CED Announces Conference on Entrepreneurship Keynote Speaker, Garden.com's Jamie O'Neill.Business Editors/High Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 28, 1999 The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (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. ) is pleased to announce the keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speaker for the 16th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship is Jamie O'Neill This article is about the Irish author. For the country music singer, see Jamie O'Neal. Jamie O'Neill (born 1962 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland) is an Irish author who lived and worked in England for two decades; he now lives in Gortachalla, in County Galway, , chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and co-founder of Garden.com. The Conference on Entrepreneurship is a full day of learning, networking and exhibiting designed to prepare entrepreneurs of all stages to take advantages of opportunities for success. The Conference will take place Saturday, February 5, 2000 at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Fuqua (pronounced few-qua) is one of the youngest U.S. business schools affiliated with elite research universities, but has shown strong performance in rankings by business . "The conference will provide entrepreneurs, and those who work with entrepreneurs, with both an educational and networking opportunity," said Linda Markus Daniels, principal, Daniels & Daniels, P.A., and chairman of the 2000 conference steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun . This year's keynote speaker, Jamie O'Neill, was chosen because his company represents a "true entrepreneurial success story," Daniels said. Garden.com, headquartered in Austin, Texas, offers the world's largest line of quality gardening and gardening-related products with over 20,000 products from 60 suppliers. "As the keynote speaker, Mr. O'Neill will provide entrepreneurs attending the conference not only with an inspiration and example, but perhaps more importantly with insights into how he planned for and found success in the fast-paced e-commerce world--including some of the pitfalls he had to overcome on his way to success," Daniels said. Joyce Shevelev-Putzer, president of Famous Marks and steering committee member, has attended the conference for several years because she said, "It's energizing energizing, adj giving energy to; revitalizing; rejuvenating. ! The information and people are energizing. The energy comes from networking and from interesting sessions. Our program steering committee has put lots of effort into identifying really interesting, really valuable topics for entrepreneurs at all levels." The informational sessions allow expert panelists to cover topics such as new business trends, sales techniques, and how to build successful entrepreneurial teams. Sessions will cover topics from Web site development planning, protecting intellectual property, hiring and retention, corporate image building and financing the business to war stories from some of the Triangle's hottest entrepreneurs. Business Leader Magazine will award its annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the conference. There will also be plenty of time for networking and checking out the exhibit booths. The Conference on Entrepreneurship is presented by CED, Business Leader Magazine and the Fuqua School of Business. CED would like to thank the following special sponsors of the Conference on Entrepreneurship 2000: StartUpStreet.com, Corporate Sponsor; Innovation Management, Inc., Keynote Sponsor; Red Hat, Inc., Breakfast Sponsor; InterAcct, Inc., Lunch Sponsor; RSM McGladrey RSM McGladrey, Inc. is a tax, accounting and consulting firm in the United States, headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. It is the US member firm of RSM International, the 6th largest network of professional service firms in the world. , Inc., Reception Sponsor; and RHI RHI Robert Half International RHI Range Height Indicator RHI Roller Hockey International RHI Relativistic Heavy Ion RHI Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat RHI Rhinelander, WI, USA - Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (Airport Code) Management Resources, Break Sponsor. To register for the conference, visit the CED Web site at http://www.cednc.org . About CED The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located at the CED Entrepreneurship Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, was formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs. CED sponsors annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED also offers the FastTrac entrepreneurial training program, youth programs and other outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. programs. CED is a private, non-profit membership organization and is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,000 members representing over 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. For more information, call 919-549-7500 or visit CED's web site at www.cednc.org. |
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