CES2013:ShowStoppers and NY Angels Partner with CEA to produce Official Eureka Park Pitch Event for Entrepreneurs.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jes�s.

CES2013: ShowStoppers and NY Angels Partner with CEA to produce Official Eureka Park Pitch Event for Entrepreneurs.

Looking for the hottest startups at the 2013 International CES?

ShowStoppers� and the New York Angels are excited to announce their partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)�, to help entrepreneurs and their startups raise early seed capital by launching a new event exclusively for Eureka Park exhibitors at the 2013 International CES�, the world's largest annual innovation event, scheduled January 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The official Eureka Park pitch event at the 2013 CES, ShowStoppers LaunchIt, is scheduled for Monday, January 7 from 3:15-5:15 p.m. during the 2013 CES Press Day at Mandalay Bay, one day before the CES show floor opens. Ten companies will be chosen from the more than 140 Eureka Park exhibitors.

ShowStoppers LaunchIt is a curated pitch event built around the young, innovative, transformative and entrepreneurial companies that exhibit in Eureka Park, a TechZone within CES where retailers, venture capitalists, manufacturers and others will find entrepreneurs launching new products, services, apps and ideas.

Companies that exhibit inside Eureka Park are invited to apply to pitch for funding at ShowStoppers LaunchIt � launchit.showstoppers.com

There is no application fee, and there is no fee charged to companies that are selected to pitch.

A panel of experienced Angel investors and venture capitalists organized by the New York Angels will pre-screen the companies that are selected to present. One of the largest and oldest angel groups that is coordinating support for ShowStoppers LaunchIt, the New York Angels is a member-led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through a successful exit. Supporting members of the network include Gust, the world-wide official deal management platform for angel investing; Vegas Valley Angels, Vegas Tech and LaunchIt, a ShowStoppers partner.

LaunchIt is a self-publishing event news and social information management platform that "leaves no new product, service or idea behind," where companies use built-in social networking tools to engage directly with the media and consumers around the world. ShowStoppers works with LaunchIt to power a ShowStoppers-branded news service that is socially engaged, to better connect startups and industry leaders with consumers and journalists.

"The New York Angels is no stranger to CES and ShowStoppers," said Brian Cohen, chairman, New York Angels. "We have had our invested startups at ShowStoppers and sourced exciting startups for new investment. This Eureka Park pitch event is the natural next step in highlighting these innovative companies to CES attendees and the world."

Eureka Park

The Venetian, Level 3, Lido 3101, Murano 3201-3301, San Polo 3404 

Sponsor(s): National Science Foundation and Startup America

The Eureka Park is a specialized TechZone exhibit area that provides a unique exhibiting opportunity to launch a new product, service or idea. In partnership with the National Science Foundation and Startup America,  Eureka Park will be the premier destination at the show where retailers, venture capitalists, manufacturers and other key attendee groups can find the budding entrepreneurs, fledgling start ups and home grown innovation. 

View the list of exhibitors

Email Exhibit@CESweb.org or call 703-907-7645.

About CEA

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $206 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also owns and produces the International CES � The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online: www.CE.org and www.DeclareInnovation.com. Follow CES at www.CESweb.org and through social media: .

http://facebook.com/InternationalCES

http://twitter.com/IntlCES

http://blog.ce.org

About CES

Note to Editors: The official name of the global technology event is "International CES." Subsequent references to the show can be shortened to "CES." Please do not use "Consumer Electronics Show" to refer to the International CES. For more information about the 2013 CES, visit CESweb.org.

About ShowStoppers

Now in its 20th year, ShowStoppers, http://www.showstoppers.com, is the global leader in producing press and business events spanning the US, Europe and Asia. Each event organizes product introductions, sneak previews and demonstrations for selected journalists, bloggers, industry and financial analysts, venture capitalists and business executives. Industry leaders, innovators and startups exhibit to help generate news coverage and product reviews, make new connections, promote brand, and open new markets. ShowStoppers produces events at CES, CTIA and Mobile World Congress, among others, and the official press events at IFA, NAB, Sandbox Summit and the CEA LineShow.

To exhibit at ShowStoppers events, contact Dave Leon, director of sales, dave@showstoppers.com, +1-845-638-3527.

SOURCE ShowStoppers

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New Google for Entrepreneurs.Video.

New Google for Entrepreneurs.Video.



