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It Started Out on Atari Game Computers and Now It's on Cable TV and More

With all the distractions and businesses making their pitch, it has been getting more challenging to get your message out to the right people. Dale Lemke, President of Display Systems International (DSI) and past Chairman of SATA is coming to Denver the week of October 9, 2007 with a Trade Mission from Canada along with some other very innovative and dynamic companies.

Display Systems International manufactures and markets industry leading character generators and video bulletin board systems. Common names for these products include digital signage, information display system, events channel, community channel, or even dynamic signage. All these mean the same thing - getting your information out to your audience. Colorado is a hot-bed for Internet, cable, phone, in fact, every facet of the broadening telecom industry. Digital signage is growing with these and other industries. DSI does business with all the big cable companies as well as schools, hotels, hospitals, casinos, gated communities, convention centers and the list goes on. Listen to his interview and if you have an interest, contact Larry at w3w3.com and he can set up a face-to-face meeting with Dale. LISTEN

Related Links: Display Systems Int'l || CTP Channel || Doing Business with Canada || David Smith: Denver Canadian Consulate || Bytes: 8010608

Sophisticated Angel Investors Take It Up a Notch

Securing angel investment today has changed a great deal in the last 2, 4 and 6 years. Gary Held, president of CTEK (C = Capital - T = Technology - E = Entrepreneurship - K = Knowledge) reflects back on his own angel investment he made in the 1980s. He and many others like him wish there was a CTEK back when he made some of his first investments. Back then, it was common for an angel investor to make an investment based on if this was someone they knew, were they liked and if it sounded like a good idea. Today, you need more than that just to get an appointment. In short, angel investors have become more sophisticated, knowledgeable, and there are angel support mechanisms that help the entire process. Gary points out the most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs when trying to get angel funding. He also feels this is a great time for entrepreneurs to get started. CTEK has a couple of very powerful programs coming up that both angel investors and entrepreneurs should check out. LISTEN

Related Links: CTEK Angels Live || Power of Angel Investing || CTEK || Venture Capital Channel || > Bytes: 11743297

Leadership, Management, Production: Friends or Foes?

Most people go through life not ever really understanding their strengths and what they can capitalize on. On the other hand, they don't always understand their personal challenges that often sabotage their potential success.

It's all about people. People cause all problems and people solve all problems.

Before we try to understand and harness the world, we need to start with ourselves. Here's a program that will help you "Unravel the People Puzzle - It's Powerful • Proven • People-Oriented." All people are part of this equation. 'Quality is the enemy of innovation, innovation is the enemy of quality, and people get in the way of both'. A great organization needs to focus on all three (quality, innovation, people), all the time and a great manager must make decisions based on all three. The 3-Filters Technology offers a way for dealing with these conflicting needs. At the RMIMA Fall Information Technology Leadership Series, Larry Nelson, using 3-Filters Technology specifics will address these key topics...What you need to know before your next promotion... What you wish you had known before your last promotion...What you need to know to grow your company to the next level. LISTEN

Related Links: Leadership Series || Institute for Change Research || RMIMA || Training Trends || > Channel: Training

Building Partnerships with Vision, Innovation and Collaboration - Canadian Style

A win/win bridge has been created for Canadian and Colorado organizations. If you have done business in Canada you know how pleasurable and profitable it is. If you are exploring international trade for the first time, there's not a better place to start than with our Canadian friends. The Canadian Consulate in Denver is coordinating a Trade Mission and has arranged for their visit during the CSIA DEMOgala and will be here the week of October 9, 2007. Larry Nelson of w3w3.com will introduce you to an exciting Canadian company and arrange for a face-to-face meeting in Denver to qualified organizations. Every week we will be posting more information and interviews (so you can hear from them in their own words) about your potential Canadian partner. The Canadian companies are taking the first step...don't miss out on this rare opportunity.

On-Line Software Connects with Clients, Caregivers, Educators, and Colleagues

Greg Sutton's sister Marnee, a speech language therapist would spend 3 to 4 hours per day driving from school to school, health care facilities to see patients and spent only 2 to 3 hours per day in therapy sessions and the rest of the time writing reports. That challenge created an entrepreneurial surge that provided the solution for the industry epidemic, "The plight of the speech therapist." TinyEYE's on-line software enables Speech-Language Pathologists to use a head-set and web camera to connect with clients, caregivers, educators, and colleagues for consultation and therapy services. Our remote therapy solution is leading the telehealth industry into its next era.TinyEYE Technology Corporation reduces costs and increases time spent with clients for Speech and Language Pathologists’ (SLP) practices. Children and their parents say, It's fun and it works." TinyEYE is traveling to Denver in October with the Canadian Trade Mission and is looking for Colorado partners. LISTEN

