1. 27 February Technology and Entrepreneurs

2. Triangle Technology Executive Panel Friday, 2 March 3:30 p.m. Sitterson 014 For more info, see http://www.cs.unc.edu/~pozefsky/TTECPanel.html Capital Analytics Find out about local businesses Ask questions about the industry Learn what companies are looking for in employees Network

3. SeaMonkey bug Add and delete a character Demo

4. Presentations March 1 One World Health Samsung March 6 BitTorrent Warner Brothers Intel March 8 Sotheby’s Need to reschedule walkthrough EA Hershey ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED FOR ALL PRESENTATIONS

5. What Makes a Good Presentation? Know more than you plan to say Don’t try to cover too much Know your audience Practice, practice, practice Don’t read Interact with your partner Relax Give your viewers something to look at

6. After spring break Business proposals Look at a number of the classic readings Look at specific applications that can help businesses Look at why businesses fail

7. Computers and the Internet What are computers good at? Intelligence amplifier Repetitive tasks Transforming formats What are computers not good at? Ill-defined tasks Tasks that require human analysis Artificial Intelligence bot  http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f5d922d97e345aa1 http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f5d922d97e345aa1 What is the Internet good at? What is the Internet not good at?

8. Internet Good at disseminating information if people can find it Good at allowing people to investigate and explore Can be frustrating when you can’t find things Good at buying a specific item or from a specific store Can be overwhelming with choices

9. Internet Is a leveler of the large and small Is a friend of the con artist Can be deceitful Can be harmful Can be incredibly informative Gives news quickly…whether it is correct or not

10. And what do entrepreneurs need Good idea Opportunity Understanding competition Market Quality Business plan Financial controls Marketing Sales

11. How can technology help… A new restaurant A new clothes store A service

12. Putting them together… Reading, exploring, experiencing, and seeing what doesn’t work Good idea Opportunity Understanding competition Computerized books Business plan Financial controls Internet Market Marketing Sales Quality – now that depends