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Habitat For Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford To Deliver Keynote Address At ThinkEquity Partners Private Company And Venture Capital Summit
Other Keynotes Include John Battelle, author of The Search: How Google and its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture; Tony Perkins, Creator and Editor of the AlwaysOn Network, and Guy Kawaskai, author of The Art of the Start
San Francisco, CA - October 17, 2005 — Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity, will deliver a keynote address at next week's 2nd Annual "ThinkTomorrow~Today - A Private Company & Venture Capital Summit.
The conference, running October 17-19 at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay in Half Moon Bay, California will include many of the most innovative private companies in the market today and top venture capitalists sharing their views of where the big opportunities are being created for the future.
Since 1976 Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter. The tragedy with hurricane Katrina has put Habitat for Humanity on the forefront of relief efforts. "ThinkEquity's objective is to be the preeminent investment bank focused on growth companies", said Deborah Quazzo, Co-founder and President of ThinkEquity LLC. "Consistent with this vision is our mission of contributing back to the community and we view Habitat for Humanity as a vital partner in this endeavor."
Also featured at the conference will be keynote presentations from John Battelle, the founder of The Industry Standard magazine and the author of The Search: How Google and its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture. Tony Perkins, Creator and Editor-in-Chief of AlwaysOn will give a luncheon keynote on Oct. 18th. Additionally, Guy Kawasaki, Forbes.com columnist and the author of The Art of the Start, touted as 'the definitive guide for anyone starting anything,' will give a kickoff keynote.
"ThinkEquity's mission is to identify and partner with the 'stars of tomorrow' in their industries," said Michael Moe, Co-Founder and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners." "Our summit brings together those 'stars' with the leading thinkers and, most importantly, doers in the venture capital and entrepreneurial marketplace."
Among the private companies scheduled to present at the summit are: Abrika, Apollo Diamond, Arbor Networks, Inc., ArcSight, Aryx, BitPass, Inc., BLISS, cMarket, Handmark, K12, Kontiki, m-Qube, Molecular Imprints, NanoOpto Corp., Pay By Touch, PTC Therapeutics, PureVideo.com, Reactrix Systems, Inc., SchoolNet, Inc., Shutterfly, Veraz Networks, Inc., Visible Path, Visto, Yodlee and Zyvex. For a complete list of presenting companies and for more information on the summit, including how to register, visit ThinkTomorrow~Today.
About ThinkEquity
ThinkEquity is a research-centric institutional investment firm focused on the growth economy. ThinkEquity merger with Panmure Gordon in March 2007 provides its clients with global investment banking services. The firm is dedicated to providing focused insight, advisory services, and capital to institutional investors and corporate constituents in the knowledge economy's key growth verticals, including technology, healthcare, media/education and consumer/business services. For more information about ThinkEquity, please visit www.thinkequity.com. Member FINRA and SIPC.
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Peter Coleman
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