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 The 1st annual GAIN Shoot Out Startups, this is your chance to pitch to A investors.  Students, entrepreneurs, and techies, come and learn how it’s done. The deadline for applications to be a presenter at the First Annual GAIN Shoot-Out investor presentation event is noon, this Friday, September 23. All accepted presenters will get an hour of presentation evaluation and suggestions for improvement from a team of experienced entrepreneurs, investors and experts in other matters important to…See More

Gainesville's Happy Hour for Startup-Minded People

Introducing The  2011 Cade Prize Sweet 16: Wine & Cheese ReceptionRsvp now and join The Cade Museum, GAIN and GTEC as we celebrate this year's Cade Prize Semi-Finalists—the 2011 Sweet 16. PAY AT THE DOOR:$  5 - 2011 GAIN Members$10 - Non-GAIN Members RSVP right here on GAINnet!More Info: Donna Foster, GAIN Community Manager at GAIN.Donna@gmail.com THANK YOU!  Cade Prize Sponsors and Supporters:Gainesville Community FoundationGTEC - Gainesville Technology Enterprise CenterGAIN - Gainesville…See More

Panel Discussion & Networking MixerHow I Sold My Tech CompanyTuesday, October 19Panel Discussion – 4:00-5:30 p.m.Networking Mixer – 5:30-7 p.m.Rsvp at MyGAIN / Pay $5 at the DoorEntrepreneur Panelists:Dr. Rahul RazdanFormer CEO of WiPower, acquired by Fortune 500 Corporation for an undisclosed sum.Randy ScottFormer CEO of NovaMin, acquired by GlaxoSmithKline for $135 million.Jeff LyonsFormer CCO of MindSolve Technologies, acquired by SumTotal Systems.You’ll learn about:• The BeginningHow…See More

On October 5, 2010, the Florida Venture Forum will host its third Annual Early Stage Venture Capital Conference at the Omni Orlando Resort in ChampionsGate, Florida. The Florida Venture Forum is now calling for outstanding private companies from the state of Florida to apply to be presenters at the Conference. The Florida Venture Forum is Florida’s premier organization focused on assisting entrepreneurs of emerging companies as they develop their businesses and raise capital.The principal…See More

Gainesville-based nurse David K. Williams developed the idea behind RegisterPatient during his more than 17 years in the medical field, where he regularly witnessed the frustrating inefficiencies of the patient registration process. With a strong background in computer programming, David and his team developed RegisterPatient throughout a five-year period. Today, more than 30,000 patients are using the online patient registration system.…See More

Craig Silverstein has been able to take a pretty close look at Google since he was the first employee hired by Google’s founders. Craig, who was a Bar Mitzvah right here at B’nai Israel, is coming back on July 25 at 2 p.m. to discuss the development of search capabilities at Google and what the future holds for search engines. We are thrilled that we can provide this service to our members and the community for free.Craig has been at Google for 10 years. He directed the infrastructure…See More