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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rick Soto of "The Journal
for Innovation" (TJFI) Attends Two Unique Conferences That Focused on
Venture Finance as well as Branded Entertainment
Rick Soto of The
Journal for Innovation (TJFI) continues to add value
to his intellectual capital.
The two conferences that were attended by Rick Soto include the [1]
Los
Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) - 2003 Investment
Capital Conference (ICC) held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel within
Downtown Los Angeles, and [2] Institute
for International Research (IIR) - The Branded Entertainment
Summit held at Beverly Hilton Hotel within Beverly Hills.
"This is the fourth year I have attended the LAVA ICC host of sessions
and every year I learn something new particularly what the current trends
are regarding venture finance," declared Rick Soto, Principal Analyst
& Editor of The Journal for Innovation (TJFI) a division of MultiTalent
Management (MTM). "I strongly recommend IIR conferences, they continue
to provide best-of-class events and I have been to over 70 conferences
/ events to date."
The
LAVA 2003 Investment Capital Conference
covered informative sessions from top speakers in a variety of areas,
such as: angel investors, corporate investments, high yield debt, initial
public offerings (IPOs), private placement, strategic alliances, venture
capital financing, investment banking, et al. This year's case study
looks at two successful capitalists. The first is the founder of PayPal
(NASDAQ: EBAY)
+ Zip2 (NYSE: HPQ)
+ SpaceX, while the second is the CEO of NetZero
+ Juno
+ Bluelight
= United
Online (NASDAQ: UNTD).
We learn valuable funding and strategic management issues from these
two accomplished capitalists during tough economic times yet surviving
very successfully to tell us about their lessons.
The
Branded Entertainment Summit looks at how Hollywood
and Madison Avenue are working together in forming winning business
models. Highlights from the conference include: Creative Director of
Nike
(NYSE: NKE)
explaining their world class marketing campaigns; VP of Coca-Cola
(NYSE: KO)
regarding their partial venture interest into American
Idol (The Red Room); VP of The
William Morris Agency (WMA)
illustrating via business model on how Hollywood and Madison Avenue
are working together through their consulting lead; VP of Eastman
Kodak (NYSE: EK)
customized presentation on the ways of sponsorships at film festivals;
and, former lead singer of Van
Halen and founder of Cabo
Wabo Tequila luncheon speech on building the Cabo
Wabo located at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
About The Journal for Innovation (TJFI)
The Journal for Innovation (TJFI) specializes in researching innovative
ideas, methods, strategies, opportunities and technologies from world
class industry leaders. This valuable intellectual capital targets the
innovative elite via articles and case studies located at http://www.tjfi.net
About MultiTalent Management (MTM)
MultiTalent Management (MTM) provides consulting services to traditional,
transitional & eBusiness entities. Through its network approach - in
which the company enhances its consulting and outsourcing expertise
through alliances, affiliated companies (Fortune 500 & Global 2000 corporations)
and other capabilities within eBusiness, eMarketing, eSecurity and Talent
Management. Its home page is http://www.multitalentmanagement.com
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