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From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #25882 - #25884
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 02:39:39 -0800

On Mar 26, 2005, at 2:00 AM,  wrote:
>>> I created Nano Investor Conference in the past, take a look here:
>>> <http://web.archive.org/web/20011209085912/www.nanoinvestorcon.com/
>>> ny2002>
>>>
>>> CryoVenture would be the same path than nanotechnology
>>>
>> Not very inspiring -- a conference that was cancelled,
>> for a company that (apparently) no longer exists.  Was
>> it held the previous year?
>
> sorry I took the wrong address, here it is again:
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20011208134613/http:// 
> www.nanoinvestorconference.com/
>
> hope you have better results

Pretty much the same, but the name led me to an article that I
knew I had seen before, but didn't find:

"Nanodot notes without comment this item posted on the Atomasoft  
website on 11 March 2002. Atomasoft operates the NanotechNews website.

     Atomasoft announced a major restructuring of it s [sic] operations  
and budget today as a result of a resignation by Jonathan Despr s. Mr.  
Despr s, one of the founders of Atomasoft and former CEO, will no  
longer work for Atomasoft and has agreed to hand over all assets and  
information regarding Atomasoft s operations to the executive team.
     Part of the restructuring unfortunately includes the cancellation  
of Nano Investor Conference 2002. The event was spearheaded by Mr.  
Despr s but as a result of the current situation at Atomasoft, it must  
be cancelled. There have been a number of other nanobusiness  
conferences planned throughout this year and Atomasoft certainly does  
not have the resources to make its vision of a nanobusiness conference  
a reality at the current time. First and foremost, all its efforts will  
be devoted to continuing the success of the core operations; This  
includes the growing website portals on emerging technology.
     Service to all of Atomasoft s sites will not be interrupted and  
business will continue as normal; We anticipate no problems with the  
transition period."

*That* is what I meant by "not inspiring".
>
> I think venture capitalists want to live before to win money, they
> prefer to live than win money, so it`s good to contact them

That may be true, but I urge you to have more heart-to-heart
talks with people with proven business sense before diving
headfirst into this pool.
>
> My goal with this project is to spread the word behind cryonics, I am
> working on a web site with a web designer right now, I will give the
> result later on

Does the Web designer know anything about venture capitalists?
>
> Ultimately we will get the National Cryonics Initiative like the
> National Nanotechnology Initiative

That's not necessarily a good thing.  I don't think it
would be "like".  We managed to get people to believe
that nanotechnology wasn't about changing their views of
life and death; there's no getting away with that with
cryonics.

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