrepreneurialgroup in Yahoo
          Groups.

Note: You must always sign in to Yahoo! Groups to
       gain full access to theentrepreneurialgroup
       group services.

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank
you for your consideration and continued interest
and participation in The Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Entrepreneur Seminar

Date: Thursday, August 30, 2001
Time: 6:00PM - 8:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Seminar: Entrepreneur Seminar

Presenters: Northern Kentucky University Small Business
Development Center and Firstar Bank

Where: Northern Kentucky University, BEP Center, Room 461.  The
BEP Center building is located next to the parking garage.  Go
to 4th floor.

Topics: Seven keys to starting a successful business.

Hosted by: Northern Kentucky Business Education and Psychology
(BEP) Center

Fee: FREE; Parking is $1

RSVP: (859) 572-6524

From Business Section Page 10B Saturday, August 18, 2001,
Cincinnati Post

Subject: TEG Meeting Agenda 08/22/2001 7-9pm
Date:    08/21/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group Participant
          (theentrepreneurialgroup@yahoogroups.com)
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

The agenda for The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG)
meeting scheduled to meet at the Hyde Park United
Methodist Church, 1345 Grace Avenue, Cincinnati,
Ohio, 45208, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm is the
document named TEG10822.DOC in the TEG Meeting
Agendas folder posted at theentrepreneurialgroup
web site at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/

Please take a moment to review this document.  Also,
it would be much appreciated if you printed a copy
and brought it with you to tomorrow's meeting.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The
Entrepreneurial Group.

Regards,

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: netmotifs@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

The Entrepreneurial Group Meeting

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

The Entrepreneurial Group
Hyde Park United Methodist Church
1345 Grace Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
Room 202

Facilitator: Mark Bruemmer
Mark Bruemmer, Inc.
Voice: (513) 474-2026
Fax: (513) 474-2079
E-mail: tegmarkb@...

Meeting Agenda

7:00 - 7:20pm Introductions
7:20 - 7:50pm Review of Chapters 5 and 6 (Turning Opportunities
Into Profits, Low-Cost/No-Cost Marketing) of the Complete Guide
to Consulting Success by Howard Shenson
7:50 - 8:00pm Break
8:00 - 8:30pm Open Discussion Regarding Your Goals, Issues and
Experiences in Business
8:30 - 9:00pm Sharing of Resources, Contacts, etc.

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

The Entrepreneurial Group Meeting

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

The Entrepreneurial Group
Hyde Park United Methodist Church
1345 Grace Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
Room 202

Facilitator: Mark Bruemmer
Mark Bruemmer, Inc.
Voice: (513) 474-2026
Fax: (513) 474-2079
E-mail: tegmarkb@...

Meeting Agenda

7:00 - 7:20pm Introductions
7:20 - 7:50pm Review of Chapters 5 and 6 (Turning Opportunities
Into Profits, Low-Cost/No-Cost Marketing) of the Complete Guide
to Consulting Success by Howard Shenson
7:50 - 8:00pm Break
8:00 - 8:30pm Open Discussion Regarding Your Goals, Issues and
Experiences in Business
8:30 - 9:00pm Sharing of Resources, Contacts, etc.

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Starting Your Own Business?

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2001
Time: 8:00AM - 5:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Seminar: Starting Your Own Business?

Presenters: Robert C. Hellebush, Dean of the Money College and
Michael Riley, Attorney at Law

Where: Sharonville Convention Center

Topics: Your idea, Your marketing plan, Bookkeeping systems,
Benefits and financial planning, Creating a business plan,
Should you incorporate, Insurance and risk, Obtaining financing,
and more

Hosted by: The Center For Financial Education

Fee: $100 per person, $125 per couple

RSVP: (513) 231-7900

From advertisement Page D2 Sunday, July 29, 2001, Cincinnati
Enquirer

Subject: How To Access, Update and Reference TEG's Business Contacts
Date:    07/30/2001
To:      The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG) Participant
From:    Mark Bruemmer, CEO
          NetMotifs, Inc.
          (tegmarkb@...)

Dear Entrepreneur,

Have you ever thought about how you could help a business associate
succeed, either by resolving their current business need or by
promoting their products and services?  Now there's a solution.  By
getting your business associate's current business need, a
description of their firm's products and services and their contact
information into the TEG Business Contacts database, you'll provide
them a source for FREE qualified leads and referrals.

The following describes the purpose of TEG, how to join TEG, how
business contact information is entered into the TEG Business Contacts
database and how business referrals are made.

1.  What Is TEG?

     The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG) meets from 7 to 9 pm on the fourth
     Wednesday each month at the Hyde Park United Methodist Church,
     1345 Grace Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45208 to discuss
     opportunities, challenges and solutions relevant to
     entrepreneurship.  Participants are individuals who seek to start
     a new business, are current business owners or have owned a
     business in the past.   This forum is an opportunity to network,
     identify resources to aid in business development and offer
     support and encouragement to fellow entrepreneurs.  Topics
     include the business plan, corporate structures, government
     filings, product or service development, marketing, financing,
     cash flow analysis, home office setup, etc.

