Second Third of Presentation: See transcript of a similar presentation at Netpreneur.org entitled "Anatomy of an Acquisition . . . The Netpreneur Perspective."

Saturday, May 20, 2000, 1:00 pm 

Building and Selling an Internet Company
Lessons From Our First Completed Dot-Com Business
Speaker: Raj Khera, President, Khera Communications, Inc. 

Raj Khera will regale and enlighten us with his tales of originating, developing, growing, and selling GovCon.com (for $12 million to VerticalNet.com), and the lessons learned that will guide his team as they build another dot-com business, MoreBusiness.com. 

Speaker: As co-founder and President of Khera Communications, Inc., Dheeraj (Raj) Khera has led the development and growth of two popular business portals: GovCon.com, for government contractors, which he recently sold to VerticalNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:VERT), and MoreBusiness.com, a business resource center for small businesses. Wall Street Journal and Fortune rank these Web sites as being among the best business-related sites. Advertising clients include American Express, IBM, British Airways, Staples, Microsoft, Sprint, and Network Solutions. 

Raj Khera has been involved in engineering and business development for nearly 15 years. Before co-founding Khera Communications, he worked for 10 years in electronics engineering and technology transfer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Building on this experience, he and his brother, Vivek, started Khera Communications (www.kciLink.com) to provide high-end Web site development services for corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Clients have included Kodak Digital Processing, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and KPMG International. 

Mr. Khera holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland. He may be reached at raj@kciLink.com.

Saturday, May 20, 1:00 pm
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
Lipsett Amphitheater 
Clinical Center (Building 10) 
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
(area map; NIH campus map; Floorplan of first floor of Clinical Center) 

During NIH Construction: It may be easiest to enter the NIH campus from Wisconsin Avenue. Turn west onto South Drive (about 1 mile south of the Beltway, south of Wilson Drive). Pass Center Drive and turn right onto Memorial Drive and then left into the entrance to the garage within Building 10, the Clinical Center.

Free Parking: Because of the extensive construction underway at NIH, be sure to arrive early. You may park in the inside parking garage of Building 10. Enter from Memorial Drive. Tell the parking attendant you are attending a CPCUG event (there will be no charge).

Metro--Medical Center Stop on the Red Line (about 3 blocks across the NIH campus) 

Free (door prizes are usually for CPCUG members only) 

RSVP: If possible, please RSVP via e-mail to bconn@cpcug.org. (Sometimes we have handouts, giveaways, or both, and try to have enough for everyone.)