Press Release
Contact: Robert Caudle |
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CED Launches Internet T.V. Show
"On the Menu" to Feature Luncheon Conversations with Entrepreneurial Leaders
April 3, 2007, Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has launched an Internet television show featuring conversations with innovators, entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
CED’s new Web-based interview series, "On the Menu: Out to Lunch with Innovators and Entrepreneurs," was created in partnership with Raleigh-based digital media firm Myriad Media. CED will stream a new 4-5 minute interview from its Web site every 4-6 weeks at www.cednc.org/onthemenu.
"With the rise of digital media and other Web-based technologies, entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet for valuable, unique content," said CED President Monica Doss. "To capture this online movement, CED’s new Internet T.V. show will feature leisurely, yet informative, dialogue with local entrepreneurs and other business leaders. Designed to impart value and entertainment via friendly conversation, the show will reveal personal insight as well as lessons-learned on starting and growing a business."
The first "On the Menu" interview – recorded at a New Orleans-style restaurant in downtown Raleigh called The Big Easy – features a conversation with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Jeff Barber, who is co-chair of CED’s upcoming Venture 2007 conference (www.cednc.org/venture).
During the video-taped conversation, Myriad Media’s Will Feichter and Ricardo Roberts talk with Barber about his background, career and insight into the region’s entrepreneurial community. Visit www.cednc.org/onthemenu to view the first episode.
"In order to capture today's busy audience, we decided to take a different approach to producing On the Menu," said Myriad Media President, Will Feichter. "Instead of focusing purely on business details, we strive to capture personal nuances and philosophies you wouldn't see in typical interviews."
CED will announce future "On the Menu" episodes through its bi-weekly membership email newsletter.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high growth, high impact entrepreneurial companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and North Carolina. Headquartered in the Research Triangle with a divisional office in Wilmington, CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. www.cednc.org
About Myriad Media: Myriad Media helps clients promote and educate using DVD, broadcast and Internet media. Services include creative message development, video & film production/editing, interactive DVD/CD authoring, motion graphics, and digital video encoding. Clients include IBM, Duke University, Gibbs & Soell Public Relations, The Atlantic Coast Conference, Cross & Associates, Wake Forest University, First Citizens Bank, CED and the United Way. www.myriadmedia.net###