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		<title>Learn more about Terms Sheets and Due Diligence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday April 13th, the Angel Forum is hosting a work shop in Vancouver titled Term Sheets and Due Diligence for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Advisors.
Should you attend? If you&#8217;re planning to invest in or raise private equity in the next 12 months, you may want to. Ask yourself:

Do you know what investors look for in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BC’s Clean Venture Competition and Forum this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BC’s Clean Venture Competition and Forum is the first and only undergraduate venture capital competition in Canada is taking place this Saturday, March 20th at UBC.
In January 132 students across 34 teams entered this competition and they are now down to 8 finalists.
Students will solve a real-world issue by developing a fantasy venture idea, presenting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/bc%e2%80%99s-clean-venture-competition-and-forum-this-weekend/</link>
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		<title>ACETECH delivers Market Entry Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a first time CEO or founder worried about how to take your new  technology to market?
On behalf of  the Discovery Foundation Education Program, ACETECH is delivering a Market Entry Program for very early stage technology companies. Taught by Ralph Turfus, the program provides a structured process and one-on-one mentoring from an experienced technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/acetech-delivers-market-entry-program/</link>
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		<title>Where are they now? 2005 First-Prize Winner &#8211; Traction Technologies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Partners at Traction Technologies of Kamloops, B.C. entered the New Ventures BC competition in 2005 and five years later, the first-prize winners are still talking about their competition experience on a weekly basis.
“We got far more out of the competition than we expected—in terms of connections to venture capitalists, business knowledge, just everything,” says Andrew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/where-are-they-now-2005-first-prize-winner-traction-technologies/</link>
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		<title>27th Angel Forum looking for Presenting Companies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for investors?
The Angel Forum is calling for company applications to present and exhibit to pre-screened private equity investors at the 27th Angel Forum on May 18th in Vancouver.
&#8220;The Angel Forum was one of the more valuable events we’ve been part of this year. It gave us direct access to active investors and the opportunity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/27th-angel-forum-looking-for-presenting-companies/</link>
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		<title>Where are they now?  TeamPages Inc. &#8211; 2007 Enbridge second-prize winner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, TeamPages Inc. won the $38,000 Enbridge second-prize package for its online social network for amateur sports teams.
Today, almost 30,000 teams, primarily in the U.S. and Canada, use TeamPages’ online tools to post their teams’ game and event schedules, track game scores and records, arrange carpools and volunteer schedules, and e-mail team members.
Since winning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/where-are-they-now-teampages-inc-2007-enbridge-second-prize-winner/</link>
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		<title>Small Business BC hosts Business Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small Business BC is celebrating B.C. entrepreneurs’ winning ideas by hosting their Successful You Business Contest &#38; Awards again this year. Founded in 2003, this is a free annual province-wide competition open to all new and existing small businesses.
The contest will continue to have the two Business Plan based award categories, the Business Concept Award [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/small-business-bc-hosts-business-awards/</link>
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		<title>Assessing the Opportunity Seminar on April 6th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The seminar schedule for the 2010 New Ventures BC Competition has been finalized and the first seminar on April 6th is a timely one for those considering entering the 2010 Competition. 
New Ventures BC&#8217;s own Bob de Wit and Elisabeth Maurer of LightIntegra Technology will be presenting Assessing the Opportunity and the seminar promises to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/assessing-the-opportunity-seminar-on-april-6th/</link>
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		<title>Lungpacer Founder receives LifeSciences BC 2010 Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LifeSciences British Columbia announced the recipients of the 2010        LifeSciences British Columbia Awards today and a 2009 New Ventures BC competitor was amongst the winners.
Lungpacer Medical picked up the New Ventures BC 3rd Place prize last year and founder Dr. Andy Hoffer was honoured with the Innovation &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/lungpacer-founder-receives-lifesciences-bc-2010-award/</link>
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		<title>Learn more about Cloud Computing at CloudCamp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver&#8217;s first every CloudCamp is taking place this Saturday, March 13th at Discovery Park on Great Northern Way. CloudCamp is a FREE full-day &#8220;unconference&#8221; where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas.
You will learn how to take advantage of cloud computing to do things you could not do before, to save money, to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newventuresbc.com/2010/03/learn-more-about-cloud-computing-at-cloudcamp/</link>
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