Get On the Road to TechLaunch 4.0

Boise, ID - May 8, 2007 - TechConnect West announced today the schedule for participation in TechLaunch 4.0.

TechLaunch 4.0 will be held July 11 and 12 in Boise, ID and features cash prizes of over $10,000 for winning venture presentations.

TechLaunch is focused on preparing entrepreneurial companies in Idaho that want or need to find financing to start and grow the state’s new companies. Companies must have or create a business plan, a business plan presentation and an elevator speech. The business plan, presentation and elevator speech are presented to a panel of judges that represent segments of the financing continuum, both debt and equity. The panel then provides feedback to each of the presenting companies.

Since 2003, twenty-three companies have competed at TechLaunch. Those companies have gone on to raise more than $15 million in R&D and investment funding.

Each TechConnect office will conduct a regional qualifying round for entrepreneurial companies. Six to eight companies will be selected to attend TechLaunch 4.0 in Boise to compete for prize money and receive feedback from the judging panel.

The schedule for the TechConnect West regional qualifying round is as follows:

TechLaunch West seminars ?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ?ì May 31st 1:00-2;30 pm and 6:00-7:30 pm and June 2nd 9:00-10:30 am All seminars will be held at the TECenter on the Boise State West Campus at 5465 West Terra Linda Way, Nampa. Any company who wants to participate MUST attend one of the three seminars. The seminars will cover: Rules of the Road, Getting Dressed for the Party, Presentation Skills and the Elevator Pitch.

TechLaunch West Applications ?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ?ì Closing date is 5:00 pm on June 8, 2007.

TechLaunch West Competition ?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ?ì Will be held June 15th at the TECenter. Judges will be from the Treasure Valley.

For more information contact Rick Ritter at 562.3700 or e-mail rick.ritter@idahotechconnect.com or Krissa Wrigley at 562.3701 or e-mail krissa.wrigley@idahotechconnect.com. For additional information visit www.idahotechconnect.com.

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