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(BW)(NY-SILICON-ALLEY) ADVISORY/Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club, SAEC, Announces Details of September Event; Jerry Colonna, Managing Partner of Flatiron Partners, is This Month's Featured Speaker

Business/High Tech Editors & Assignment Desks
ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Sept. 12)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2001--

Who: Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club (SAEC) What: SAEC will hold its
monthly FREE biz-event for technology and media professionals, financial
and industry analysts, press, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
More than 300 CEOs and investors attended its last monthly biz-event.

This month, one company picked by lottery will be given the opportunity
to make a free five-minute presentation.

Where: Zanzibar, 645 9th Avenue (Corner 45th St), New York City.
http://www.zanzibar-nyc.com

When: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. EDT. A
group session in a Q&A format with Mr. Colonna will take place from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. (limited to 30 to 40 participants). Mr. Colonna will also
present the SAEC's unique and politically incorrect speaking engagement
"Straight Talk" for entrepreneurs starting at 7:30 p.m. His specific
topic will be "What It takes to Get Big Money From VCs: Learn the inside
Scoop." An informal, and "politically incorrect", question and answer
session will follow the presentation.

Details: Entrepreneurs and businesses serving the entrepreneur community
interested in attending this event must register by September 9, 2001.
Online pre-registration is required to gain entrance to this event. To
register, please visit http://www.saeclub.com/events.htm

Attendance is limited to 350 and registration is encouraged as quickly
as possible. Dress is business casual (jackets
required please) and there will be a cash bar and complimentary hors
d'oeuvres will be served from 6:30 8:00 p.m.

Special areas will be dedicated exclusively to networking during the
entire three-hour gathering while other programs are taking place.

About Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club

Silicon Alley Entrepreneurs Club (SAEC) started as an online discussion
forum and networking group for entrepreneurs in 1999. With a new vision
SAEC has grown from 200 in January 2001 to more than 3500 members of
philanthropic technology and media professionals, making it the fastest
growing and largest of its kind group in the country. The unique
approach of SAEC is to provide everything FREE to its members and help
the entrepreneurs of New York-tri state area in a tangible (not just
talk) way to succeed and build the next Yahoo! or eBay. For more
information visit http://www.SAEClub.com. Subscribe to the SAEC event
announcement list by sending a blank email to: SAEC-subscribe@topica.com

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