So what was NOT going on Thursday night? Not much. I managed to
make four out of the five events in my datebook. First stop was to
learn about "Equity-compensation: Strategies for Building and
Motivating Management Teams in Silicon Alley" at the Digital
Sandbox. Presented by the Financial Women's Association and
sponsored by Bryan Cave LLP and Grant Thornton LLP, The event
featured quite a handful of enterprising entrepreneurs. They included
Jeff Phillips of Stockobjects; James Marciano of Upset.com; Betty
Wong of ServiceFinders (who wore a stunning red-silk, Chinese print
jacket); Rob Steir of MBA FreeAgents; Bigfoot International; Eleanor
Hass of e-technologies; Bill Duke of FreelanceNY; Craig Zolan of
UniversityVentures and The Humor Network guys. There were many
other executives who learned about how the non-qualified stock
option plan rules in Silicon Valley and about the differences between
C and S Corps, LLCs and LLPs. As fascinating and useful this
information was, I had to head out to the next event! A little report in
from Charles Hamilton of Planetrider said that the panels got better
and better and "in fact, by the third session--and after a heaping plate
of sushi and a couple belts of Merlot--it was more than worth the
wait."
