I, too, use Connie's book--in Business Law for Family-Owned Businesses.
Love it, Connie.  Congrats on the new position.

Susan Boyd, J.D.
Director, Business Law Center
University of Tulsa
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This is a completely volunteer, unpaid testimonial, and I have no ties
(other than admiration) to author or publisher: I am using Connie's
500 page paperback Entrepreneur's Guide in my 2 credit MBA core
course, and the students *get it*. Finally, they get it. They love it.

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Steve et al.,

I must disagree with good friend Lee. In my experience, most managers and
students at least view technology law more narrowly so I would vote for
Cyberlaw and would love to be part of your section.

By the way, I'm happy to report that I just accepted an offer from Harvard
Business School to join the faculty effective July 1, 2000 (assuming the
University governing board agrees) as an Associate Professor of Business
Administration. This is a tenure-track appointment, and I'll be in the
Entrepreneurial Management group. I declined their invitation to be a
non-tenure-track Professor of Management Practice in light of my less than
ideal experience at Stanford as a Senior Lecturer.

By the way, for people struggling to persuade their deans of the relevance
of legal stuff, I have found the HBS faculty most eager to give their MBA
students the legal stuff they need to start their dot-com companies. At the
risk of a total lack of modesty, traditional non-lawyer business school
profs definitely seem to "get it" when you can package the law in a
transactional approach they can understand. For example, in my
Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law I start with an entrepreneur's
decision to leave the curtrent employer then go on to choice of business
entity, structuring the deal among the founders, raising money, forming a
board, negotiating key contracts, hiring and dealing with employees,
protecting the intellectual property, and finally taking the company
public. As unacademic as it sounds, in many way it is a packaging and
marketing challenge that we as an Academy face.

Cheers.

Connie Bagley




At 01:21 PM 04/12/2000 , you wrote:
>Steve:
>
>Thanks for taking the intitiative in trying to establish a special ALSB
>section for those of us interested in Internet issues.  We have been
>chatting about doing this for years, but until recently never felt we
>had the critical mass to accomplish our objectives.
>
>In our previous discussions, we have considered whether the section
>should be "Cyberlaw" or "Technology Law."  I would suggest that we take
>the latter course and form a section on Technology Law.  This approach
>is somewhat more flexible and inclusive in terms of the interests of the
>membership, in my opinion.  An important aspect of Technology Law
>obviously concerns Cyberlaw issues, but the Technology Law designation
>is somewhat broader, allowing for discussion and study of other topics,
>such as biotechnology, computer programs, trade secrets, video games,
>etc.  With the pace of change in the technology fields, the importance
>of cyberlaw may be eclipsed by something new -- still technology, but
>involving novel issues beyond the digital questions.
>
>Obviously, sign me up for the effort, and count on me for support.
>
>Lee Burgunder



Constance E. Bagley
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Harvard Business School
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