CORRECTING and REPLACING/FWE Southern California Issues Call for Technology and Life Science Entrepreneurs Seeking Exposure, Financing to Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner.Business Editors CORRECTION...by The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004 In BW6313 issued May 17, 2004: Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release follows: FWE FWE Forum for Women Entrepreneurs FWE Food Warming Equipment Company, Inc. (Crystal Lake, Illinois) FWE Farm Working Expenses FWE Foreign Weapons Evaluation FWE Finished with Engines (ship telegraph) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, ISSUES CALL FOR TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCE ENTREPRENEURS SEEKING EXPOSURE, FINANCING TO VENTURE SUMMIT AND PROGRESSIVE DINNER The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), Southern California will host its third-annual Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner on October 6, 2004 from 5:00-9:00 p.m. at the Pelican Hills Country Club in Newport Beach, California Newport Harbor redirects here. For the MTV reality series, see . Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana. . The 2004 event will build on the success of last year's dinner in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , where more than 45 prominent capital providers, 20 service providers and more than 80 high-growth men and women entrepreneurs from across the country gathered for structured networking. FWE predicts nearly 300 will be in attendance this year. Features new to this year's Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner include expanded entrepreneur participation from throughout Southern California (Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , as well as San Diego), a VIP lunch for venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. on October 6 and angel investors An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. at the Pelican Hills Country Club in Newport and an event advisory board. Additionally, a half-day Venture Boot Camp Software from Apple that enables an Intel x86-based Macintosh to host the Windows XP operating system. Boot Camp is used to divide the hard disk into Windows and Mac partitions, to install the necessary drivers and to create a dual boot environment. to enhance entrepreneur readiness will be held September 18th at the Orange County Business Council from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. located at 2 Park Plaza, Suite 100, Irvine, with expanded exposure for sponsors. 2004 Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner sponsors include the Orange County Business Council, Microsoft, Palomar Ventures, and many other organizations. "FWE's mission is to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the entrepreneurial process and to support the spirit of innovation. The Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner provides a creative opportunity to match entrepreneurs with industry-compatible venture capitalists, angel and corporate investors Noun 1. corporate investor - a company that invests in (acquires control of) other companies company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage" , and a range of professional service providers," says Jnana Anderson, FWE Orange County president. "Feedback from last year's event confirms that the Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner is a highly successful model for all categories of participant." Attendance at the dinner is by invitation only and will feature a VIP reception and roundtable format. For capital providers interested in attending please register online at www.pvdsc.org/venturecapitalprovidersreserve.html for consideration. Selected entrepreneurs will move through three "table exchanges," offering each participant the opportunity to present their business pitch to a variety of experts in their particular field. Qualified entrepreneurs include men and women with a: -- technology, bioscience or life science company, -- a minimum of a friends-and-family financing round in place, -- less than $25 million in revenues with at least $1 million in revenue and a sustainable, venture-fundable business model. For information on how your venture can qualify, see www.pvdsc.org or contact Jnana Anderson in Southern California at 949-439-1943 and/or Cynthia Trevino in San Diego at 760-268-1199. Deadline for early-registration is July 30. Registration costs for FWE members is $500 and $600 for non-members before July 30th. After July 30th, registration costs will be $650 for FWE members and $750 for non-FWE members. Deadline for entries is August 15, 2004. About The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) Founded in 1993, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) celebrates its 10-year anniversary as the premier networking organization for women building and leading high-growth technology and life sciences companies with over 1,800 members. FWE's mission is to accelerate women's opportunities to start, manage and invest in market-leading companies by providing its members with powerful access to powerful networks. FWE is headquartered in the Bay Area and has affiliates in Seattle, San Diego, Orange County/Los Angeles Area, France and Canada. From 1999 through 2002, FWE members raised over $1.4 billion for their businesses nationwide. Both FWE Orange County and San Diego chapters launched in January 2001. For more information on the Venture Summit and Progressive Dinner, visit the FWE website at www.fwe.org/laoc, www.pvdsc.org or contact Jnana Anderson at 949-439-1943, or email to: (jnanaanderson@fwe.org). |
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