Based in Silicon Valley, BoogarAssociates is a consulting firm that provides a complete range of strategic marketing, business development and operations management expertise. Often serving to bridge management needs, BoogarAssociates is committed to delivering results and innovative business solutions to companies operating at the intersection of technology, communications and entertainment. Boards and entrepreneurs seeking to take a start-up to the next level, move a company in a new direction or wish to execute a high level of change, turn to BoogarAssociates to provide needed strategic advice and management support. Additionally, BoogarLists is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BoogarAssociates.With a qualified directory of more than 1,000 Venture Capital and Mid-Market/LBO private equity firms, BoogarLists is an excellent place for entrepreneurs to begin their search for investment capital.

The UCSF Center for BioEntrepreneurship offers programs and resources to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders in the life science industry. CBE weaves the UCSF community into the broader Bay Area community of life science innovators and entrepreneurs, company executives, investors, attorneys, and other professionals to help successfully translate discoveries from the laboratory to commercialization for the benefit of the institution and society.

The Center for BioEntrepreneurship is an arm of the Office of Research at the University of California San Francisco . UCSF is recognized as a premier institution dedicated to healthcare, biomedical research and training. Its 4,000 graduate students, over 1,000 postdoctoral fellows, and 15,000 faculty and staff are committed to innovation and leadership.

Dow Jones & Company is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of Stoxx Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. Since 1882, the Dow Jones name has been synonymous with accuracy, integrity and trust.

In 1993, Jennifer Gill Roberts and Denise Brousseau, two MBA students at Stanford University, founded FWE&E as part of an independent project to evaluate the success factors for women entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on their access to venture capital. Since its inception, the organization has grown based on market dynamics, transforming into an organization with a more diverse audience and broader product offerings.

Golden Seeds plays an instrumental role in supporting women to utilize both their intrinsic and financial capital to its full potential. We identify and invest in women-led ventures with the potential to grow into multi-million dollar business while enabling accredited investors to invest alongside us. We provide entrepreneurs with strategic business advice as well as access to funding and the tools to enable them to grow into multi-million dollar businesses.

International Business Forum presents financial and business conferences on venture capital, private equity investing, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, corporate strategic investing, defined contribution/401(k) plans, risk management, funding technology innovation and commercialization of intellectual property. IBF conferences provide attendees with leading-edge information and new business contacts to achieve business objectives.

SDForum is the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information and insight to the technology community for the past 23 years. SDForum provides a venue for engineers, executives, researchers, technology leaders, and venture capitalists to exchange information on emerging technologies and best practices.

SDForum reaches 12,000 software professionals annually through more than 20 events each month. Our members benefit from programs focused on professional development and making the right connections, along with value added services. SDForum passes along to its members business savings including free passes and discounts to industry events and discount programs for local university courses and nation-wide bookstores.

Women 2.0 aims to increase the number of young women entrepreneurs by encouraging women to work with and in the field of technology, providing resources that will lead to the launch of their company, and networking women with other female entrepreneurs, experienced executives, and investors.

The WPO is headquartered in New York City and currently boasts over 75 active chapters and over 1000 members across the US and in Canada. There are two primary membership options: Chapter and Member-At-Large. Each chapter meets monthly, consists of 10-20 women presidents/CEOs/Managing Directors/etc, and is moderated by a professionally-trained facilitator. Chapters are not permitted to have more than one business in the same industry represented. At-Large Membership is created for women whose schedules make it impossible for them to commit to monthly meetings, or for areas in which the WPO does not yet have a chapter.