Comerica's Technology and Life Sciences Division is one of the nation’s leading technology banking practices, offering a wide range of financial services tailored to corporate customers, entrepreneurs and professionals. Veteran bankers provide credit and financial services and products to young, growing, professionally backed technology and life sciences companies, as well as their more mature counterparts. The Technology and Life Sciences Division serves all major U.S. technology centers from offices coast-to-coast. Comerica is among the 20 largest banking companies in the nation, with $58 billion in assets as of December 31, 2006. For more information, visit www.comerica.com.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology and growth business enterprises worldwide. The firm's legal expertise serves clients at all stages of development, from venture-backed start-up companies to multi-billion dollar global enterprises. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's broad range of services and legal disciplines are focused on serving the principal challenges faced by management and the board of directors of the business enterprise. The firm, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, has offices in Austin, Kirkland, Reston, New York, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. For additional information: www.wsgr.com

The Band of Angels and Band of Angels Venture Fund invest across all high technology categories, representing the diverse interests and backgrounds of its membership. The Band of Angels is a formal group of 130 former and current high tech executives and entrepreneurs who provide counsel and capital to startup companies. The Band of Angels Venture Fund, L.P. is a $50M venture fund comprised exclusively of institutional partners including three corporations, two university endowments, and a large pension fund.

Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in seventeen cities and more than seven hundred attorneys collaborating across twenty-five major practice areas. The firm’s size, diversity, and state-of-the-art information systems enable us to offer a comprehensive, integrated range of legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. For more information, please visit us online at www.nixonpeabody.com.

Technology Ventures Corporation is a bridge between the public and private sector for the commercialization of technologies developed at the national laboratories and regional research universities. A non-profit foundation founded in 1993 by Lockheed Martin, Technology Ventures Corporation identifies technologies with commercial potential, coordinates the development of business capabilities and seeks various sources of equity capital. For more information, please call us at 925.960.1600 or visit us online at www.techventures.org.

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FountainBlue’s vision is to empower companies and executives, one conversation, one leader, one organization at a time. We intend to stimulate the empowering, collaborative, strategic leadership (what the ‘blue’ in our name represents) while focusing on shareholder needs and concrete results (what the ‘fountain’ in our name represents). To support our vision, we produce monthly events for decision-makers in the valley, create and support a community for executives and entrepreneurs, and provide results-oriented, strategy consulting for those in our community.

Early stage companies need to quickly set direction and implement these directives to drive immediate results. Felix Consulting partners with CEOs, founders and executive teams of software and services companies to achieve this objective. To learn about management consulting and interim leadership services that will jumpstart your company, visit Felix Consulting today.

Golden State Capital Network's (GSCN) vision is to enhance the economic vitality of regions with promising economic growth attributes. Our mission is to facilitate an environment where promising early-stage growth companies succeed. Entrepreneurs involved in the network have already secured at least $200 million in angel investments and venture capital funding since working with GSCN.

CEOs, presidents, business owners & leaders all thrive on the high reward, high responsibility role we play. The moments of triumph are matched with moments of self doubt and deep concern. Having a consulting CEO available is an effective way of harnessing another mind with years of CEO experience, applied to your unique situation and set of circumstances. Visit us at www.ceotoceo.biz

The Alliance of Chief Executives is an exclusive organization for chief executives who run public and private companies in virtually every industry and market sector. If you would like the opportunity to gain fresh strategic insights and ideas by engaging in confidential strategic discussions with other CEOs, please visit us at www.allianceofceos.com and contact us so we can determine if there is a fit for you within the Alliance community of CEOs.