Prizes Announced
Start-Up Connection is a unique and energetic networking event where owners of start-up technology companies present their ideas and products to the community in a trade show format. On Wednesday, October 5, 2011, from 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., start-up company founders, senior leaders, investors and members of the St. Louis regional entrepreneurial community will converge at Edward Jones for the Fall version of this event. Registration is now open to attend Start-Up Connection. Go to www.startupconnection.org for more information and to register as a presenting company or as a member of the attending. Start Up Connection is free for both companies and the attending public.
VentureBounce is an elevator pitch competition that will take place during Start Up Connection. Jeremy Nulik of the Small Business Monthly will be the master of ceremonies and the competition will be judged by a small team of local investors. The top three winners of the elevator pitch competition will receive backstage passes to the Concert for Kathmandu Kids featuring world music and fusion jazz artists Farshid Etniko and Todd Ferris Mosby on October 22. The three winners will also be invited to give their elevator pitches at an upcoming meeting of the St. Louis Arch Angels Network, an angel investment group that invests in start-ups in the St. Louis region. Companies registering to present at Start Up Connection can enter to compete in the VentureBounce as a part of the online registration process.
"Past events have helped start-up businesses in multiple ways. "We have now attended two Start-Up Connection events and both times we met several contacts that have helped us move our business forward," said Joe Seibel, CFO and VP of Strategic Development for
Hexagrid Computing, Inc., "Whether attending to meet other interesting start-ups, possible investors, or new possible customers, Start-Up Connection is a great place to network and grow your business contacts."
All innovative early-stage technology companies are encouraged to participate in Start Up Connection. "It's the place to be and be seen, to meet and mingle if you're an entrepreneur or aspire to be one."
Concert for Kathmandu Kids is a benefit for the Mitrata-Nepal Foundation for Children, a not for profit organization that helps disadvantaged children in Nepal. The concert is October 22 at 7 p.m. at Maryville University. Information about Mitrata and the benefit concert can be found at www.mitrata.org.
More information about the St. Louis Arch Angel investment group is found at www.stlouisarchangels.com.
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