HEY! - On the Auction Block: Alex Balkanski !!
Maybe we should bid on this and make Alex do a live on SI interview...
ROFLMFAO...
Schools Online & Yahoo! Charity Auctions to Deliver 'Auction for Access'; A New Kind of Online Auction
04/05/99
Business Wire
(Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire)
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--
Industry Influencers and Business Leaders
Will Go to The Most Successful Bidders
If you have ever dreamed of getting your business plan reviewed, meeting face-to-face with a venture capitalist or exchanging ideas with today's movers and shakers, look no further than Yahoo!(R) Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com). Schools Online (www.schoolsonline.org) and Yahoo! Auctions now give aspiring entrepreneurs and future business leaders a rare and unique auction opportunity.
Beginning today, people can participate in the "Auction for Access," hosted Yahoo! Auctions, a leading person-to-person interactive commerce adventure. Sponsored as a benefit for Schools Online, successful bidders will receive private consultations with high-profile technology industry leaders and pioneers. Schools Online is dedicated to ensuring that all schools have effective access to the communication and information resources of the Internet.
"We believe the Web is a valuable tool for education and Yahoo! Auctions offers us a dedicated forum to positively extend our vision: to connect the world - one school at a time," said Touraj Rahimi, President, Schools Online. "By bringing together some of today's most influential leaders in business and technology in a fun and engaging environment, we can promote business opportunity and community, encourage the exchange of ideas and help lay the foundation for tomorrow's business leaders."
"Since Yahoo! began, we have been dedicated to helping people find and connect with others as well as to providing access to information," noted Susan Carls, senior producer, Yahoo! Auctions. "By joining efforts with Schools Online, we can further this goal by connecting aspiring entrepreneurs and future business leaders with the fundamental resources and industry influencers they need to become successful in business. Through Yahoo! Charity Auctions, we hope to empower people to achieve not only their own goals, but also help raise awareness and ensure access to the Web as well as to the valuable education platform and community of support it offers."
How to Succeed In Business...
The "Auction for Access" will feature two online auction categories. The first auction, which kicks off today, will offer four Internet entrepreneurs that online bidders can vie for in an engaging and adrenaline-filled environment. This auction runs through April 13, 1999. The second auction offers people a chance to bid on four computer technology entrepreneurs and runs from April 14 though April 27, 1999. Winning bids are 100 percent tax deductible and all proceeds from the "Auction for Access" will benefit Schools Online.
Successful winners receive a private consultation. Each consultation will be one half-hour in length and may be used to review new companies, technologies or business ventures. Individuals donating their time for this worthy endeavor include: Mike Moritz, Kamran Elahian, Alex Balkanski, Bob Jones, Dado Banatao, John Gage, John McHugh, and Lip-Bu Tan.
On the Auction Block: April 1-April 13, 1999
--John Gage
Co-founder, Netday and Chief Researcher and Director of the
Science Office for Sun Microsystems
--Bob Jones
Chairman of Quantum Electronics Manufacturing and Deputy Chairman
of Datatec, also named as the British Venture Capital
Association's Venturer of the Year.
--John McHugh
General Manager, ProCurve Networking Business
Hewlett-Packard Company
--Mike Moritz
Partner, Sequoia Capital and Director of Agile Software, eGroups,
eToys, Flextronics, NightFire, PlanetRx, Quote.com, Saba Software
and Yahoo!
On the Auction Block: April 14-April 27, 1999
--Alex Balkanski
President, CEO and Founder of C - Cube ; Co-founder and President of
Diamond Devices Inc.
--Dado Banatao
Venture Partner at the Mayfield Fund and Founder of S3, Chips and
Technologies, and Mostron
--Kamran Elahian
Co-founder and Chairman of NeoMagic, Planetweb, and Centillium
Technology, as well as, Co-founder of Cirrus Logic, Momenta, and
CAE Systems
--Lip-Bu Tan
Founder and Executive Chairman, Walden International Investment
Group
The Yahoo! Charity Auctions program is part of the Yahoo! network of properties (Nasdaq:YHOO) and Yahoo! Auctions, which is a free online person-to-person marketplace offering convenient access to more than 3,000 different categories such as: Toys & Games, Arts & Entertainment, Antiques & Collectibles, Computers & Software, Electronics and Cameras. The Yahoo! Charity Auctions program is a service dedicated to the ongoing support of non-profit organizations. All proceeds from the Yahoo! Charity Auction program is donated directly to the celebrity's or participant's specified charity. To find out more about Yahoo! Charity Auctions, contact charityauctions@yahoo.com.
About Schools Online
Schools Online is a 501(c)(3) public benefit organization. Its mission is to help ensure that all schools have effective access to the communication and information resources of the Internet. The organization donates Internet equipment to schools and facilitates teacher training and support. Since May 1996, Schools Online has helped more than 5,000 schools in 45 states and 17 countries gain online access.
Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.
All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact: CONTACT: Schools Online Michael Chertok, 408/501-0788 michael@schoolsonline.org schoolsonline.org or ChipShots, Inc. Jane Dryden, 408/541-8706 jdryden@chipshots.com
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