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ANNOUNCING: TRIANGLE ENTREPRENUERSHIP WEEK 2011

Interactive Symposium for North Carolina’s Startup Business Community

CONTACT: JON LEONARDO
JON@TRIANGLEEW.ORG
617-686-2848

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OCTOBER 31, 2011: The Triangle, NC – The first of it’s kind inaugural event for the North
Carolina business community, Triangle Entrepreneurship Week will take place November 14th
- 18th, 2011, at various venues throughout the Triangle. The stacked agenda includes speakers
such as Bob Young (Founder, Red Hat/Lulu), John Harthorne (Founder, MassChallenge), Brooks
Bell (Brooks Bell Interactive) and Heather Hesketh (Founder, hesketh.com) among others.
TEW aims to connect entrepreneurs, business leaders, and students to create opportunity, build
relationships, and develop ideas in order to strengthen the local entrepreneurship culture.

Ira Weiss, Dean of the NC State Poole College of Management states “Entrepreneurship Week is
a great event bringing together local entrepreneurs and local investors in the area. Collaboration
plays a critical role in the success of many small businesses and we feel Triangle EW will be a
great learning experience for our students.”

Triangle EW was conceived out of a desire to bolster the thriving business community in the area;
a region that is nicknamed the “New Silicon Valley” (NewsWeek ’10). Designed for entrepreneurs
by entrepreneurs, the multi-faceted symposium aims to answer pressing ‘real-world’ questions in
an intimate setting from business whizzes who have paved the way; the goal being that attendees
will walk away with applicable knowledge specific to their field.

Through a series of panel discussions, roundtables and forums designed to pair educational
opportunities with interactive discussion, registrants will gain valuable knowledge and learn from
each other and industry innovators to help navigate the course from start-up to empire. Attendees
will also have the extraordinary opportunity personally pitch their business plans and receive
advice and possibly funding from local Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors.

TEW will focus on various areas of industry and demographic groups such as Women
in Business, Food & Restaurant industry and ‘Eco Entrepreneurism’ just to name a few.
Entrepreneurs will find a unique value through a wealth of content directly designed for each
industry.

In addition to content-based events, attendees have the opportunity to network at social
functions throughout the week so entrepreneurs can build the relationships to help their
businesses succeed. For more information, to register and for schedule details please visit
www.triangleew.org. Registrations are $15 per event, or $99 for a one-week pass.

“Triangle EW is such a fantastic opportunity for entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors
to connect in a way that we have not seen in this area before. We look forward to showcasing
what the Triangle has to offer and supporting the local community,” states Jon Leonardo, Co-
Founder of Triangle Entrepreneurship Week.

This event is proudly supported by: TTYLapp.com, The Idea Hive, Triangle Blvd, The State
Club, Entrepreneurship Initiative at NC State, Poole College of Management at NC State, Scale
Finance, Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Durham Chamber, Bull City Forward, Center for Creative
Marketing, Inception Mico Angel Fund – RTP, and EntreDot.

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