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Entrepreneurs Breakfast
SOLD OUT
Tuesday, June 27,
2000, 7:00 am, Marriott SW in Minnetonka
$25 before June 20, $35 after
Five Minnesota "com and .com" Startups Giving 8 minute
Presentations
Invitation Only. Contact Matt Noah at matt@netsuds.com
We will have 5 presentations from: Kip Pendleton, President and CEO of DirectAg.com, 651.312.1761. Nancy O'Brien, CEO of ExperienceART.com, 651.483.0184. Chris Brown, Founder of funeral.com, 651.338.4441. Steve Friswold, CEO of eBody.com, 612.822.1565. Tom Kolbo, CEO of VarsityOnline.com, 612.943.8400 ext 102.
DirectAg.com is the leading e-commerce destination site for agriculture, providing farming businesses with superior content, commerce and community in seed, crop protection, animal health, machinery/parts and financial services. These commerce lines will provide major brand name inputs to large commercial farming enterprises, through a variety of the most effective new and existing distribution channels. Its business focus is that of constructing robust e-commerce platforms to provide alternative solutions for manufacturer partners, then serving as an on-line marketer and distributor for those partners. Trading partners pay no capital investment for the supplied infrastructure, but share in revenue streams with DirectAg.com as those streams are generated. Contact Kip Pendleton at kip.pendleton@directag.com.
ExperienceART.com. At work, home, or play great ideas are born out of tapping into individuals creativity. At ExperienceART.com we harness the collaborative nature of the Internet to deliver interactive, engaging experiences both on and off-line that allow individuals and teams of people to exercise their creative talents. Staging Experiences is an art, and it is our business. We have launched first with ExperienceART.com and will leverage our experience-based business model and technology infrastructure to expand into other interest groups such as ExperienceMusic, Fishing, Sports. Contact Nancy O'Brien via email at Nancy@experienceART.com.
funeral.com developing the most comprehensive, centralized online tool for planning funeral arrangements that is based on a streamlined business-to-business-to-consumer model. A complete funeral planner provides the tools and resources to completely plan and pre-fund a funeral online. Throughout the site, an expert Advisory Board provides helpful information on funerals and bereavement. Funeral homes and cemeteries receive personalized microsites. These act as another front door to funeral.com who will, in turn, facilitate an online B2B net market for suppliers, funeral directors and cemeterians for the procurement of actual inventory. Contact Chris Brown via email at memory@funeral.com.
eBody.com. eBody provides concise, reliable information about health, beauty and wellness to help consumers make informed decisions about aesthetic enhancements and other positive lifestyle changes. Through an extensive network of qualified doctors, eBody also prepares consumers to choose the most appropriate professional for their needs. For medical and non-medical specialists, eBody provides advertising, e-commerce capabilities and other tools to enhance and build their practices. For advertisers and other partners, eBody provides the opportunity to reach consumers and professionals through advertising, e-commerce, sponsorships, distribution and alliances. Contact Steve Friswold via email at stevenfriswold@ebody.com.
VarsityOnline.com is an Internet-based sports media company that provides comprehensive, branded coverage of the high school sports market including news stories, scores, statistics, analysis, polls, game summaries, schedules, action and team photos, and standings. The company believes it provides the most comprehensive high school sports coverage, and is expanding nationally fall 2000. The company drives traffic to its web site through co-branding partners such as KFAN-AM, KDWB-FM Radio, Internet Broadcasting's Channel 4000 and UPN 9 KMSP TV. Contact Tom Kolbo via email at kolbo@VarsityOnline.com.
