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To: JRI who wrote (16429)	8/23/2001 12:37:47 AM
From: Paul Shread	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52237

LOL. Everyone's going to be bored out of the market. I think there's a ring of truth to that after 6 1/2 years of adrenaline junkie heaven.

To: JRI who wrote (16429)	8/23/2001 8:12:21 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 52237

John: I DON'T believe a lot of what I read...Some of the articles I post are designed to spur discussion and I may only agree with a part of what the author is saying. We clearly are in a profound downturn BUT there will be a rebound -- just not as soon as many of 'the experts' expect...=) I am not that exposed to the market at the moment...I'm doing some selective position trading (mostly in the biomedical / biotech space)...I'll re-enter the market in a bigger way in 2002. In regards to the venture capital field...Here are some interesting articles to consider... Venture Capitalists Get Innovative to Survive - San Jose Mercury News www0.mercurycenter.com Despite the oft-heard claim that Silicon Valley venture capitalists act as lemmings, many VCs say they are following different strategies to last through what could be a long downturn. __________________________________________ Corporate Funding for Startups Down 90% - San Francisco Chronicle sfgate.com Venture investing by risk-averse corporations has fallen 90 percent in the past year amid continuing slippage in venture as a whole. _________________________________________________ **Here's an article on one of my former professors who's taken a sebatical and is investing tons of his own money to see if he really can build a tech company (even in this tough environment <G>)... FAST COMPANY FEATURE STORIES Can C.K. Prahalad Pass the Test? “One of the business world's most influential professors and consultants has invested millions of dollars of his own money to put himself to the test. Can he build a company around the principles that he has been teaching other high-powered leaders? And can he possibly change the world in the process?” For full article, visit FastCompany.com’s website fastcompany.com.