     TEG maintains an online community on the Internet through Yahoo
     Groups.  The TEG group web site is located at:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup

     Through the Yahoo Groups website, participants of The
     Entrepreneurial Group may stay in contact with each other and
     invite others to join the group to:

     a.  Access the group's meeting agendas.
     b.  Follow up with group members and others on topics discussed
         during group meetings.
     c.  Access and update group documentation.
     d.  Access and update the My_Business_Contacts database, thereby
         creating referrals for themselves and other businesses.
     e.  Be informed of events of entrepreneurial interest.
     f.  Access and update links to entrepreneurial resources on the
         web.
     g.  Build camaraderie in a group that helps to refine and support
         your objectives in business ownership and management.
     h.  Help evangelize entrepreneurship by inviting others to join
         the group.

2.  How To Join TEG.

     Anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship is invited to attend
     TEG's monthly meetings.

     To request an invitation to join theentrepreneurialgroup online
     community in Yahoo Groups, please visit:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup
     and click the Join hypertext link.

     This submits a request to the TEG Group moderator, who approves
     the request.  Once approved, you can set up a Yahoo ID to be able
     to access the group's online resources.

3.  What Is The TEG Business Contacts Database?

     The TEG Business Contacts database is a database only available to
     members of theentrepreneurial group in Yahoo Groups for the
     purpose of storing and retrieving business contact and business
     referral information.  Following is the table name, the table
     description and the table column names:

     Table Name: My_Business_Contacts

     Table Description: Business contacts are people you know having a
     business need or a business product or service. Your name and
     email address will be referenced by other group members who may
     initiate correspondence with the contact person using the contact
     information you provide.

     Table Column Names contain underscores followed by a description
     of possible values in each column in parentheses:

     Today's_Date_In_YYMMDD_Format_Is
     (For example, July 30, 2001 is represented as 010730)

     My_Name_Is
     (This is your name as you would like others to refer to you in
     business correspondence)

     My_Email_Address_Is
     (This is your email address which will be used by TEG members when
     corresponding with you.  Free email addresses may be obtained by
     subscribing to:
     http://www.yahoo.com
     http://www.hotmail.com
     and other similar internet service providers.)

     My_Contact's_Business_Need_Is
     (This is the business need as identified by your business contact.
     Please be specific and concise in your description of the exact
     business requirement.  If no specific need is identified, then you
     could describe what a good customer for your contact's business
     might be.  The important thing is that words entered here should
     be "Searchable" like: Marketing, Accounting, Engineering,
     Manufacturing, Logistics, CRM, ERP, Human Resources, Personnel.
     The URL of a web page further describing this requirement could be
     entered here in addition to the above information as further
     reference.)

     My_Contact's_Product_Or_Service_Is
     (This is a description of the product(s) and/or service(s)
     identified by your business contact.  Please be specific and
     concise in your description.  The words entered here should
     be "Searchable" like: Web Design, Consulting, Financial Services,
     Insurance, Marketing.  The URL of a web page further describing
     the firm's product(s) and Service(s) could be entered here in
     addition to the above information as further reference.)

     My_Contact's_Business_Name
     (This is the name of the business your business contact would like
     others to refer to in business correspondence.)

     My_Contact's_Name
     (This is the name of your business contact as he or she would like
     others to refer to them in business correspondence.  For highly
     qualified referrals, your business contact should be an employee,
     preferably a member of the executive management team, that you
     know personally.)

     My_Contact's_Title
     (This is the title of your business contact as he or she would
     like others to refer to them in business correspondence,
     preferably a member of the executive management team of the
     business.)

     My_Contact's_Email_Address
     (This is the email address of your business contact to be
     referenced by other TEG members initiating an inquiry in business
     correspondence.)

     My_Contact's_Other_Contact_Information
     (This is any other contact information provided by your business
     contact.  This may include: address, telephone number(s), web site
     URL, etc.  Basically, any other information that may prove helpful
     to the person initiating a contact.)

4.  How To Request Information From A Business Associate For The
     Purpose Of Adding A New Record To TEG's Business Contacts
     Database.

     Requesting information with which to populate the TEG Business
     Contacts database may be done verbally in a face to face meeting
     or during a telephone conversation.  However, to avoid errors in
     translation, it may be best to have your business contact write it
     themselves and send it to you electronically.

     A form, which may easily be added to the bottom of an email
     message, is available for you to use for this purpose.  The
     template form is file name UpdateBC.txt available at:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/
     TEG%20Business%20Contacts%20Template%20Files/

     Before emailing your business associate, include the form,
     UpdateBC.txt, into the bottom of your text email message.

     When your business associate replies to your message, check to see
     if the form is filled out, making sure that all information is
     accurate.  This is what you'll use to cut and paste into the
     column values in the TEG Business Contacts database.

     Please understand that the quality of a future referral to your
     business contact is a reflection of your ability to accurately
     communicate to a TEG group member, the business need, products and
     services as specified to you by your business contact.

5.  How To Add A Record To TEG's Business Contacts Database.

     TEG members must sign in to Yahoo Groups before accessing the TEG
     Business Contacts database.

