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Vol. I - No. VI
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In this issue - December, 2001

Articles
Profile
Entrepreneur File
Technology Trends
News
Book Review
Investment Conferences
Investor survey

 

Articles

 

Building a Business Plan: A Road Map to Success
By Dan Mitchell, Executive Director of ACE-Net

In business, you don't stumble onto success without a plan. Dan Mitchell, Executive Director of ACE-Net helps you build a successful business plan from scratch.

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10 Tips To Weather a Stormy Business Climate

Discover 10 Tips from Tatum CFO Partners of Atlanta to rethink your business model and weather a stormy business climate.




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The Schooling of VCs
By Frank Szivos

Young Venture Capitalists at the Yale Graduate School of Management are learning the ins and outs of the VC world by running Sachem Ventures, a VC firm which has closed one deal and is considering several others.

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Profile

In this issue of Profile, Angel Investor News focuses on Manny Ratafia, an angel investor focused on biotechnology and software .
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Entrepreneur File

The Entrepreneur File focuses on companies seeking funding. This feature is not an endorsement of the company. Investors should perform due diligence before investing.

Company:Active Europe Network Ltd., Computer Software, California, $2,500,000 to $5,000,000
read about ActiveEurope Network Ltd.

Company: Action Hero Ensemble, Inc., Technology Related, Nevada, $1,000,000 to $2,500,000
read about Action Hero Ensemble...

Company: Omega Well Services, Inc., Oil and Gas, Texas, $250,000 - $1,000,000
read about Omega Well Services, Inc....

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Technology Trends

The Global Technology Revolution
By Philip S. Anton, Richard Silberglitt, James Schneider

The Global Technology Revolution is right around the corner and Nanoscience is revolutionizing how almost everything from computers to automobile tires are designed and made. Read how this could happen in the Introduction from "The Global Technology Revolution: Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their Synergies with Information Technology by 2015".
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News

MIT Enterprise Forum of Connecticut, Inc.

MIT Enterprise Forum of Connecticut presents "Axiom8, Inc.: The quest for Revenue" on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 6:00 P.M. at The Omni Hotel, New Haven, CT.

Axiom8, Inc. was launched to "leapfrog" the online gaming industry by creating a way for thousands of people to interact, via the internet, in real time. What quickly became apparent was that this solution could affect more than just the gaming world - it could dramatcially improve the way businesses communicate.

At this program, Jon Wheeler, Axiom8's Chief Marketing Officer, will present the company's product and business plan. He will focus on the company's sales amd marketing plan, highlighting some of the strategic and tactical issues facing the company. In addition, a panel of marketing experts will provide comments, questions and insights based on the plan and their experiences with other successful companies.

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Book Review

Good to Great: A Fresh Look at Management Practices
By Jim Collins

Good to Great is a fresh look at management strategy and practice; and many of the findings shake up our accepted techniques. An iconoclastic work, it offers several key concepts that fly in the face of modern business culture and have upset previously unquestioned management assumptions.

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Investor Survey

Do you plan to invest more during the next six months than during the last six months?

YesNo
  79%21%

SPONSORS:


Access to Capital Electronic Network (ACE-Net) helps individual accredited investors, SBICs and institutional venture capitalists find small, growing companies through a secure Internet database.
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Tech Coast Angels is a network of over 200 individual investors whose mission is to fund early-stage technology companies in Southern California and to accelerate them to financial and market leadership.
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Intelex, Ltd. is a business intelligence and research firm that performs "due diligence" background checks on officers and companies entering into public or private offerings.
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Investment Conferences

MIT Enterprise Forum
Axiom8, Inc.
The Quest for Revenue

December 12, 2001
New Haven, CT
www.mitforumct.
org/calendar.htm

Technology Forum
Series

December 13, 2001
Biscayne Bay,FL
www.blgventures.com

Pharma & Biotech
Licensing & Deal Making
Summit

Jan. 28 - 30, 2001
Coronado, CA
888 666-8514

Asia Pacific
Nanotechnology Forum

Feb. 26-28, 2002
Tsukuba, Japan
www.vcaonline.com

EVCA Intl.
Investors Conference

March 13 - 14, 2002
Geneva, Switzerland
www.evca.com

NanoFinancing 2002
March 19-20, 2002
Los Angeles, CA
www.vcaonline.com

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