Full Metro Business Calendar for April 16

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Full Metro Business Calendar for April 16
Speakers_ Tammy Cummings, senior vice president Human Resource and Director of Diversity & Inclusion; Kim Nguyen, assistant vice president, Treasury and Payment Services and FRB Asian Employee Resource Network Leader. Topic: "The Federal Reserve Bank …
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TechTarget Launches SearchFinancialApplications.com to Help Educate Finance …
… financial planning and forecasting has never been greater and, as such, we continue to see heightened demand for innovative business software designed to help streamline the complex operational processes that span today's finance and HR departments …
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Six-figure salaries in region dominated by executives and doctors
"These days, salaries are all about what the market will bear," said Lee Weisiger, a partner in The Titan Group, a human-resource consulting firm based in Henrico County. For instance, the list of professions that earn more than $ 100000 is dominated by …
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New Product for Apple MacBook Seeks Crowd-Source Funding

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Birmingham , Ala. (PRWEB) February 29, 2012

A Birmingham product design firm, Red Mountain Labs, Inc., is turning to the Internet to fund a new product idea.

Kickstarter.com allows entrepreneurs to pitch a product idea, raise startup capital and validate consumers demand for their product without risking much time and money. People submit projects to Kickstarter.com for review. If selected, the project has a set time to raise a targeted budget.

Kickstarters or project supporters can pledge as little as $ 1 on up to hundreds of dollars on projects. Supporters receive products from the first production run, T-shirts, and gratitude. If the project does not raise the allotted budget in the fundraising window, all pledges are cancelled, no money changes hands and the project isnt funded.

Kickstarter funds a variety of projects including art projects. According to recent LA Times article, Kickstarter will surpass the National Endowment for the Arts by distributing $ 150 million in 2012; the NEA will distribute $ 146 million.

Weve been following Kickstarter for a while now and were excited by the success stories., said Gene Eighmy, Principal at Red Mountain Labs. I came up with the macbands idea after scratching my MacBook power adapter. Its a simple idea that people liked and seemed like a great fit to try as a Kickstarter project.

The macbands product protects the Apple Magsafe laptop power adapter and prevents it from sliding off desks and sofas. Its sleek, minimal design allows use of the existing cable guide and AC power option features and doesnt cover up the Apple logo.

Funds raised will be used to create two molds; one for the larger MacBook and MacBook Pro and a second for the smaller MacBook Air, and to purchase material. A few colors will be offered initially but the company has plans to add additional colors, animal patterns, and sports team logos. Price for the macband will retail at $ 9.99.

To learn more about the project, readers can visit the pitch page here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/429632248/macbands-for-macbook-pro-and-air-power-adapters

or http://www.macbands.com

About Red Mountain Labs, Inc.

Red Mountain Labs develops technology for consumer electronics, computer, IT and medical clients and develops custom iPhone and iPad apps and hardware. http://www.redmountainlabs.com

Media contact:

Gene Eighmy

gene(at)macbands(dot)com

Phone: 205-566-1961

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Webcast To Explore How Mid-market Companies are Generating Profits and Differentiation with IT

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 23, 2010

Next Tuesday, June 29, at 2 p.m. ET, CIO Magazine Contributing Editor and BizTechReports.Com Editorial Director, Lane Cooper will host a webcast on the changing role of technology in the upper end of the middle market ($ 750 million to $ 3.5 billion). Executives in this segment of the market have witnessed dramatic growth in the volume and complexity of their technology infrastructure investments over the past decade. In that time data that must be managed has exploded, as the role of information has become an intrinsic part of many organizations’ central value proposition.

The question that begs to be asked is:


How effectively are mid-market IT resources being managed compared to Fortune 500 organizations on one end the spectrum, and up and coming Inc. 500 on the other?
This highly interactive executive conversation will explore:

Common mistakes that take mid-market companies off target;
How IT service providers often fail the mid-market; and
What mid-market executives can do to turn IT into an offensive weapon.

Participants in the panel discussion will be:

Kevin Dunn, Vice President, Network Operations, First Command Financial Planning, where he is responsible for defining and solving business problems through the application of state-of-the-art information technology. With over 20 years of experience in information systems, Mr. Dunn leads a team of dedicated professionals responsible for the daily operations of First Command’s information technology infrastructure.
Mike Keogh, Vice President, CompuCom, where he is responsible for managing the delivery of on-site and remote IT services to clients in a variety of industry segments. With over 15 years of experience in service design, service operations, and relationship management, Mr. Keogh focuses on how mid-market organizations can improve technology operations to maximize the business value of IT.
Lane Cooper, Contributing Editor to CIO Magazine and Editorial Director of BizTechReports.Com will moderate the webcast. An industry journalist who has covered the impact of technology on business operations for the past 20 years, Mr. Cooper will take your questions and present them to our panelists to foster an insightful dialog on the practical steps mid market executives can take to get the most of their technology investments.