     Please visit:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/database
     Note: you may be prompted to sign in to Yahoo Groups if you have
     not already done so.

     Click on the My_Business_Contacts hypertext link under the "Table
     Name" heading.

     Click on the Add Record hypertext link.

     Enter the Record Data information in the applicable columns.  Some
     of this entry may best be accomplished by cutting and pasting text
     from the email message you received from your business contact.

     Important Note:  If the information pertains to your business,
     then your name is entered into both the My_Name_Is and
     My_Contact's_Name column entries.

     Please note that there are no edits applied to ensure that all
     column values are either filled in or in the correct format.  It
     is your responsibility to ensure data integrity.  See item 3
     above to review possible column values.

     After all fields are populated, then click the Save Record Button.

6.  How To Acknowledge To A Business Associate That The Information
     You Requested From Them Has Been Added To TEG's Business Contacts
     Database.

     Follow up on your request for information from your business
     contact with a reply indicating that the information now resides
     in the TEG Business Contacts database and that a referral or
     inquiry may be initiated by the TEG membership to your business
     contact.  A template email message, file name FollowUp.txt, for
     this purpose is available at:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/
     TEG%20Business%20Contacts%20Template%20Files/

     Copy the FollowUp.txt template into your email editor and be sure
     to make the applicable substitutions of the column values for the
     underscored names from the TEG Business Contacts record you added.
     Also, note any substitutions for text between the characters "<"
     and ">" as noted.

     Be aware also that your business contact may have opted to join
     The Enterpreneurial Group via the web and consequently may have
     entered the information themselves into the TEG Business Contacts
     database.

7.  How To Access And Search Records in TEG's Business Contacts
     Database.

     TEG members must sign in to Yahoo Groups before accessing the TEG
     Business Contacts database.

     Please visit:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/database
     Note: you may be prompted to sign in to Yahoo Groups if you have
     not already done so.

     Click on the My_Business_Contacts hypertext link under the "Table
     Name" heading.

     Scroll to the far right and at the top of the page enter a keyword
     to be searched in the My_Business_Contacts table, then click on
     "This Table" button.

     Record(s) are displayed if one or more records are found matching
     the keyword search.

     To sort order all records in the entire table by a particular
     column value in ascending or descending order, click on the
     column name hypertext link.  Note the position of the carrot,
     down or up, to denote column values in ascending "down" or in
     descending "up" sequence.

8.  How To Initiate A Request For Introduction To A Business Contact
     As Follow Up To A Business Need Found In TEG's Business Contacts
     Database.

     When you have located a record that contains information for a
     business contact having a business need that interests you, then
     you may initiate a contact via email by using a template email
     message, file name RFINeed.txt, available for this purpose at:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/
     TEG%20Business%20Contacts%20Template%20Files/

     Copy the RFINeed.txt template into your email editor and be sure
     to make the applicable substitutions of the column values for the
     underscored names from the TEG Business Contacts record you
     located.  Also, note any substitutions for text between the
     characters "<" and ">" as noted.

     Important:  Be sure to copy (ie: cc:) the name of the person who
     originally added the business contact record, column name value
     My_Name_Is, on the email being sent.  This affirms the value of
     their participation in TEG, and it adds credibility to your
     inquiry of the business contact.  After all, this is
     a "qualified" referral to the business contact and should carry
     more weight with him or her.

     Add any other information you think is appropriate and verify the
     information is correct before you send the email message to the
     business contact.

9.  How To Initiate A Request For Information From A Business Contact
     On His Or Her Firm's Products And Services As Follow Up To
     Product and Service Information Found In TEG's Business Contacts
     Database.

     When you have located a record that contains information for a
     business contact whose product(s) and service(s) interests you,
     then you may initiate a contact via email by using a template
     email message, file name RFIPorS.txt, available for this purpose
     at:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theentrepreneurialgroup/files/
     TEG%20Business%20Contacts%20Template%20Files/

     Copy the RFIPorS.txt template into your email editor and be sure
     to make the applicable substitutions of the column values for the
     underscored names from the TEG Business Contacts record you
     located.  Also, note any substitutions for text between the
     characters "<" and ">" as noted.

     Important:  Be sure to copy (ie: cc:) the name of the person who
     originally added the business contact record, column name value
     My_Name_Is, on the email being sent.  This affirms the value of
     their participation in TEG, and it adds credibility to your
     inquiry of the business contact.  After all, this is
     a "qualified" referral to the business contact and should carry
     more weight with him or her.

     Add any other information you think is appropriate and verify the
     information is correct before you send the email message to the
     business contact.

If used and managed responsibly, TEG's Business Contacts database can
assist people in establishing meaningful connections between the
business people having specific needs with go to market products and
services and those business people having the capabilities and
motivation to satisfy those needs combined with a mutual interest in
such products and services.

With your help, you and TEG members can work together to make this
FREE qualified referral service successful through the power of
network effects.

Thank you for your interest and participation in The Entrepreneurial
Group.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Mark Bruemmer, CEO
NetMotifs, Inc.
E-Mail: tegmarkb@...
(513) 474-2026 - voice
(513) 474-2079 - fax