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INFORUM, the younger, hipper version of the Commonwealth Club is hosting an event with YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, moderated by Wired’s editor-in-chief, Chris Anderson. Now that they’ve won the Silicon Valley lottery, the real question for Hurley and Chen is… “what’s next?” Their thoughts on the future of streaming video (or actually the future of video, period, since all video will end up online at some point) will certainly be interesting to hear. However, I’ll be sitting in the cheap seats waiting to hear how little has changed for them, since they amassed over $300MM in net worth (each) through their company’s acquisition. Is the whiteboard still working overtime to solve more problems and bring YouTube to more users around the world? Of course it is! So, I ask, are the financial rewards of entrepreneurial success really the big reward? Or is the accomplishment itself–changing millions of lives in some positive, substantial way–and the search for bigger, better problems (and solutions) the real reward? Come find out with me in May.

Details: May 23rd @ 6PM, $25 for non-members, general/Ramen-eating-bootstrapping entrepreneurs, register here

Location: Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St., San Francisco

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