CED's Opportunity 2006 Showcases Entrepreneurial Community.Wilmington Investor Network Announces 2006 Investment Highlights; 300+ People Attend CED's 4(th) Annual Conference in Wilmington WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The Council for Entrepreneurial Development's (CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. ) Opportunity 2006 conference attracted more than 300 entrepreneurs, investors and service providers to the Hilton Wilmington Riverside Hotel Riverside Hotel is a name used by several hotels including:
The 4th annual conference featured keynote remarks from Don DeBethizy, Ph.D., President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Targacept Inc.; John McConnell John McConnell is the name of:
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue (Born January 14, 1948 in Grundy, Virginia) is the current lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina and President of the North Carolina State Senate. , Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo and UNC-Wilmington Chancellor Dr. Rosemary DePaolo, who each highlighted the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to the region's economy. In addition to these featured speakers, CED's Opportunity 2006 also offered business plan presentations from early-stage companies across the East Coast. Conference attendees also participated in multi-track breakout discussions on branding, angel investing, sales and marketing, grants and loans, corporate entrepreneurship and other topics on starting and growing a business. On Tuesday afternoon, the Wilmington Investor Network (WIN) announced that it had invested more than $2.5 million in funding six early stage companies during the past year. WIN's investments include Wilmington Pharmaceuticals, located in Wilmington, N.C., Affinergy and Visitar in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C., Amulet amulet (ăm`yəlĭt), object or formula that credulity and superstition have endowed with the power of warding off harmful influences. Pharmaceuticals in Baltimore, Md. and Chaologix in Gainesville, Fla. WIN plans close a deal with another RTP-based company by the end of the year. "We have been very fortunate to find great companies to invest at an early stage and a great valuation for our investors," said Michael Cain For the actor see Michael Caine. Michael Cain (born April 2, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is a pianist and composer. Biography Michael went on to attend the University of North Texas before switching to the University of Southern California and , WIN's Managing Member. "We are pleased to have co-invested with other angel groups and VC partners." For additional information on Opportunity 2006 or to learn more about upcoming CED events, please visit www.cednc.org. 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. 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. In July 2005, Wilmington's Coastal Entrepreneurial Council merged with CED to create CED-Coastal, a divisional office focused on entrepreneurial development in Wilmington and throughout North Carolina's entire coastal region. 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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