Meet-Markets For The New Economy

摘要

On a humid, drizzly evening in June, a line of new-economy hipsters snakes out the door of Ohm, a dimly lit Manhattan nightclub, and onto the street. The queue at the coat check inside is almost as long, full of men and women waiting—some in suits, others in Silicon Valley chic—to check coats, umbrellas, and anything else that might hinder them during the networking extravaganza on which they are about to embark. Unencumbered, they emerge into the cavernous space, business cards in hand, and join the 500 or so others already clustered around tasty arrays of finger foods. To ensure maximum networking efficiency, the attendees have been assigned color-coded nametags to hang around their necks: green for entrepreneurs and other money seekers; red for venture capitalists and other money dolers; and yellow for consultants, lawyers, and other service providers trolling for fees, not seed money.