Capitalizing Southern Growth: A Regional Conference on Financing High-Growth Entrepreneurialism.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)--MAY 13, 1996--In an effort to help the South capture more of the economic benefits from its own innovations, especially those arising in the high-technology arena, public and private sector leaders from 15 Southern states will gather in Charlotte in late June to assess whether the region has sufficient investment capital to launch new enterprises and enable existing firms to take advantage of emerging opportunities. Organized by the Southern Growth Policies Board (SGPB SGPB Streptomyces Griseus Proteinase B SGPB Southern Growth Policies Board (Research Triangle Park, NC) ), the conference will also explore whether there is an appropriate role for Southern state governments in ensuring that such early-stage capital is widely available. According to the Southern Technology Council (STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA) STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club ), a division of the Board, the shortage of such capital is one reason why Southern inventions are often commercialized outside of the South. Tennessee Governor Donald Sundquist, STC chairman, will preside over the day-and-a-half conference, to be held on Thursday and Friday, June 20 and 21 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte. Among the featured speakers and panelists will be Linda Chandler, an investment advisor Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and and author of the forthcoming book, Success Strategies for Capital Formation; Lawrence M. Alleva, regional managing partner for the Price Waterhouse High Technology Group; Jere Glover, chief counsel of the federal Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy; Chet Walker, managing director of the NationsBank Leveraged Capital Group; Richard Meyer, one of the authors of The 1995 National Census of Early-Stage Capital Financing; Timothy C. Draper Timothy Cook Draper is the founder of the global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He is third in a line of venture capitalists. His father, William Henry Draper III, founded the Draper & Johnson Investment Company in 1962, Sutter Hill in 1968, Draper International , managing director of Draper Fisher Associates in Redwood City, CA; and Kelvin Boston, host of The Color of Money on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, . Featuring a mix of policy debate and profiles of best practices, the conference will provide a forum for defining critical issues and identifying strategies for the region as a whole. Topics will include tax policies, securities laws, angel networks, pension fund investment, royalty financing, capital access programs, and comprehensive state programs that serve fledgling enterprises. The Southern Growth Policies Board is a public, nonprofit research organization that crafts economic development strategies for the Southern United States The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States. . Participating states and territory include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. For an updated conference agenda, please consult the Board's home page at http://www.southern.org. For more information or to register, please telephone (919) 941-5145. CONTACT: Southern Growth Policies Board Robert Donnan, 919/941-5145 |
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