Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs to Meet Active Investors at FundingPost's VC and Angel Event on Thursday, October 14, 2010

Silicon Valley, CA (PRWEB) September 25, 2010

On October 14, 2010, FundingPost (http://www.FundingPost.com) will be hosting a panel discussion with local Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists at its "Silicon Valley VC and Angel Conference," sponsored by Bingham McCutchen LLC. FundingPost has organized 170+ sold-out venture events over the past nine years. Leading Venture Capital and Angel investors are set to speak and coach entrepreneurs at the FundingPost Silicon Valley event on October 14, 2010. The FundingPost Event Calendar and registration information are online at: http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=177&refer=PR

Top Venture Firms will gather at FundingPost's upcoming event to discuss the trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors.

Moderator:

Adrian Shulman, Partner, Bingham McCutchen

Speakers:

Clint Chao, General Partner, Formative Ventures

Karan Mehandru, Prinicpal, Trinity Ventures

Ed Esber, Co-Managing Partner, The Halo Fund

Steve Goldberg, Partner, Venrock

Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital

Eric Chen, Angel Investor

Stephen Lee, Principal, Samsung

"We received great feedback from our last Silicon Valley event and are looking forward to returning and introducing a new panel with more deal-seeking Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists," said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. "Early-stage VCs are always on the lookout for great ideas, and FundingPost is proud to provide a forum for these investors to locate promising new ventures.

As with all FundingPost events, there will be pitching, a cocktail party and plenty of networking time! There is still space available, but the event is limited! To register to attend, visit: http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=177&refer=PR

ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:

With over 9,500 CEOs and 650 Venture Capital Funds attending events in 19 cities nationwide; a printed Dealflow Magazine; and a deal-exchange website with over 7,600 VC and Angel Investor members and over 125,000 companies, that has, on average, made an introduction of an Investor to an Entrepreneur every business day since its inception, FundingPost believes that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline. FundingPost has been responsible for Millions of dollars in Venture Capital Raised! For more information: http://www.FundingPost.com

Contact:

Heather Coull

FundingPost.com

800-461-5509

press(at)FundingPost(dot)com

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Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path Curriculum Earns Finalist Honors in the 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards

Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 16, 2010

Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path from Pearson is a finalist in the 2010 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. The innovative online digital curriculum from the nation's bestselling high school biology program is a finalist in the Best Science Instructional Solution category.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. The comprehensive review process of nominated products included intense scrutiny by subject matter experts, education industry analysts, journalists and specialists in the implementation of education technology.

With the Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path, thousands of students across the country are taking a virtual journey and living the science experience. Named for its two internationally renowned scientist-authors, Ken Miller and Joe Levine, this innovative program takes a bold approach to science instruction, combining the power of new technology with a proven foundation of academic success.

"Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path gives teachers powerful tools for personalizing learning and engaging students with multimedia learning experiences that allow them to experience what a scientist does when exploring the rainforest or studying infectious diseases," said Lynda Cloud, Pearson's Senior Vice President for Science. "Recognition as a finalist in the 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards reinforces our belief that technology can help all students learn the big ideas and concepts of this important field of science - regardless of their learning style or ability."

Through Biology.com, students meet their partners on this science adventure - a team of "ecogeeks" who have created real experiences, infusing curriculum topics with a new relevance for students. Described by Levine as "science reality TV," "Untamed Science" offers the perfect blend of energy, enthusiasm and solid scientific knowledge. Biology students enjoy exploring their world as they embark on real-life science video adventures with these young and infectious "ecogeeks."

The program's dynamic digital path offers students and teachers a wealth of other engaging activities and information, including complete online student and teacher editions of the textbooks, editable worksheets, interactive study guides, fun science games and online assessments.

