Cushcity.com Teams With Houston Technology Center to Host E-profits Conference.Business Editors & High-Tech/Retail Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 Cushcity.com, the most highly trafficked African-American e-commerce site in cyberspace, has joined with the Houston Technology Center to host a one-day conference called "E-Commerce At A Profit" on Sept. 14, 2001 at The Power Center in Houston. The event will focus on the nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] of building and running a successful e-commerce enterprise. A Houston-based firm, Cushcity.com touts the world's largest selection of African-American products on the Internet. The Houston Technology Center is the premiere clearinghouse for technology information in Houston and a local catalyst for accelerated growth among emerging technology companies. The conference features keynote speakers Bob Beauchamp, 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 BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. ; George Fraser
The conference brings together founders of some of the most successful e-commerce companies, both locally and nationally, as well as others in related industries. David F. Gow, CEO of Ashford.com; Russell Caper, CEO of eRealty.com; and Jon Nordmark, co-founder of Ebags.com will all serve as presenters at the conference. Other conference participants include Dennis Murphree, president of Murphree Venture Partners; Bernard Beale, COO of Cynet Inc.; Lloyd Bentsen III, chairman of Triad Ventures; and Steve Currall of the Rice University Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. "Until now, selling online has been somewhat of a mystery for many entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners," said Willie A. Richardson, president and CEO of Cushcity.com. "This conference will provide the necessary information for etailers to be successful." This is the first of a series of five similar conferences hosted by Cushcity.com. Conferences will also be held next year in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. is the major government sponsor for the conferences. Corporate sponsors include AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, AT&T, Dynegy, Continental Airlines and Palmetto Partners. The conferences target African-American professionals, but anyone interested in learning about the intricacies of e-commerce can attend. All conferences are open to the public and the registration fee is $99.00 for the Houston conference. The Power Center is located at 12401 S. Post Oak Road, at the S. Main Street intersection in Houston. For more information, call Cushcity.com at 281/444-4265. Media inquiries should be directed to Gwen Richardson. Attendees may register online for any of the five conferences at the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.cushcity.com/displaypages/ecommerce.htm |
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