To register for the discussion, (or for the on-demand version of the discussion after Tuesday) visit:

http://info.compucom.com/content/2010MidMarketWebcastRegistration

About First Command

First Command Financial Services and its subsidiaries, including First Command Bank and First Command Financial Planning, assist American families in their efforts to build wealth, reduce debt and pursue their lifetime financial goals and dreams–focusing on consumer behavior as the first and most powerful determinant of results. Through personalized financial plans that emphasize accumulating wealth while reducing risk, First Command Financial Advisors have established lasting relationships with hundreds of thousands of client families since 1958. For more information visit: http://www.firstcommand.com.

About CompuCom

With more than 20 years of IT experience, CompuCom’s outsourcing services include: infrastructure management, application development, architecture and governance services, and procurement, deployment, and maintenance of hardware and software. From the desktop to the data center, CompuCom’s IIM solution reduces costs, increases productivity and helps clients gain maximum value from information. To learn more, visit: http://www.CompuCom.com.

About BizTechReports.Com

BizTechReports.Com is an independent reporting agency with offices in Washington, DC and the San Francisco Bay Area that analyzes user trends in business technology. BizTechReports.Com explores the role that technology products and services play in the overall economy and/or in specific vertical industries. Our Business Technology Reports are often based on Independent Field Surveys which provide a foundation for performing gap analyses that highlight the capabilities of current technology investments and contrast them against emerging requirements in the market. For more information, visit: http://www.biztecheports.com

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Beringea Exits Organic Baby Food Company Plum Baby

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Detroit (Vocus) June 10, 2010

Beringea has sold its stake in premium organic baby food purveyor Plum Baby to Darwin Private Equity. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

The company, founded in 2006 by former chef and mother of three Susie Willis, pioneered the premium baby food sector in the United Kingdom and has witnessed dramatic year-on-year growth. Its award-winning range of over 50 products, created with the ethos of “real food for babies, not just baby food,” is distributed in all major British supermarkets and includes baby food puree pots, purees in pouches, baby cereals, fromage frais and baby biscuits and snacks.

Our investment in Plum has been a rewarding one. Under the leadership of a strong, dynamic management team the company is now in a market-leading position, ” said Karen McCormick, investment director at Beringea. “I am delighted that Darwins purchase of Plum will enable the company to move forward to its next stage of growth and that we have been able to realize a profitable exit for our shareholders.

The initial investment in Plum Baby was made in 2007 by Beringeas ProVen Health Venture Capital Trust fund.

Beringea is an international private equity and investment banking firm with offices in Detroit, London and Shanghai. Beringea’s funds invest in a range of small- to medium-sized companies with the potential for high growth and strong returns for investors. Beringea is the manager of funds, including the InvestMichigan! Growth Capital Fund, InvestCare Partners, Global Rights Fund II and the ProVen family of venture capital trusts. For more information, visit http://www.beringea.com.

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Get a Free Website for Your Property for Listing With Rentini

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Get a Free Website for Your Property for Listing With Rentini
Rentini believes that this initiative will be very attractive for homeowners wanting to run their vacation rentals as a business. It allows homeowners to have their own URL, which is easy to use in print advertising and pass on to others.
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Local Corporation Launches In-Player Video Distribution Channel in Rovion Ad …
By Business Wire Local Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading online local media company, today announced new online video ad capabilities for its rich media solutions, powered by the Rovion ad management platform. Users can now develop creative for …
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Inside the Beltway: The Hermanator returns

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Inside the Beltway: The Hermanator returns
The former White House hopeful instead touts his “9-9-9 tax,” which would level a straight 9 percent tax on individuals, business and sales. See his ideas here: http://cainsolutionsrevolution.com. The uber-rich would pay their fair share like everyone …
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Abraxas To Present At The IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium
By Business Wire 04/13/12 – 09:37 AM EDT Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:AXAS) is scheduled to present at the Independent Petroleum Association of America's (“IPAA”) Oil & Gas Investment Symposium to be held April 16 – 18, 2012 in New York.
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Latest Crowd Sourcing News

