TEXT B "As a practical matter he
had no past only a future. That’s when he really came alive when you got him on
the subject of what was going to happen next." So writes Michael
Lewis of Jim Clark in his new bestseller The New New Thing about the people in
the place of the future Silicon Valley. The new new thing--it’s the thing to do
these days: come up with an idea, start an Internet company and get filthy
rich. Even though Yale University junior Joshua Newman doesn’t
quite have Clark’s billions, Lewis could have been writing about Newman. This
Internet wonder kid has already launched two start-ups and he, like Clark, comes
alive when you get him talking about the possibilities of the future.
Newman grew up in Palo Alto C. A., the Internet Mecca of the world, but he
entered Yale with no business experience and certainly no intention of someday
starting his own company. "If you told my parents then that I’d be doing
something like this," Newman says, "there would have been mild shock and
incredulity." It was during his freshman year at Yale that Newman met David
Fischer, then a junior and the two of them began playing around with the idea of
starting their own business. Newman’s first start up with Fischer was Sharkbyte,
an Internet strategy and consulting site that was recently acquired by Quantrum
International. While others hit Wall Street or Capitol Hill for
fancy summer internships, Newman devoted his past two summers to working
feverishly to hit the Internet jackpot--and he plans to spend this upcoming
summer launching his newest company Paradigm Blue, a venture capital site
dealing with student-driven projects. During the school year Newman has the
typical college student’s challenge of juggling school and play. But in Newman’s
case play is running his company, meeting prospective clients and driving to New
York City several times a week. How many hours a week during the school year
does Newman devote to his non-academic work Newman does not keep count
he’s too afraid of the figure that he’d come up with. During the summer months
Newman did extensive traveling, meeting with potential clients all over the
country. He has employed several college students in his company. The summer has
become a popular time for students to get their feet wet in the business and
Newman has taken advantage of that. For now, Newman is focused
on launching Paradigm Blue. His goal is for the site to raise $10 million by May
1st at which time he and his partners will close the fund and start
their fun. What comes next who knows But that’s what’s so fun about the new new
thing. What is implied about Newman’s juggling of school and play
A.He studies hard and spends more time on it than on play. B.He spends more time running companies than studying. C.He has no time playing because of school and work. D.He never minds how much time he spends on study.