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Come enjoy the 3rd annual Fast Pitch contest and find out who will take home the coveted baseball bat and other prizes!  Tickets are $5.00 for GAIN Stakeholders and $10.00 for future stakeholders.  Want to try your hand at pitching your company idea?  There is a $20.00 application fee (refundable if you are not selected) and an added $10.00 per additional company representative involved in active pitching.  To apply as a pitcher, click on this link: …See More

Event Details</<P>2013 GAIN Fast PitchEvent Details Time: April 11, 2012 from 5pm to 7pm Location: The Hampton Inn, DowntownCity/Town: Gainesville Event Type: pitch, competition Organized By: GAIN Latest Activity: March 4, 2013…See More

GAIN Monthly Luncheon Speaker Series featuring Nik Kundra, CEO of Partender  ABOUT NIKHIL "NIK" KUNDRA  After graduating with his BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2011, Kundra decided to take a year off before medical school to get a Master's in Entrepreneurship at UF after his sister (Anjali) noticed that he always spent his free time reading about technology and UI/UX instead of reading medical journals. ABOUT PARTENDER  Partender  is a…See More

GAIN Educational EventCome learn about Crowdsourced Equity Funding with EarlyShares.com . GAIN is featuring a workshop and networking mixer! The workshop will cover the basics of Equity CrowdFunding, which was legalized under the 2012 JOBS Act, and will provide crucial information for area entrepreneurs and investors about how they can become involved!!!* Click here to Pre-Pay Online & Make Check in Faster or you…See More

There is a Wine Tasting scheduled at Lee May's Home! John Spence and Fred Hutchison are guests and we will talk Entrepreneurship while enjoying wine provided by Tipples!Space is limited to 30 so RSVP leemay@gainnet.org as soon as possible. There will be a $20.00 cost to attend See More

Please join us for lunch while we listen to distinguished panelists provide valuable information about how to apply for SBIR grants, STTR grants, NIH grants and U.S. Dept. of Defense contracts.  Moderator:  David Day, Director, Office of Technology Licensing, University of FloridaPanelists: James D. Talton, PhD, Co-Founder, President and CEO - NanotherapeuticsMelissa Dupree, PhD, Government Relations Consultant - Fabiani & CompanyStephen Larner, PhD, Director, Finance and Grants - Banyan…See More

Please join us for lunch while we listen to distinguished panelists provide valuable information about how to apply for SBIR grants, STTR grants, NIH grants and U.S. Dept. of Defense contracts.  Moderator:  David Day, Director, Office of Technology Licensing, University of FloridaPanelists: James D. Talton, PhD, Co-Founder, President and CEO - NanotherapeuticsMelissa Dupree, PhD, Government Relations Consultant - Fabiani & CompanyStephen Larner, PhD, Director, Finance and Grants - Banyan…See More

GAIN Monthly Luncheon Speaker Series Who:Ryan McCabe and Daniel SosaWhen:Wednesday, January 30, 2012, 11:30am until 1:00pmWhere:Carrabbas's Italian Grill, 3021 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, FloridaWhat is Ocoos ?  Ocoos is a silicon-valley backed internet marketing solution based in Ocala, Fl.  The firm was founded in mid 2011, and recently made a major product release in October 2012.  The firm has attracted very senior talent for its board (President of P&G/Duracell, CEO AMD, Private Equity,…See More