Pearson had 13 education finalists in the CODiE Awards this year, leading the prestigious competition. Pearson's innovative ed-tech solutions for schools, colleges and universities are recognized across the awards program's education categories, honoring the company's worldwide leadership in harnessing technology to personalize and improve learning. Pearson's 13 finalists were chosen from more than 327 education nominations submitted by 124 companies.

In addition to Miller & Levine Biology Digital Path, the company's products moving on to the next round of competition are CourseConnect, eCollege (now known as Pearson LearningStudio), Mastering Platform, MathXL

Eliminating Cold Calling with CRM-Based Marketing Automation: ApexTwo to Present at National CRM Conference - SugarCon 2010

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 26, 2010

ApexTwo, online marketing automation and lead generation specialists for small and midsized businesses, announced today that ApexTwo's Brian Briggs will again be a featured speaker at SugarCon 2010 on April 14th in San Francisco, where he will present an innovative lead generation process based on the integration of the client's website, email delivery, and CRM systems which now generates hundreds of qualified leads.

Together with their marketing automation and CRM integration partner ApexTwo, FWK recently completed this new, automated marketing solution that integrates their website, email delivery platform, and SugarCRM into a cohesive lead generation and lead management solution. As a result, they have been able to successfully convert their cold call-driven sales process to a more productive inbound response approach targeted on warm leads, and prioritized by lead scores and sales stages.

Planning to attend SugarCon 2010? ApexTwo would like to meet you. Please drop a line at sugarcon(at)apextwo(dot)com to arrange a meeting.

To learn more about how ApexTwo helps companies grow business volumes through the creation of successful demand generation and lead management solutions, please visit http://www.apextwo.com.

About ApexTwo Inc.

ApexTwo helps companies grow revenue and reduce cost through the deployment of strategies and technologies for online marketing, demand generation, sales automation, and CRM, with less risk and lower cost.

About Flat World Knowledge, LLC

Founded in 2007 by textbook publishing industry veterans Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank, privately held Flat World Knowledge is a leading publisher of open textbooks for higher education. T textbooks are written by the world's leading subject matter experts. The books are peer-reviewed, professionally edited, and made available for free online access as well as under an open-source license, to educators and students. Educators have the freedom to use the books as-is, or to reorganize and edit.

About SugarCon 2010

SugarCon 2010, SugarCRM's fourth annual user and customer conference scheduled for April 12-14 in San Francisco, brings together SugarCRM users, developers, partners, and experts from around the world. Packed with two days of business, technical, and product presentations, SugarCon provides practical knowledge that you can apply to improve your company's performance.

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EuSpRIG 2010 Spreadsheet Experts Offer Practical Solutions

(PRWEB) March 1, 2010

The European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG), is holding its 2010 conference on the theme of "Practical steps to defend organisations against out-of-control spreadsheets" on the 15th - 16th July 2010 at the University of Greenwich, London, UK. Keynote speakers include Morten Siersted of F1F9, a leading financial modelling services firm.

Ralph Baxter, the CEO of ClusterSeven, comments that "Eusprig has led the way in identifying spreadsheet risk and the consequences for businesses. As a regular attendee I know that the annual conference is a great opportunity to meet experts in this domain and discuss the latest thinking."

Simon Murphy, Excel developer and author of the SmurfOnSpreadsheets blog, agrees: There is one main forum for discussing spreadsheet risk and quality. I wouldn't recruit a chef who knew nothing about food hygiene, and I wouldn't recruit a spreadsheet user or developer who knew nothing about spreadsheet hygiene. Eusprig is the place to get that knowledge.

EuSpRIG 2010 is a forum for business people, regulators, auditors, academics and other interested parties to share information and ideas about the management of spreadsheet risks, related problems and opportunities. Typically there are 20 papers and presentations in each year's conference. Speakers and delegates are expected from all over Europe, USA and Canada including representatives from major banks and auditing firms, and universities worldwide. Further information about EuSpRIG, including the conference programme and booking information is available at http://www.eusprig.org.

