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Speed Venture Summit™ Previews Investor Lineup
The Speed Venture Summit™ vision is to help launch the best companies by providing them ready access to private capital. Organizers gave a sneak preview today of the investor lineup to which company execs will pitch at the October 28 Summit, the premier speed-dating-style event for... - October 02, 2009 - Speed Venture Summit
Six Minute Risk Assessment for Business Process Improvement
Most companies want to do better when it comes to their business processes, but many have the wrong focus. This simple six minute risk assessment provides executives and managers a tangible understanding of where to start. - October 02, 2009 - Consected
Variable Print on Demand Service Expanded by Austin Printer
Cerqa expanded its print on demand services this month when they improved their variable data workflows making it easier to execute variable printing. Companies can easily setup their variable projects on Cerqa's proprietary web based platform and then use their digital printers for a complete print on demand solution. - October 02, 2009 - Cerqa
Fuqua School of Business & Coach K Leadership Conference to Cover Leading the Creative Enterprise
Duke University’s Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) (www.leadershipandethics.org) has announced that the 8th annual Fuqua School of Business & Coach K Leadership Conference will include a session entitled “Leading the Creative Enterprise” on Tuesday, Oct. - October 02, 2009 - Coach K Leadership Conference
The Special Event Company Receives Texas Star Award
Sally Webb CSEP, president of The Special Event Company (www.specialeventco.com), a strategic event and meeting management company, has announced that the firm received a Texas Star Award from the Dallas Chapter of the International Special Events Society, presented on Aug. 23. The company was... - October 02, 2009 - The Special Event Company
Triangle Technology Executives Council Hosts Scholarship Fall Golf Classic
The Triangle Technology Executives Council (TTEC) (www.ncttec.net), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the economic development of technology companies in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced it will hold its Scholarship Golf Classic on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. at... - October 02, 2009 - Triangle Technology Executives Council
Every Dog's Day Wins Best of Business Award
Every Dog’s Day Canine Resort & Day Spa has been named to Best of Business 2009 by the Style Publishing Group. Selected for its offering of unique services, customer care, and contributions to the local community, Every Dog’s Day will be featured in the Best of Business 2009 issue... - October 01, 2009 - Every Dog's Day Canine Resort & Day Spa
Google Seo Firm Drops Prices for Fifth Anniversary, Offers Free SEO
Master Google is celebrating its fifth year anniversary by reducing pricing 10% for new clients in October. - October 01, 2009 - Sinai Marketing
Intelligent Office of Garden City is Now NCBA’s Newest Corporate Partner and Preferred Service Provider
The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) is proud to announce that Intelligent Office of Garden City is their Corporate Partner and Preferred Service Provider for virtual office solutions and remote receptionist services. - October 01, 2009 - Slightly Mad
Exports of Wood Chips from Australia Have Declined 28% in 2009 But the Country is Still the Largest Chip Exporter in the World, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Australia, the world’s largest chip exporter, has reduced Eucalyptus and pine chip exports substantially in 2009 due to weak pulp markets in Japan. In the domestic market, pulpwood prices have increased over 13% in US dollars this year as the Australian currency has strengthened, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. - October 01, 2009 - Wood Resources International LLC
Sorriso® Technologies to Host e-Billing Webinar e-Billing IQ, the 7-Minute Opportunity. Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
The webinar titled, 7 minute opportunity, are you leaving money on the table, will take place on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10 am PDT/1 pm EDT. This 45-minute webinar is designed for both large and small recurring billers interested in developing or capitalizing on their e-billing and customer self-service strategy. - October 01, 2009 - Sorriso Technologies, Inc.
