I couldn't resist, Frank. Take a look at this tidbit of information. As everyone here knows, Cha2 and myself tried to get SFE on the radar screen for some time. Though I know it's certainly not a Gorilla at this point in its lifespan (and may never be), the connection I just found is humorous for me at a minimum. ICGE (Internet Capital Group) was one of the portfolio companies of SFE that just went public, and look who's sitting on the Board:
The Incubator Economy 8/25/99 by Tom Taulli " Includes ICGE:
...."Interestingly enough, while the IPO market has had problems lately, several companies have done quite well, one of which is an incubator: Internet Capital Group (ICGE). The company specializes in the hottest part of high-tech: business-to-business e-commerce (B2B).
Think of ICG as a vast knowledge bank. For example, the company has an Advisory Board, with such names as: ***Geoffrey Moore, the author of the seminal book on high-tech, Crossing the Chasm***; Esther Dyson, the CEO of EDventure Holdings (which publishes Release 1.0); Sergio Zyman, the former Chief Marketing Officer at Coca-Cola (KO) and author of The End of Marketing As We Know it; K.B. Chandrasekhar, the Chairman of the Board of Exodus Communications (EXDS) , which he co-founded.
Now that I am a proud owner of ICGE through SFE's IPO participation program, I feel I am connected with Mr. Moore on some level <ggg>!
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