SVASE First Impressions Presenters Jan. 15, 2007

Chris Gill, CEO of SVASE, and I completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides. We had 116 unique inquiries for the January 15th event. I narrowed the list down to a final 16 presentations and that is where Chris and I focused most of our effort.

Congratulations to the following First Impressions Jan. 15th presenters:

• Guardian John Tedesco
• Legal Force Raj Abhyanker
• Vilong Carl Lin
• Settlenet Andrew Blaisdell
• QueerCity Oliver Kay

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 5 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

1. E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event in March.
2. SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
3. Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas