REMINDER/Intel's Entrepreneur-in-Residence to Speak At Venture Point's Meet the Resources; Influential Tech Coast-Based Executives Round Out Event Agenda.

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REMINDER...for Wednesday (June 21)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:  --  George White, entrepreneur-in-residence, Intel
      --  John K. Stroh, managing director, Roth Capital Partners
      --  David Schnitt, executive vice president of new ventures,
          Resources Connection LLC
      --  More than 20 CEOs and/or executive directors of trade and
          capital groups in the Tech Coast including Venture Point
          Tech Coast SBDC

WHAT:   Venture Point Tech Coast SBDC, the nation's only
        high-tech/high-growth Small Business Development Center
        (SBDC), has secured three top industry speakers for its Meet
        the Resources of the Tech Coast event. Presentations on types
        of money, talking to money and entrepreneurial success stories
        will provide both early-stage companies and companies
        experiencing growth obstacles with insight into improving
        time-to-market and increasing the chance for success.

        George White, entrepreneur-in-residence, Intel -- As
        entrepreneur-in-residence at Intel, White is involved with an
        internally focused fund that is using venture capital methods
        to unlock value in Intel people and technologies to help
        diversify the company. White joined Intel in 1997 as a result
        of his Irvine, Calif.-based company, Corollary Inc., being
        acquired by Intel. Previously, White ran a research and
        development facility in Irvine for Texas Instruments'
        minicomputer division, where he was responsible for a product
        based on the Nubus, a bus developed at MIT. He led an IEEE
        standards effort to codify the Nubus and was instrumental in
        persuading Apple Computers to use the Nubus as the backbone of
        their first "open" Macintosh. White frequently speaks at
        computer industry conferences. He has a bachelor's degree in
        electrical engineering from M.I.T.

        John Stroh, managing director, Roth Capital Partners -- In
        addition to his position as managing director of corporate
        finance, Stroh heads the Private Placement Group (PPG), a
        group focused on the private equity/debt financing of emerging
        growth and middle market healthcare, technology,
        telecommunications and consumer products companies. Prior to
        joining Roth Capital, Stroh was vice president of investment
        banking in the Healthcare Corporate Finance Group at US
        Bancorp Piper Jaffray and John Nuveen and Co. During his
        career, Stroh has managed more than 100 capital raising
        projects, totaling over $1 billion in cumulative dollars
        raised. He is a frequent public speaker on corporate finance
        and venture capital related issues. Stroh received his
        bachelor of science degree from California State University,
        Long Beach and his MBA from University of California, Los
        Angeles.

        David Schnitt, executive vice president, Resources Connection
        LLC -- Schnitt founded and established Resources Connection, a
        spin-off from Deloitte & Touche that provides outsourced
        specialists in the information technology (IT), human
        resources, finance and accounting fields. Previously, as a
        senior manager with Deloitte Consulting, Schnitt advised and
        assisted clients in re-engineering their finance and
        accounting functions. He has been responsible for the design,
        development and implementation of several consulting projects
        with budgets of up to $11 million. Schnitt is an industry
        expert on outsourcing trends and the evolution of the "virtual
        business" and has spoken at numerous conferences. He received
        his bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University and MBA
        from the University of Michigan.

WHEN:   Wednesday, June 21
        7:30 -- 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:  Irvine Hyatt, Grand Ballroom
        17900 Jamboree Rd.
        Irvine, Calif. 92614-6211
        Phone: [phone]

MEDIA
REGISTRATION:  T&O Public Relations
               Amy Gray/Irene Alonso
               949/833-8006
               [e-mail]/[e-mail]
               -Pre-registration is highly recommended-

BACKGROUND: About Meet the Resources

Meet the Resources of the Tech Coast is a seminar designed to provide the high-tech community of entrepreneurs and existing companies with information about available sources for funding, advisement, strategic alliances and networking in the Tech Coast.

About Venture Point

Venture Point Tech Coast SBDC was started in late 1999 to provide "navigational resources to technology entrepreneurs" along the Tech Coast. Funded by a grant from the California Trade and Commerce Agency and the Small Business Administration, it provides technical assistance, training programs, business counseling and a host of resource and network services to technology entrepreneurs. For more information, visit their Web site at http://www.venturepoint.org.

About the Tech Coast

The Tech Coast is the region from Santa Barbara to San Diego that represents the highest concentration of research and development dollars expended, as well as the most patents granted per year than any other region in the United States.