From the Google Blog:

Startups and entrepreneurs have the power to build technologies and creative solutions that transform the world and move us forward. Innovation is happening everywhere: There are approximately 400 million entrepreneurs across 54 countries, and 69 million early-stage entrepreneurs offering new products and services. As Google turns 14 this month, we�re celebrating this creative spirit and officially launching Google for Entrepreneurs, the umbrella for our several dozen programs and partnerships around the world that support startups and entrepreneurs. 

Our focus is threefold:

1. Partnerships with strong organizations that serve entrepreneurs in local communities
2. Google-led programs to bring our teams and our tools directly to entrepreneurs
3. Placing relevant Google tools in the hands of startups as they are getting off the ground and ready to scale

We�re already on a roll, with current projects ranging from support for the annual journey of entrepreneurship through India by train, to partnering with a number of accelerator and incubator programs around the world, like iHub in Kenya and Le Camping in France. And, this week, we�re rolling out our newest partnership: teaming up with Women 2.0 to bring their Founder Friday events to more cities. These events bring together current and aspiring female entrepreneurs once a month to connect with mentors and one another to build community. We�re partnering to launch Founder Fridays in Detroit, New Orleans, Sao Paulo and Moscow over the next year. 

To celebrate both our birthday and the spirit of entrepreneurship that�s helped get us where we are today, we are hosting our first annual Google for Entrepreneurs Week, which will bring together more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and Googlers around the world. We kicked off over the weekend with a Startup Weekend event hosted at the Google Ventures Startup Lab in Mountain View, Calif., where Bay Area entrepreneurs came together to create their own startups in 54 hours. Over the course of the next week, Googlers in 28 cities across 13 countries will be hosting an event in their communities to bring their passion and expertise to local entrepreneurs. We�re teaming with a number of partners to make this happen, including the Idea Village in New Orleans, Communitech in Waterloo, Tetuan Valley in Wroclaw, the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg and the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce in Iowa.

For more on these existing programs and to stay connected on upcoming events, visit google.com/entrepreneurs and follow us on G+.

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Ecuador Entrepreneurship: BooFrame the Bamboo Bike.

WorldWideTech. Francisco De Jes�s. Nov 08, 2010

The  bamboo is known as the steel plant. That is well aware Luis Fernando Puente, who is 28, he is an agronomist and works in a plantation of this species. For this reason, two years ago shared with Gaston Zambrano, 32, and also an agronomist, the idea of applying the bamboo to rebuild bikes.

They merely made the first test. The result: a hobby horse of two wheels with a sturdy bamboo frame, but somewhat crude and ugly which still works perfectly. They folllowed then, different experiments, trials and research investigations , until  reach a technique , which has enabled them find the balance between functionality, security and esthetic. And above all, contribute to a greener mobility.

Fewer than 10 people have undertaken a similar project in the world. North American Craig Calfee is one of them. However, like Gaston says, they are the ones that also recycle old frames or have suffered any harm, to give them a new life, keeping the joints maintaining and replacing the metal tubes by the noble bamboo. In addition to creating new frames from ols scrap bikes, they personalize each "cleta" (bike) and put the other parts to the liking of each person.

The manufacturing process of a bike of this nature has a duration of three days and takes place in a workshop located in the northeast of Quito. There, in his spare time and according to the orders arrive, Gaston, Luis and his two collaborators, Carlos Cevallos and Angelo Navas, cut the quadrants they will not use of the aluminum or steel frame. There will be the bamboo. But first it must be treated, through the preservation, curing and drying, to prevent the attack of moths, bacteria or fungi. When the bike is assembled, it is lacquered and the metal parts, painted  . On the steel bamboo they mark the brand name Boo-Frame, 'Boo' for 'bamboo' in English and 'Frame'.

To ensure its functionality the mentors of the project have tried the bamboo bike in the mountains, down stairs, and through strong jumps tests. However, his recommendation is to use it in preference to the route, urban use or 'cross country', but not for extreme maneuvers or the 'downhill'. Although they claim that the challenge is to innovate more and more until you get a bike to work even for more risky maneuvers,  the goal now is to further promote their project and get more to the Amazon Region or Galapagos, where tourists and residents could enjoy.

The 'Booframe' project were among the winners of the program Ecuador Entrepreneurship (Ministry Production Coordinator Office)  which prize them with cash, assessment  and financing for innovative business.

Recycle your old  bike: To give a second chance to your old bike if you want to donate old frames or purchase  green bicycles. Search for "BooFrame Bicicletas de Bamb�" on Facebook or call the phones 5939-7127849  or  5939-7245098. Ecuador, South America.

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