Related Links: TinyEYE || Doing Biz with Canada || David Smith || Building a Win/Win Bridge for Canada & the US || Channel: In the News > Canada >Bytes: 6143898> 8/27/07

eBags Expanding While Deleting Its 50% Brain Drain

When we started eBags our goal was to create a billion dollar company. It takes a lot of capital; we ended up raising $30 million dollars (prior to 9/11) – that ended up being a great thing for eBags explains Jon Nordmark, co-founder and CEO of eBags. When I was trying to do eBags, I knew, from all the research I’d done, that 10% of all bag sales came from catalog sales. I was confident that at least that many would purchase online as they’d already bought without seeing and touching. Then we got into the shoe business – we sold that recently. It was very successful, quadrupled the size of the site in 3 years. It grew rapidly, but it only grew to be 11% of eBags total sales, but it was taking 50% of our heads! So what we’ve done is refocused back on bags. Larry and Pat also got some great entrepreneurial and networking advice from Jon. LISTEN Part 2 of 2  -  If you haven't heard Part 1 of 2 CLICK HERE

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Angel Investors, Term Sheets, Valuation and Control

A good target audience, vetting system, for your business plan or executive summary would be your corporate or business or finance lawyer. Because if they are not getting it after the first two sentences, it’s likely the angel investor isn’t going to do any better points out Mark Weakley , Partner, Holme Roberts & Owen, Boulder as he addressed questions about getting healthy financing from angel investors. Mark brought up some poignant thoughts about term sheets and evaluation. Valuation is often looked at by the entrepreneur only in terms of ‘how much of the company am I going to have to give up?’ They’re not thinking about the return that the angle wants to have. The entrepreneur is thinking if my valuation of the company is $4 mil and I have to raise $2 mil, then I have to give up ½ of the company. There you see the entrepreneur’s interest is control, management, other issues; and they’re not really thinking ‘What makes sense for the angel?’ LISTEN Part 2 of 2 - If you haven't heard Part 1 of 2 CLICK HERE

Related Links: Holme Roberts & Owen || It's the Law Interviews || CTEK Angels || Rockies Venture Club || >> Channels: Venture Capital Channel || It's the Law > bytes: 18325319

Interactive Media - Bridging Saskatchewan and Colorado

During the week of October 9, 2007 Deborah Black, President of the Saskatchewan Interactive Media Association will be joining a number of other Canadian organizations in a trade mission to Colorado. Deborah's organization is looking for partners on this two-way bridge between Canada and Colorado. They are looking for Colorado partner companies in addition to individuals who could be speakers at their events and developers in joint programs. Interactive communication, enabled by the application of new technologies and techniques is a rapidly evolving field. Saskatchewan Interactive started in 1995 and is in the leading edge of computer gaming in the traditional sense, moving into online games, advergaming, serious games, and games for health...education is also an important issue for them. LISTEN

Related Links: Doing Biz with Canada || In the News || Building a Win/Win Bridge for Canada & the US || > Bytes: 7304780

Heidi Roizen : Living in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Heidi Roizen has spent her entire life in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Silicon Valley, first as an entrepreneur and ultimately as a venture capitalist helping other entrepreneurs build the great companies of tomorrow. She is currently a Managing Director of Mobius Venture Capital, a venture fund with over $2 billion under management. Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT board member, Lee Kennedy with Larry Nelson, co-founder of w3w3.com explore the 'legend behind the lady entrepreneur'. They got some great advice for all who want to build a substantial company. Heidi's father continues to be influential in her thoughts and actions. Heidi's definition of common sense networking is an understanding of what to give in return and to ask for help when it is appropriate. Her long-time friendship with Bill and Melinda Gates is very inspiring and explains why she considers passion, tenacity and learning new things key to building the future. A day before this interview, Heidi funded a new company...there will be news here. LISTEN

Related Links: Mobius Venture Capital || NCWIT Heroes || NCWIT Blog || CO Coalition for Gender and IT || NCWIT Practice || NCWIT Channel || >Bytes: 16585563

International Human Rights Has a High-Tech Friend

Gillian Caldwell is a film maker and an attorney with experience in the areas of international human rights, civil rights, intellectual property, contracts, and family law. She is the Executive Director of witness.org, which uses the power of video to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses. Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT board member, Lee Kennedy explore the makeup of and how Witness operates and Gillian's background as well as her take on the personal characteristics of a successful entrepreneur. She earned her way into the circle of fame of the NCWIT Heroes. Gillian was formerly the Co-Director of the Global Survival Network, where she coordinated a two-year undercover investigation into the trafficking of women for forced prostitution from Russia and the Newly Independent States that helped spur new anti-trafficking legislation in the U.S. and abroad.

Related Links: Witness || NCWIT Heroes || NCWIT Blog || CO Coalition for Gender and IT || NCWIT Practice || NCWIT Channel || >Bytes: 20014710> LISTEN

IT Strategies for Physicians, Hospitals and the Patients

In the past physicians made notes into a paper file during your visit (some still do), and that was the ‘medical record’. When you left your doctor’s office, that paper went into a folder and sat on a shelf. There are many limitations to that, you can’t look at data across time. And you’re also limited if you go to a different doctor, because they have a different piece of paper that sits on a different shelf. We felt the ‘electronic record’ would bridge that gap and overall improve the delivery of care to patients. Terry Morreale, Senior Engineer, Applied Trust and Dena Somers, Director of Clinical Information Systems, Children’s Hospital discuss some life-saving IT strategies for physicians and hospitals as Children's actually has computers in every exam room. Dena describes her department as “The bridge between the IT department, the technologists and the clinicians."

Related Links: Children's Hospital Denver || Women in IT Channel || Applied Trust Engineering || FIND It || >Bytes: 11246344> LISTEN