The EuSpRIG conference has been hugely successful in terms of influencing the way the audit profession and large organisations manage Business Critical spreadsheets said Grenville Croll of Spreadsheet Engineering, who hands over the EuSpRIG Chair to Patrick OBeirne in February 2010.

This year we are particularly keen to feature case studies and are offering a range of opportunities to contributors from simple poster sessions to fully peer reviewed papers, added Simon Thorne, EuSpRIG programme committee chair.

About EuSpRIG

EuSpRIG offers Risk Managers the worlds only independent, authoritative & comprehensive web based information describing the current state of the art in Spreadsheet Risk Management. We run a well-established annual conference which provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, trainers, vendors, consultants and auditors. EuSpRIGs entire peer reviewed proceedings are published on the publicly accessible Cornell University repository http://www.arxiv.org. EuSpRIG provide speakers and content for professional societies, associations, conferences and journals. EuSpRIG is a not-for-profit organisation governed by an elected committee operating under the terms of a written constitution. Committee members include senior managers and directors of leading accounting firms and senior academics from European Universities.

EuSpRIG 2010 Conference Co-Sponsors

The following organizations are pleased to also support the EuSpRIG Conference: Baker Tilly, Spreadsheet Engineering Ltd, AuditNet, Systems Modelling, ISACA Northern Chapter, University of Wales Institute Cardiff and the University of Greenwich.

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New Haven Entrepreneurs to Meet Active Investors at FundingPost's VC and Angel Event on Thursday, December 2, 2010

New Haven, CT (PRWEB) October 28, 2010

On December 2, 2010, FundingPost (http://www.FundingPost.com) will host a panel discussion with local Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists at its "New Haven VC and Angel Conference," sponsored by GotChef. FundingPost has organized 175+ sold-out venture events over the past nine years. Leading Venture Capital and Angel investors are set to speak and coach entrepreneurs at the FundingPost New Haven event on December 2, 2010. The FundingPost Event registration and information are online at: http://bit.ly/NewHavenCT

Top Venture Firms will gather at FundingPost's upcoming event to discuss the trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors.

Speakers:

Konstantine Drakonakis, Director, Launch Capital

John F Frankel, Founder, ff Asset Management

Peter Longo, President and Exec. Director, Connecticut Innovations

Nat Brinn, Principal, Vital Financial

Additional VC and Angel Investors To Be Announced!

We are excited about our first event in the New Haven area. Its a fantastic opportunity for an early-stage company to meet face to face with investors, said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. Early-stage VCs are always on the lookout for great ideas, and FundingPost is proud to provide a forum for these investors to locate promising new ventures.

As with all FundingPost events, there will be pitching and plenty of networking time for the entrepreneurs to meet the investors! There is still space available, but the event is limited! To register to attend, visit: http://bit.ly/NewHavenCT

ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:

With over 9,500 CEOs and 650 Venture Capital Funds attending events in 19 cities nationwide; a printed Dealflow Magazine; and a deal-exchange website with over 7,600 VC and Angel Investor members and over 125,000 companies, that has, on average, made an introduction of an Investor to an Entrepreneur every business day since its inception, FundingPost believes that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline. FundingPost has been responsible for Millions of dollars in Venture Capital Raised! For more information: http://www.FundingPost.com

Contact:

Heather Coull

FundingPost.com

800-461-5509

press(at)FundingPost(dot)com

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Ali Brown Inc. 500 Ranked CEO and Founder of Ali International Named One Of The Ernst & Youngs 2010 Entrepreneurial Winning Women

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 28, 2010

Ali International (http://www.AliBrown.com), provider of education, resources, and community for women who want to start or grow their own business, today announced that CEO and founder Ali Brown was named one of Ernst & Young LLP's 2010 Entrepreneurial Winning Women. Ali is one of 11 exceptional women recognized throughout the country with this prestigious award.

