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[Heather Hesketh <heather AT hesketh.com>]

At 09:50 AM 8/15/2000 -0400, uzoma nwosu wrote:
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>http://www.news-observer.com/tuesday/business/Story/213450p-209019c.html
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>And that's just the tip of the iceberg...

Congrats on the publicity, Uzi. Nice job and I'm glad to see that someone 
is lighting a fire under the local VC to get them to start appreciating 
the community around them more.

One thing that got me a little hot after reading the article, though, was 
the mention of our movie nights as if events that don't exclude families 
can't be fun or bonding. I'm all for partying, but I'm also fairly strong 
on inclusion. Some folks don't want to have their whole lives be just 
colleagues and VC. They want lives that are more integrated.

One of the things I love about RTP vs. San Fran or similar regions is that 
here you can be an Internet professional, even a sexy dotcom type, and 
still have a life outside the dotcom world or that at least integrates 
with the dotcom world and adds something to your life outside of work 
besides just booze. For some folks having life be a rave is fine. For 
others life being a rave is boring and unfulfilling. Both types can be 
kicking designers, programmers, business people, and [insert skill set 
that makes a successful dotcom].

Heather

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