WCNC Event: Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0

I managed to make it to the WCNC Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0 event last night held at Wharton West: "Does Web 2.0 + Enterprise 2.0 = A Business Equation?"

It was attended by about 30 people, which was a pretty good sized crowd for a WCNC evening event during the week. The event started off with dinner in room 529 and a presentation by Sajjad Jaffer, WG01, who is the CEO of Mercatrix. Sajjad was entertaining and had some pretty good slides on Web 2.0. (I even saw Prof Kent Smetters wander by wondering what was going on.) Crowd was pretty subdued and mellow, probably from the food coma everyone was in.

After the presentation on Web 2.0, we had about 45 minutes for the Speed Networking event. You get in two lines and then you have 10 minutes to give your "elevator pitch" and exchange business cards. Then you rotate people and move down the line. It's a great way to meet people and everyone seemed to be asking "how can I help you?". I met a few Wharton FT grads in industries from PE to hedge to entrepreneurs raising capital to our classmate Ambal. It was good for making some contacts and putting some networking "skillz" to work. Most of the folks I met were very very helpful and friendly. My suggestion if you ever go to one of these: bring a big stack of business cards, and make sure you have some water.

Here's the link to the WCNC website blurb about the event:
http://www.whartonclub.com/article.html?aid=672


-Chairman P