California Coast Venture Forum Announces: James Montgomery Panel Moderator - May 6 ProForum; CCVF 2005 Networking ProForum Panel Topic: ``Funding Types and Terms in Today's Real Markets''.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. , Calif. -- The California Coast Venture Forum (CCVF), a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. (Federal ID# 77-0498717), today announced the panelists for its May 6, 2005 Networking ProForum at the historic Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara. The panel, moderated by James Montgomery James Montgomery (November 4, 1771 - April 30, 1854) was a British editor and poet. Montgomery, poet, son of a pastor and missionary of the Moravian Brethren, was born at Irvine in Ayrshire, and educated at the Moravian School at Fulneck, near Pudsey in Leeds. , 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. , Montgomery & Co. Investment Banking, will discuss "Funding Types and Terms in Today's Real Markets." Panel members include Nick Teti, Chairman and CEO, INAMED (M&A); Peter Thomas Peter Thomas may refer to:
pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits ); Gary Lauer, CEO, eHealth.com (Funding for the future); Robert Kibble kibble baked dough that is crushed or cracked. Prepared usually by extruding and then heating-drying the dough. Used as dry food for dogs and cats. , Managing Partner, Mission Ventures (Venture financing); and Ken Ramberg, Investor, Tech Coast Angels (Early funding). The keynote speaker, announced earlier, will be Daniel P. Burnham, retired chairman of the board, Raytheon Company. The Keynote Speech will focus on: "Leadership - from Small Company to Large Company." "The California Coast Venture Forum was pivotal in receiving funding MicroMLS needed for its expansion last year," says Denison Bollay, chairman of MicroMLS. "During the 2004 Forum, we were able to present our business plan to dozens of interested investors and several invested in our company. We also made important contacts that are still helping the company today. MicroMLS was featured on television twice -- all stemming from the conference." "I was a keynote speaker at last year's CCVF Forum, where I met one company that I invested in one month later," said Phil Smith, retired chairman, Taser International. "I would never have learned about the company and had the opportunity to meet its management team, if I had not attended the ProForum in Santa Barbara." "Executives and entrepreneurs will present 25 business plans that have been reviewed and culled from almost a hundred submissions," said Douglas Crawford, executive director, CCVF. "The networking opportunities for executives seeking financing and investors looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the next technology will be at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara on May 6, 2005." A business marketplace and two networking receptions, including tours and refreshments, will be hosted by CCVF and the Navy League, one at the historic Lobero Theater and the other offshore onboard a ship. The May 6th event is 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM and includes lunch. For a complete agenda, please visit: http://www.ccvf.org/about/agendaproforum.cfm. To register for the Networking ProForum, please visit: http://www.ccvf.org/register/. About the California Coast Venture Forum Based in Santa Barbara, the CCVF links the most innovative, fastest growing private companies with leading business and financial experts. To date the CCVF has achieved broad success in its community support role in its first five years of operation. Over 1,350 business plans have been reviewed and processed to meet venture capital standards through a team of experienced business executives and entrepreneurs who annually select the most promising companies to make presentations to potential investors. In a series of eight annual conferences, CCVF has attracted over 1,000 investors who have invested over $110,000,000. Some 200 different business and professional organizations have sponsored and supported CCVF activities with cash and in-kind services that now total over $500,000. For more information, please visit http://www.ccvf.com/. |
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