¡¡¡¡¡åAs a practical matter he had no past¢Ÿonly a future. That£§s when he really came alive¦Ÿwhen you got him on the subject of what was going to happen next¡å

¡¡¡¡So writes Michael Lewis of Jim Clark in his new bestseller¢ŸThe New New Thing¢Ÿabout the people in the place of the future¢ŸSilicon Valley.(¹è¹È)The new new thing - it£§s the thing to do these days¦Ÿcome up with an idea¢Ÿstart an Internet company¢Ÿand get filthy rich.

¡¡¡¡Even though Yale University junior Joshua Newman doesn£§t quite have Clark£§s billions¢ŸLewis could have been writing about Newman. This Internet wonder kid has already launched two start-ups(Æðʼ½×¶Î)¢Ÿand he¢Ÿlike Clark¢Ÿcomes alive when you get him talking about the possibilities of the future.

¡¡¡¡Newman grew up in Palo Alto¢ŸCA£Ÿthe Internet mecca(Ê¥µØ) of the world£ ¢Ÿbut entered Yale with no business experience and certainly no intention of someday starting his own company.¡åIf you told my parents then that I£§d be doing something like this¢Ÿ¡åNewman says¢Ÿ¡åthere would have been mild shock and incredulity.¡åIt was during his freshman year at Yale that Newman met David Fischer¢Ÿthen a junior¢Ÿand the two of them began playing around with the idea of starting their own business. Newman£§s first start up¢Ÿwith Fischer¢Ÿwas Sharkbyte¢Ÿan Internet strategy and consulting site that was recently acquired by Quantrum International.

¡¡¡¡While others hit Wall Street or Capitol Hill(¹ú»á) for fancy summer internships¢ŸNewman devoted his past two summers to working feverishly to hit the Internet jackpot(¶Ä×¢) - and he plans to spend this upcoming summer launching his newest company¢ŸParadigm Blue¢Ÿa venture capital site dealing with student-driven projects. During the school year¢ŸNewman has the typical college student£§s challenge of juggling school and play. But in Newman£§s case¢Ÿplay is running his company¢Ÿmeeting prospective clients¢Ÿand drivingsintosNew York City several times a week. How many hours a week during the school year does Newman devote to his non-academic work©tNewman doesn£§t keep count - he£§s too afraid of the figure that he£§d come up with.

¡¡¡¡During the summer months Newman did extensive traveling¢Ÿmeeting 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¢Ÿand Newman has taken advantage of that.

¡¡¡¡For now¢ŸNewman is focused on launching Paradigm Blue. His goal is for the site to raise¡ç10 million by May 1¢Ÿat which time he and his partners will close the fund and start their fun. What comes next¢Ÿwho knows. But that£§s what£§s so fun about the new new thing.

¡¡¡¡From Yale Universit£ù