Begging on Wall Street

[naeron]

Begging on Wall Street

There are three beggars begging on Wall Street.

The first beggar wrote "Beggar" on his broken cup. He received $10.00 after one day.

The next day, the second beggar wrote "Beggar.com" on his cup. After one day, he received hundreds of thousands of dollars and an offer to float an IPO on NASDAQ.

The following day, the third beggar wrote "e-Beg" on his cup. Microsoft, IBM, and HP sent corporate vice-presidents to talk to him about strategic alliances and offered him free hardware consultancy. In addition, it was reported on CNBC that e-Beg uses 95% Oracle technology and that I2 announced the launch of BegTradeMatrix; a b2b industry portal offering supply chain integration in the beggar community.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Begging on Wall Street
The next day, the second beggar wrote "Beggar.com" on his cup. After one day, he received hundreds of thousands of dollars and an offer to float an IPO on NASDAQ.

The following day, the third beggar wrote "e-Beg" on his cup. Microsoft, IBM, and HP sent corporate vice-presidents to talk to him about strategic alliances and offered him free hardware consultancy. In addition, it was reported on CNBC that e-Beg uses 95% Oracle technology and that I2 announced the launch of BegTradeMatrix; a b2b industry portal offering supply chain integration in the beggar community.

I found the second and third ones particular hilarious. The second one reminds me of the craziness of the tech boom whereas anything with .com at the end seems to have no problem getting tons of VC money. Remeber pets.com ? :D

The third one brought lots of my memory at IBM Research during early 2000. IBM loves to put e infront of their product lines. The catphrases of that time were e-Commerce and b2b

It was a really good time.

Thanks very much Nalin. The jokes are really good =D>