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Luncheon Notices 2011

 January 25, 2011 - The Value of Innovation to Investors
     Matt Bieber, Principal, Originate Ventures

 February 15, 2011 - The Entrepreneurs New Customer -The Angel Investor
     Mario Casabona, Angel Investor, Casabona Ventures LLC

 March 22, 2011 - How to Get a Check From an Angel
     Katherine O'Neill, Executive Director, JumpStart NJ Angel Network
      Presentation

April 26, 2011 - First Round Funding - Building Company Value for the Next Round
    Salvatore Tirabassi, Partner, M/C Venture Partners

  May 20, 2011 Spring Entrepreneurs Expo & Elevator Pitch Olympics
       Photos
      1st Place - Melinda Wittstock, Founder & CEO, NewsiT LLC
      2nd Place - Richard S. Woodward, CEO, Vascular Magnetics, Inc.
      3rd Place - Dan Conley, PluroGen Therapeutics, Inc.

  June 14, 2011 VC Investing in Consumer Products - Enabling Emerging Consumer Brands
     Carter Weiss, Managing Partner & Frank Lin, Managing Partner - Silas Capital

  July 19, 2011 How Entrepreneurs can be Successful Presenters to Investors
     Larry A. Chaityn, Angel Investor, Managing Director - Kaminski Partners & President of The
     Keiretsu Forum
       Presentation
       Resources

 September 27, 2011 How to Survive and Even Gain from the Coming Internet Bubble
     John F. Frankel, Partner, ff Venture Capital
       Presentation

 October 25, 2011 How to Raise Capital for Tech Start-Ups Today
     (Talking about the various levels in the VC food chain)
     With a Touch on What Venture Capitalists are Investing in Today
      Patrick Kenealy, Managing Director, IDG Ventures SF

 November 14, 2011 Fall Entrepreneurs Expo & Elevator Pitch Olympics
       Photos
      1st Place - Yan Auerbach, CTO & Co-Founder, SpeechTrans Inc.
      2nd Place - David Sidman, Founder & CEO, linkstorm
      3rd Place Tie:  Susie Hadas President, Personally Cool
      David Giannini, CEO, CirrusWorks

 December 13, 2011 New Tech Bubble?  (Is it Champagne Bubbles or Sewer Gas This Time?)
     A. Wayne Tamarelli, Ph.D., MBA