The Entrepreneurial Winning Women program, which is in its third year, is designed to help accelerate the growth of high-potential businesses founded by women entrepreneurs. Launched in 2008, the program is conducted in collaboration with several organizations that empower women-owned businesses, including the Women Presidents' Organization, Women's Business Enterprise National Council, The Committee of 200 and Babson College's Center for Women's Leadership. For more information on the competition and executive leadership program, visit (http://www.ey.com/us/entrepreneurialwinningwomen)

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The winners represent a wide variety of industries and were selected from a competitive pool of women entrepreneurs across the US by a distinguished panel of independent judges, including:

Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle to Lead Food and Pinot Noir Pairing Seminar at 2010 International Pinot Noir Celebration

(PRWEB) March 10, 2010

Over 60 premier Pinot noir producers from Burgundy, Oregon, California, New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Alsace and Italy will gather in McMinnville, Oregon the weekend of July 23-25, 2010, for what New York Times wine writer Eric Asimov describes as one of those rare wine gatherings that works on every level.

The 24th Annual International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC) will unite wine drinkers and epicureans in Oregon wine country for three days of exploring the worlds finest Pinots, savoring unforgettable meals, and learning and celebrating with luminaries of the food and wine world. Ray Isle, Wine Editor of Food & Wine magazine, James Beard Award nominee and acclaimed wine columnist, will be the Master of Ceremonies.

The IPNC will dedicate the highly anticipated keynote seminar to the topic of food and wine pairing. Entitled WINE IS FOOD: The Art of Pairing Pinot, the seminar will be divided into two sessions. In the first, Ray Isle will lead a tasting and discussion of four Pinot noirs made by Dan Goldfield (Dutton Goldfield, California), Lynnette Hudson (Pegasus Bay, New Zealand), Olivier Leriche (Domaine de lArlot, Burgundy) and Mark Vlossak (St. Innocent, Oregon). Winemaker panelists will discuss vintages and vinification, as well as share commentary on the relationship between wine and food as side-by-side partners on the table.

In the second session, Perfect Pairings author Evan Goldstein MS, will be joined by four Northwest chefs: Ren

Pearson's MyCourse Named Finalist in 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards

Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 12, 2010

Pearson, a global leader in education, educational technology, and services, today announced that its MyCourse solution has been selected as a finalist in the 2010 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. MyCourse is an integration of two Pearson products: MyCourse combines the powerful formative assessment tools, personalized learning and media resources of MyLabs with the comprehensive online learning curriculum of CourseConnect.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. The comprehensive review process of nominated products includes intense scrutiny by subject matter experts, education industry analysts, journalists and specialists in the implementation of education technology.

Inheriting CourseConnect's simple navigation, the MyCourses are intuitive, user friendly, and technologically advanced. Each course is developed, designed and tested by a large team of professionals, including subject matter experts, instructional designers, graphic designers, instructors, assessment specialists, students and others. MyCourse offers numerous benefits for institutions and instructors, including an optimized learning environment, easy-to-navigate design and detailed instructor resource guides. MyCourse can be used in fully-online, blended and web-enabled settings depending on the specific needs of the institution.

"MyCourse provides instructors with a comprehensive online curriculum delivered in our personalized learning environment with all the multimedia resources and assessment tools today's instructors need to drive and measure student engagement," said Don Kilburn, CEO of Pearson Learning Solutions. "Recognition as a finalist in the 2010 SIIA CODIE Awards is another validation that our MyCourse solution provides students a unique, interactive experience for learning."

Pearson has 13 education finalists in the CODiE Awards this year, leading this year's prestigious competition. Pearson's innovative ed-tech solutions for schools, colleges and universities are recognized across the awards program's education categories, honoring the company's worldwide leadership in harnessing technology to personalize and improve learning. Pearson's 13 finalists were chosen from more than 327 education nominations submitted by 124 companies.

In addition to MyCourse, the company's products moving on to the next round of competition are CourseConnect, Mastering Platform, MathXL