Annual MiniCo Insurance Las Vegas Giveaway Contest Begins October 1
MiniCo Insurance will open its annual sweepstakes contest for independent insurance agents on October 1, 2009. This is the seventh year the company has offered a chance for independent agents to win a trip to Las Vegas to attend the largest annual self‑storage industry expo. For each... - October 01, 2009 - MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC
Aquage Introduces SeaExtend Silkening Oil Treatment
Aquage SeaExtend Silkening Oil Treatment easily transforms any hair texture for dramatically silky, smooth, frizz-free results. - October 01, 2009 - Aquage
Online Retailer Recognized with Top Customer Satisfaction Honor
BizRate selects Online Labels, Inc. a 2009 Circle of Excellence Platinum Award winner for outstanding customer satisfaction in the Office Supply category. - October 01, 2009 - Online Labels, Inc.
National Council of Asian American Business Association Supplier Academy at UCLA, Media Sponsored by TownZilla.com
High Tech Communications, Inc., a leading provider of Web and online marketing service for small and medium-sized businesses, announced that it will offer online marketing for the National Council of Asian American Business Association Supplier Academy at UCLA. High Tech Communications will be using its flagship product Townzilla.com Local Search Engine to promote, advertise and market the Academy, which is presented by Wells Fargo. - October 01, 2009 - High Tech Communications, Inc
Windsor Marquee Hire Provide Additional Hire Items For All Marquees
Hiring a marquee for your wedding, business event or festival is only part of the process when it comes to making sure your special day is as perfect as it can be. - October 01, 2009 - Windsor Marquees
RNCOS Releases a New Report - Indian Gems and Jewellery Market - Future Prospects to 2011
RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled, “Indian Gems and Jewellery Market - Future Prospects to 2011” to its report gallery. Their report provides strategic insight into the gems and jewellery market in India. - October 01, 2009 - RNCOS
James McCarthy, Chief Investment Officer, Strategic Capital Solutions, to Speak at Middle East Leaders Forum 2009
James McCarthy, Chief Investment Officer, Strategic Capital Solutions, Speaking at GoldenNetworking.com’s Middle East Leaders Forum 2009 on October 22nd in New York City. - October 01, 2009 - Golden Networking
GoldenNetworking.com's Founder Edgar Perez to Speak at China Leaders Forum 2009
Edgar Perez, GoldenNetworking.com's founder, Addressing GoldenNetworking.com's China Leaders Forum 2009 on "The Ins and Outs of Networking." - October 01, 2009 - Golden Networking
GoldenNetworking.com's Founder, Edgar Perez, to Speak at Middle East Happy Hour, October 5th, New York City
GoldenNetworking.com’s Founder Edgar Perez will address guests at Middle East Happy Hour on "The Ins and Outs of Networking," at Johnny Utah's, October 5th, in the heart of Manhattan. - October 01, 2009 - Golden Networking
RationalPlan Project Management Software 3.15.4 Increased Execution Speed and More Task Types
RationalPlan Project Management Software 3.15.4 comes with a significant increase in its execution speed, more task types, silent install possibility on Windows and some more interface improvements. - October 01, 2009 - Stand By Soft Ltd
Kallman & Co.’s Arthur J. (Kip) Dellinger, Jr. to Speak at Knowledge Congress’ Live Webcast on Coping with Section 6694 - Tax Preparer Penalties
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts announced today that Arthur J. (Kip) Dellinger, Jr., Senior Tax Partner, Kallman & Co. LLP will speak at The Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “Coping... - October 01, 2009 - The Knowledge Group
Ernst & Young’s Eric J. Schwarz to Speak at Knowledge Congress’ Live Webcast on Legal Ethics and E-Discovery
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts announced today that Eric J. Schwarz, Americas Leader - Forensic Technology and Discovery, Ernst & Young LLP will speak at The Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled:... - October 01, 2009 - The Knowledge Group
K&L Gates’ David R. Cohen to Speak at Knowledge Congress’ Live Webcast on Legal Ethics and E-Discovery
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts announced today that David R. Cohen, Partner, Co-chair e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group, K&L Gates LLP will speak at The Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast... - October 01, 2009 - The Knowledge Group
