Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:17:54 -0800 From: "Long, Mike" Subject: FYI: GNSEG meeting Thursday 3/2/00 MEETING NOTICE Greater Nashua Software Entrepreneurs Group (GNSEG) Topic: The B2B E-Commerce Trillion Dollar Opportunity Panelists: Sarwar A. Kashmeri, Publisher and CEO ebizChronicle.com Date/Time: Thursday, March 2, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. Place: Center For Economic Development 51 Main Street, Nashua NH Business-to Business ecommerce (B2B) is the next "mega" market opportunity (See also, http://www.ebizchronicle.com). Forty percent (51% in North America) of CEOs are surfing the web regularly, with nearly half of those purchasing on-line. General Motors, Deutche Bank, BellSouth, Epson, and USBancShares, are all moving to B2B ecommerce strategies. On-line retail sales in the US alone for 1999 exceeded $13 billion. Sarwar Kashmeri is the Publisher and CEO of ebizChronicle.com, a NewYork based on-line daily newspaper devoted to covering B2B ecommerce strategies. Launched on December 1, 1999, ebizChronicle is aimed at senior executives of the 2000 largest companies in the world, and institutional investors. The venture is backed by an outstanding editorial team and some of the leading global print and on-line publications, and includes feature columns by renowned experts in business, finance, technology and government. Sarwar will be joining us on Thursday, March 2nd, to discuss his experience in starting and publishing ebizChronicle including his insights into the ebizChronicle venture itself; and his thoughts on the future targets, opportunities, and strategies for tomorrow's successful B2B enterprises. Join us on the 2nd for this great session. The presentation will run about an hour. We will have our usual time for open networking, discussions about the GNSEG, news, and whatever comes up. As you know, networking is an important part of the GNSEG, so come ready to talk about what you do and what you may need. GNSEG concentrates on business issues important to software companies, and is part of the Greater Nashua NH Center For Economic Development (CED). If you have any questions, please contact us or Walter Warren at the CED (603) 886-1233. Hope to see you at the meeting on the 2nd. GNSEG STEERING COMMITTEE: Forrest Milkowski (forrest@gnseg.org) Bob O'Brien (bob@gnseg.org) Judy Orfao (judy@gnseg.org) Dave Chamberlain (dave@gnseg.org) Dave English (denglish@gnseg.org) Jim McCormick (jim@gnseg.org) Walter Warren (walter@gnseg.org) For last minutes updates, notices and events, check out: http://www.gnseg.org/