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HBS 10th Year ReunionSection J Dinner:

Reflections and Predictions May 29th, 2009

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1Weekly Updates: Date

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2Looking Back: Reflections on a Decade

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The Greatest Section in HBS History graduates from HBS -

- Section J!

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41999Internet Startups raise $24 billion dollarsAny MBA with a dot com plan can get VC!Pets.com goes public, but liquidates 9 months later!The Internet becomes the hottest thing since Dutch Tulips

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51999DJ reaches 11K+!!!The Bear diesThe Stock Market reaches a level of optimism that infects the HBS Class of 1999

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61999

Columbine High School Massacre occurs when 2 students go on a rampage and kill 13 peopleSadly, this trend continuesParents awake to the harsh reality that their children arent safe anywhere even in school

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71999

Vladimir Putin becomes acting President of Russia and Prime Minister with the resignation of Boris YeltsinPutin ushers in a period of unprecedented growth for Russia and increasing tension with the West

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82000

History will judge his presidencyThe Bush Administration begins and continues for the next eight years

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92000

Reality TV becomes mainstream and the end of civilization begins

Nine years later Donald Trump files to trademark Youre Fired!

Its clear the END is Near!

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102000The world doesnt end, but Microsoft sells a sh*tload of softwareY2K?

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112000Despite prayers, the Messiah doesnt arrive either

Optimism springs anew as we enter the 21st Century

NASDAQ hits 4K!

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122001

Terrorist group, Al Queda, attacks the Twin Towers on 9/11 U.S. foreign policy is never the same againThe U.S.A. is attacked on its soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor

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2001

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142001

Dot com bubble bursts as majority of Internet companies are proven to be built on Jell-oNASDAQ slides to 1.4KMarket implodes

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2001

Largest bankruptcy at the time in U.S. historylater to be outdone!Enron declares bankruptcy and Arthur Andersen is not far behind

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162002Ushers in the Sarbanes-Oxley and CEO/CFO personal liability for financial statementsArthur Andersen found guilty and ceases to exist

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172002Building blocks of life discovered on Mars

Can E.T. be far behind?

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182003

99% of Human Genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracyHuman Genome Project completed

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192003

U.S. and its allies invade Iraq and declare victory less than 2 months laterDesert Storm II: Invasion of Iraq

Depends on what your definition of is is?

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202003

Arnie becomes governor of Kalifornia!An actor becomes governor of the 8th largest economy in the world in a recall election

Unfortunately, he isnt available for T-3 so the movie basically sucks!

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212004Google goes public @ $85.00/share proving once and for all that the auction is the best IPO mechanism

NOT!

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222004

Bush enters his second term after reaching 90% approval rating in this first term the highest ever reached by a re-elected presidentBush 2.0

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232005

Web Grows Up!

WEB 2.0WEB 1.0WEB 2.0

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Social media!!Web 2.02005

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2006

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262007

China passes the U.S. in total Internet usersShanghai becomes the largest stock market in the world by volumeU.S. dominance begins to wane

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272008

For the first time in its nations history, the U.S. President is not a Caucasian maleBarack Obama inherits one of the worst economic situations facing the U.S.A. since the Great Depression

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2008

China demonstrates its emergence as a world power by staging one of the most watched performances in human historyOver 4 billion people watch the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics

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292008

World markets drop in one of the largest single drops in historyBarely dodge financial armageddonFinancial markets on the verge of near-collapse

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302008

Major U.S. investment banks partially nationalized Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Wachovia, WaMu cease existenceFinancial institutions in the U.S. rocked to their core

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312008Bilks investors out of $50 billion in a classic Ponzi schemeBernie Madoff commits the largest financial fraud in history

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322009

U.S. becomes the piggybank for the worldU.S. government nationalizes major industries including Wall Street and the auto industry

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33Looking Forward: Predictions

34Lifetime Predictions?100% Renewable EnergyCloning of SelfDigitization of MemoriesEsperanto or no Lost in Translation$0 Cost of Data TransmissionNear Zero PrivacyIntelligence = Commodity; Wisdom = Priceless

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- Yogi BerraIts tough to make predictions, especially about the future.Predictions?

36Whats Next?

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