Delfin Lend Lease Implements IPscape
Delfin Lend Lease, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation, has implemented IPscape technology as the next step in its digital communications toolset. The IPscape cloud-based SMS technology integrates with the Delfin Lend Lease salesforce.com customer relationship application and enables Delfin Lend Lease to send mass-SMS announcements, event information and even surveys from the salesforce.com application. - October 01, 2009 - IPscape
Max Kozlovsky Joins the ActionCOACH Team
Max Kozlovsky heard about ActionCOACH through a life coach; now, he’ll be a coach to others. - October 01, 2009 - ActionCOACH
ActionCOACH Pam Holien Believes There is a Growing Need for Business Coaching
Pam Holien is excited to join the ActionCOACH team in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and looks forward to helping other business owners. - October 01, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Michael Shepard is Excited for a New Business Opportunity with ActionCOACH
Michael Shepard joins the ActionCOACH team in Turnbridge Wells, UK, and looks forward to helping business owners in the town and surrounding areas. - October 01, 2009 - ActionCOACH
Mohammad Zainuddin is the Newest ActionCOACH in Jakarta, Indonesia
Mohammad Zainuddin is proud to join ActionCOACH, which will help him fulfill his own career needs as well as help others. - October 01, 2009 - ActionCOACH
NPSA Workshop to Highlight Blast-Resistant Portable Storage
The National Portable Storage Association has announced Casey Vornauf will teach an educational workshop on blast-resistant buildings at its 7th annual conference and trade show in Las Vegas. - October 01, 2009 - National Portable Storage Association
Outstanding Service Earns National Award
Antietam Call Center Wins ATSI Award of Excellence. - October 01, 2009 - Antietam Call Center
Wake County Economic Development Announces EMC Corp. To Add 100 Jobs at Apex Location
Ken Atkins, executive director of Wake County Economic Development (www.raleigh-wake.org), has announced that EMC Corp. will add 100 jobs at its Apex facility over the next five years. The jobs are part of EMC’s plans for a $280 million expansion that will ultimately add almost 400 jobs in... - October 01, 2009 - Wake County Economic Development
Times to Remember Offers Photography and Videography Services in Denver Colorado
Times To Remember Photography and Videography Services announces an expansion of services in Denver, Colorado and surrounding areas. The company specializes in customized child photography and videography services in Denver Colorado and surrounding areas. - October 01, 2009 - times-2remember.com
Acoustiblok Provdes Kennel Neighbors with Peace and Quiet, and Kennel Owners with Peace of Mind
Building or retrofitting a kennel can present some unique challenges for dog-loving entrepreneurs, but if engineered properly a kennel can and should be an affordable, quiet, and neighbor-friendly facility. Acoustiblok went in to this Iowa kennel, and saved the kennel owner from shutting down. - September 30, 2009 - Acoustiblok, Inc.
Timesheet Software Leader Replicon Inc. Achieves Its Fifth Straight Year on the Software 500 List
Replicon Inc. has, once again, been recognized in Software Magazine's Software 500 – a list of the world's foremost software and services providers. - September 30, 2009 - Replicon Inc
Metro Centre Doesn't Just Welcome New Tenants, It Helps Create Them
Peoria's Popular Shopping Center Offers Unique Partnership Program to Help New Business Dreams Become Reality. - September 30, 2009 - Metro Centre
Credit Card Debt Vexes Consumers But Debt Relief is Possible: Totaldebtrelief.net
There is increasing talk these days of the U.S. economy beginning to rebound, however credit card debt is still an issue affecting the lives of millions. Consumer advocate Totaldebtrelief.net offers solutions. - September 30, 2009 - Total Debt Relief
$13 billion Raised by Life Science Focused Private Equity Funds in the Past Three-Years
Preqin investigates the latest trends in fundraising and investor appetite for life science focused private equity and venture capital fundraising. - September 30, 2009 - Preqin ltd
CMT Worldwide Announces Dulhunty Power Ltd. Titan Distribution Pole License Agreement
