Press Release
Contact: Jill Weinberger |
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CED Announces Start-up Speed Dating Company Lineup for Opportunity 2007
Nine Pre-seed Companies Prepare for Big “Date” with Investors
August 31, 2007, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has selected nine companies to participate in Start-up Speed Dating at Opportunity 2007. The fifth annual Opportunity conference, set for Sept. 10-11, 2007, at the SunSpree Resort in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., will present pre-selected start-up companies with the opportunity to participate in this fast-paced, round-robin event with investors from across North Carolina and the Southeast.
The nine Start-up Speed Dating companies include the following:
- blue dog Network (Bolivia, N.C., www.bluedognetwork.com)
- Compliancy Software (Sanford, N.C., www.compliancysoftware.com)
- Fair Market Valuations (Holly Springs, N.C., www.fairmarketvaluations.com)
- Filtara (Cary, N.C.)
- Intrepid Media (Chapel Hill, N.C., www.intrepidmedia.net)
- Manufacturing Analysis, Inc. (Carrboro, N.C.)
- MojoMyLife (Raleigh, N.C.)
- RxNetServices, LLC (Greensboro, N.C., www.rxnetservices.com)
- The Sportsbone (Wrightsville Beach, N.C., www.thesportsbone.com)
“Start-up Speed Dating gives investors the chance to learn about the latest innovative pre-seed companies from across the region.” said CED President Monica Doss. “The nine start-up companies chosen to participate represent the freshest and most innovative ideas in a wide range of industries – from nanotechnology to software.”
In addition to Start-up Speed Dating, Opportunity 2007 will include keynote remarks from previously announced industry experts Richard Johnson, lifelong entrepreneur and former CEO of HotJobs.com, and Richard Randall, president and CEO of Wilmington-based medical device company TranS1, Inc. Opportunity 2007 will also feature early stage company presentations, one-on-one Curbside Consulting sessions and the Innovators Workshop, a hands-on seminar to help entrepreneurs start and grow a business.
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
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