2nd Annual ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD

Monday June 13, 2005 - 12:00AM
Athenaeum Caltech

2nd Annual Entrepreneurship Award

June 13, 2005 at the Athenaeum Caltech
6:00 PM Dinner & Awards

Keynote Speaker:
WILLIAM M. REICHERT
Managing Director
Garage Technology Ventures

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Entretec invites your sponsorship and participation in this premier event in the Foothills Technology Corridor. The Entretec Entrepreneurship Award was established in 2004 to celebrate the business achievements of high-tech companies in our region, and draw attention to our growing cluster of world-class companies.

Last year?s winner, Evolution Robotics, Inc., an Idealab! company developing personal robotics, won the inaugural award in 2004. This year?s finalists include:

  • Bluebeam Software, Inc. invents, develops, and commercializes desktop software applications specifically designed to meet the unique needs of engineers and architects.
  • Guidance Software is a leader in computer forensics and incident response solutions. Its award winning EnCase? software is considered a standard forensic tool by corporate and government investigators.
  • Language Weaver commercializes a unique approach to automatic language translation using proprietary statistical translation algorithms. Its statistical machine translation software provides the highest quality output to date from machine translation.
  • Leisurelink is a travel technology and distribution company that has developed a Global Distribution System (GDS) for the vacation rental and time-share industry. LeisureLink's GDS positions the company as the leading electronic marketplace for researching, buying and selling vacation rentals.
  • MediaDefender, a division of Laguna Beach-based OnSystems Inc., has created software to track and block online trading of songs and other copyrighted materials.
  • X1 Technologies, Inc., an Idealab! Company, develops desktop search software and solutions for customers ranging from individual professional users to large enterprises. The company's award-winning software products provide PC users with the fastest way to find data.

William M. Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a leading investor in early-stage ventures, focuses on early stage information technology and materials science companies. He sits on the Boards of CaseStack, IP3 Networks, Miasole and WhiteHat Security. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Sponsorships

$1,500 members, $2,000 non-members

As a Table Sponsor your company receives:

  • Logo inclusion on all promotional materials on the event: newsletters, e-blasts (4,000 each) & Invitations (500).
  • Prominent logo inclusion on reserved table.
  • Invitation to VIP Reception.
  • Preferred seating at a reserved table (for 10).
  • 10 seats to the dinner for your guests.
  • Receive a verbal thank you for sponsorship during the event.
  • The opportunity to reach & directly network with the influential high-tech community:  CEO?s, academics & service providers.

For more information contact Stephanie C. Yanchinski, Executive Director, Pasadena Entretec, 626-356-9933 scy@pasadenaentretec.com