CMT Worldwide and Dulhunty Power Ltd have entered into a definitive agreement to license the Titan Pole Manufacturing Rights for Australia & New Zealand. The Titan Poles will meet the strong Australian demand for fireproof, environmentally sensitive, low carbon footprint poles. Dulhunty will open their full scale manufacturing plant in Geelong, VIC in early 2010. - September 30, 2009 - CMT Worldwide, LLC
Brush and Clean Introduces Hybrid Pro Carpet & Hard Floor Cleaner
All-in-one, environmentally-friendly dry cleaning system delivers unrivaled, safe and effective method of cleaning all types of carpets and hard floor surfaces. - September 30, 2009 - Brush and Clean Corporation
Adaptik Corporation Named by Independent Research Firm as a Hot Insurance Software Company to Watch in 2009
Adaptik Corporation, the creators of PolicyWriter, today announced that they were named one of eight Hot Insurance Technology Companies to Watch in 2009 in the June report by Forrester Research Inc. titled Hot Insurance Tech Companies To Watch In 2009: Q2 Update “What was the top inquiry... - September 30, 2009 - Adaptik Corporation
StreetHelper Offers Completely Free SEO in Exchange for Contacts
Completely Free SEO in exchange for a recommendation of services that you send to your contacts or email lists. - September 30, 2009 - StreetHelper
Leadership Development Needs Moral Courage
Will Marre, leadership development expert, inspired green business leaders to re-invent the American economy by designing and manufacturing sustainable products and services. - September 30, 2009 - REALeadership Alliance
Garner-Based Printing Company Renamed TCG Graphics
Jeff Majewski, president and owner of the printing company formerly known as Triangle Communication Group, has announced the change of the company’s name to TCG Graphics. TCG Graphics was established in 1986 and operates as the region’s most technologically advanced print shop,... - September 30, 2009 - TCG Graphics
New Guide: How Clients Can Cut Costs of Wealth Management
Clients of investment advisors and private banks often pay too much for their asset management. Those costs should not exceed 1% of the invested asset. Nevertheless intransparent pricing models make it difficult for clients to identify possibilities to cut costs. The free guide of MyPrivateBanking.com explains the cost drivers and pricing models of distributors of investment products and how clients can cut costs of asset management by rather simple means. - September 30, 2009 - MyPrivateBanking GmbH
vDCR Backup for VMWare vSphere and ESX 3.x Official Release
Ardeo Logic, innovative provider of data backup & restore tools and services for VMWare virtual datacenter environments, today announced the release of vDCR Backup & Restore, the New #1 Backup solution for VMware environment. Ardeo Logic announces availability of vDCR, "Virtual Data Center Robot," the first backup product on the market to support new VMware vSphere 4 vStorage technology and establishes itself as the leader in the VMware backup market. - September 29, 2009 - Ardeo Logic Inc
Bone Cancer Dogs Launches the Premier Online Resource for Dog Owners and Veterinarians
Yes, dogs can get bone cancer. Over 10,000 cases are diagnosed each year. When given this diagnosis, overwhelmed dog owners don’t know where to turn for help. Bonecancerdogs.org provides information, support and hope. - September 29, 2009 - Bone Cancer Dogs, Inc
Zabaware Launches Affiliate Program for Artificial Intelligence Software
Zabaware is the maker of the award winning Ultra Hal software, artificial intelligence technology that won the “most human” computer of the year in the 17th annual Loebner Prize Competition for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company’s mission “giving your computer the power of thought” once considered a futuristic pipe dream is now becoming a reality. Zabaware has launched an affiliate program to help bring this technology to the masses. - September 29, 2009 - Zabaware, Inc.
Online Printing Company with Green Twist Launches Website
Snapio, an online printing service, just launched its website recently. The goal of the company is to make printing easy...easy to use, easy on the wallet and easy on the planet. With the rise of an increased focus to be eco-friendly, Snapio is an exciting new way for individuals and businesses to reduce their impact on the environment when they print. - September 29, 2009 - Snapio Printing
The "Human Food Factor": a New Book Release
This book describes a provocative viewpoint concerning where we are going as a society, who is taking us there and why. - September 29, 2009 - Howard R. Axtell Publishing