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CIT aims to increase commitment to the creation of knowledge, accelerate the transfer of that knowledge into the global marketplace and promote the growth of entrepreneurial firms.

For additional information, please contact:
Julie Light
Email: jlight@cit.org

The Charlottesville Venture Group was created in April 1998 to address the need for educating and promoting the Charlottesville entrepreneurial community in order to further enhance the intellectual, social, economic and human capital of our community, region and state.

CVG is an ideal environment for networking and learning about the capital access needs and opportunities in the region and beyond.

For additional information, please contact:
Claudia Johnson-Van Hoose
Email: cvg@cville-venture.org
Phone: 434-979-7259

Solutions for growing businesses. Full of information and resources.

For additional information, please contact:
Tim Browning
Email: tbrowning@entrepreneur.com
Phone: (949) 622-5269

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth. The Foundation focuses its operations and grantmaking on two areas: entrepreneurship and education.

For additional information, please contact:
Keith Mays
Email: kmays@emkf.org
Phone: (816) 932-1144

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) works to ensure that the nation's markets are vigorous, efficient and free of restrictions that harm consumers. To ensure the smooth operation of our free market system, the FTC enforces federal consumer protection laws that prevent fraud, deception and unfair business practices. The Commission also enforces federal antitrust laws that prohibit anticompetitive mergers and other business practices that restrict competition and harm consumers.

For additional information, please contact:
Gregory Hales
Email: ghales@ftc.gov
Phone: (202) 326-2795

The Global Venture Investors Association is a non-profit international venture capital association dedicated to expanding the early stage venture capital sector in countries around the world. GVIA does this by helping overseas investors, corporations, and financial institutions invest and become limited partners in venture capital firms from the U.S. and other countries. GVIA also helps venture firms from the U.S. and other countries develop strategic alliances with one another.

For business counseling from experts on financing, marketing and business planning, the place to go is the Greater Richmond Small Business Development Center. The SBDC also offers workshops designed to help small businesses succeed. The Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce operates the SBDC with our partners, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The Greater Richmond Technology Council is a member-driven association of businesses and organizations working together to ensure the continued growth of Central Virginia's dynamic technology-based economy. The Council includes both Technology and Associate members dedicated to the development of an infrastructure that supports the growth of existing technology industries and identifies the Greater Richmond region as a location of choice for new and emerging technology companies.

New Vantage Group (NVG) manages next-generation early-stage venture funds for active angel investors. NVG's founder, John May, pioneered this manager-led angel investment fund model in the greater Washington, DC region with angel investor Cal Simmons. Together they manage The Dinner Club, LLC, The eMedia Club, LLC, and The Washington Dinner Club, LLC. NVG is also an advisor to WomenAngels.net and Chesapeake Emerging Opportunity Club, LLC (www.ceopportunities.com).

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. NVTC has more than 1500 member companies representing over 170,000 employees. Our membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry including information technology, software, Internet, ISPs, ASPs, telecommunications, bioscience, and aerospace, as well as the service providers that support these companies. NVTC provides its members with: (1) over 150 networking and educational events per year; (2) comprehensive member benefit services, (3) public policy advocacy on a broad range of technology issues at the state and regional levels, with involvement in federal issues as they relate to workforce and education concerns; and (4) community service opportunities through active involvement in community projects and philanthropy through the NVTC Foundation.

For additional information, please contact:
Nancy Rollman
Email: nrollman@nvtc.org

Ideas and resources for entrepreneurs.

For additional information, please contact:
Tom Ehrenfeld
Email: cosmobul@tiac.net
Phone: (617) 354-6013

The PTO promotes industrial and technological progress in the United States and strengthens the national economy by 1) Administering the laws relating to patents and trademarks; 2) Advising the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the United States, and the administration on patent, trademark, and copyright protection; 3) Advising the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the United States, and the Administration on the trade-related aspects of intellectual property.

Mission: Maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters.

vFinance provides online tools and premium services to private companies, investors, public companies and institutions.

For additional information, please contact:
Dave Spector
Email: dave@vfinance.com
Phone: (561) 981-1015

Venture-Capital-Forum.COM provides free access to directories of venture capital firms around the globe. The site uses suggestions and tags to assist search.

For additional information, please contact:
Franz Chen
Email: admin@venture-capital-forum.com

VCIntelligence offers subscribers a Web-based solution to streamline the process of acquiring accurate information on venture capital firms and other sources of capital. The company maintains a database of detailed information on more than 1,800 firms, including the firms' investment preferences, office locations, management contacts, and the background on more than 14,000 portfolio companies.

Subscribers search through the database by specifying their own criteria; narrowing their results down to a manageable subset of firms they are interested in working with. The company has created business efficiencies by leveraging information gathered by its team of analysts with data gathering and knowledge management technology, providing a single access point to a knowledge base of information on venture capital firms and other sources of capital.

For additional information, please contact:
Molly Meeks
Email: molly.meeks@vcintelligence.com
Phone: 614-560-3822

Take advantage of the expertise available in The Venture Forum and get the advice you need. Entrepreneurs in Transition Mentoring Network provides help from another CEO or Expert Advisor who has already taken a growth business to the level to which you aspire. There is no fee if you qualify, but you must be willing to "pay forward," that is, to share your expertise.

For additional information, please contact:
Kim Thornton
Email: kthornton@pmionline.com