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Crowdsourcing Innovation: How To Make Sure You Spot The Best Ideas
Brands seeking the wisdom of crowds often look for that one-in-a-million, "original" idea. They might be missing an important insight hiding in plain sight. The collective is a powerful thing. Crowdsourcing competitions can draw huge results, …
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Crowdsortium Welcomes Interim Board of Directors
The first crowdsourcing industry group, Crowdsortium, takes next step in guiding the industry by announcing leaders as its interim board of directors. Boulder, Colo. (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 Crowdsortium, the first crowdsourcing industry group, …
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Crowdsourcing Start-Up Spotlight: MentorMob
Curated knowledge as a product of crowdsourcing has proven itself in the past (& Wikipedia may still be crowdsourcing's most powerful example), but does it live up to its reputation in the form of playlists? What do you think?
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Latest Financial Planning Worksheet,Blog News

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American Academy of Dermatology Launches Mission Critical Global Association …

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American Academy of Dermatology Launches Mission Critical Global Association …
The new website is instrumental in the association's strategy to build and support an innovative, comprehensive web experience management foundation. Bridgeline's iAPPS Product Suite is the industry's leading Web Experience Management (WEM) solution …
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New ICT Academy Targets Software Development
Nyirishema said government through RDB has developed a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) strategy and was in the process of trying to attract investors in the sector. "BPO is a sector that we (government) want to develop and the prerequisite …
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Music Startup Academy to bring entrepreneurs together
Next month, the academy will go to Los Angeles. The New York City Music Startup Academy sold out six sessions over six weeks, with 75 to 100 attendees at each session, according to Bill Wilson, vice president of digital strategy and business …
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Is the world ready for another good 'Titanic' cry?
"Titanic 3D" will not likely reach the box office heights of the film's initial release — industry analysts expect it to open at $ 25 million to $ 30 million in the US But the movie will serve as a strong test case for the business model of 3-D …
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Is it Possible to Make Money Online? – Eureka Advertising Launches Survey

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(PRWEB) February 29, 2012

While many scramble to create a six figure income online using a variety of affiliate marketing and product creation techniques, a digital expert from Eureka Advertising has his hand on the worlds pulse in hopes of finally answering, Is it really possible to make money online?

As Kishore shared, After visiting hundreds of forums about making money online, I was inspired to do a survey on the topic to see how online users feel about this increasingly important topic.

It is also amazing to see the number of books that are coming out every year about the topic of making money online. Kishore continues, A peek at amazon.com or a stroll through your local bookstore will show you the growing interest in affiliate marketing and building a home based business using the internet.

From How to Think and Grow Rich to The E-Code and Online Marketing Success Stories, we have seen a slew of books on the topic. But it was the Crowd Sourcing book that gave Dharmarajan the idea of getting large groups of people to supply accurate answers. Kishore added, Thats when I decided to use the power of the Internet to literally ask the world if they believed it was possible to make money online fast and compile the responses using sophisticated database technology.

Kishore also revealed another reason for taking his income quiz to the world. I have seen countless videos that sell the dream of push-button money making schemes. Most of these are not genuine videos and are created by shady characters who try to dupe honest folks. Instead of railing against these make money online videos, I decided to turn tables and ask online users about their own experiences.

Utilizing sophisticated database technology as part of his role as an Internet expert, Mr. Kishore will publish the answer to Is it possible to make money online once responses to his income quiz have been tabulated from around the world.

Kishore encourages people of all countries to take the income quiz. Respondents will be added to a special notification list alerting respondents when survey results are published. The survey, and the details of the participation, can be viewed at http://www.6figureearnings.com.

Several online newsletters have publicized the income quiz. Mr. Kishore hopes to make world news of a more inspirational kind when he has the answer in hand.

To submit answers to the question, Is it possible to make money online? and register to discover the collective responses when results are made available, visit six figure income survey or reach Kishore Dharmarajan directly at (0097150) 698-6164.

About:

Kishore Dharmarajan is the author of Sniper Marketing and a trusted authority on Social Media Marketing and Digital Marketing. Besides Sniper Marketing, Kishore Dharmarajan has published two books including Eightstorm: 8 Step Brainstorming for Innovative Managers, Beyond Guerrilla Marketing, How to Think & Innovate Like Steve Jobs and has spoken in front of thousands on such topics as Social Media Marketing and Digital Marketing.

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