6|26|2008 NEXTsteps - The Premier Central Illinois Entrepreneurial Networking Meeting

 Posted on June 26th, 2008

Take networking to the next level.
NEXTsteps was designed to provide a forum for informal networking and information sharing between innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and others interested in nurturing entrepreneurship in the Midwest. Typically, NEXTsteps features the presentations of three or more technology companies or technology concepts ready to be taken to the next level.

Connections to capital, partners and advisors, seasoned commercialization executives, and input from a diverse range of industry professionals... NEXTsteps might just be the connection to your next dynamic venture.

The schedule for 2008 is as follows:

July 15th

September 16th

November 18th


NEXT MEETING:
July 15, 2008
9:00-11:00 am

Peoria NEXT Innovation Center
801 W Main Street
Peoria, Illinois

LIST OF PRESENTERS:
Visual Information Technologies, Inc. (VIT) VIT has developed, tested, and commercially launched VizMoTM – patent-pending, game-changing social media software – into the consumer Internet market. Based on technology licensed from the University of Illinois, VizMo liberates users from the constraints and limitations of today’s social media technologies and empowers users of any skill level to create information-rich, interactive, multimedia visual displays for sharing with others. www.vizmojo.com.

VIT is preparing to extend and adapt the VizMo product to target several large, high-growth enterprise vertical markets, beginning with the health care vertical with a HIPAA-compliant product called VizMDTM. Though VizMD will be targeted for the health care vertical market, once developed, its core capabilities will be applicable to numerous other enterprise vertical market applications.

ePower Synergies Inc. ePower Synergies, Inc. was founded in late 2004 and has become an electric vehicle (EV) company that designs, builds, markets, sells and services a variety of EVs. The RIDE™ personal transporter (PT) is ePower’s lead-off product. ePower is now delivering the Blue-RIDE™ to police and Work-RIDE™ to industrial customers.

ORQA, LLC
ORQA provides online risk management solutions for healthcare using a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription-based business model.

The transformation toward eHealth introduces significant new risks for healthcare organizations. ORQA utilizes Web 2.0 technology to provide solutions that minimize that risk, break down traditional silos of information, and promote a culture of safety in our healthcare organizations.

If you are interested in presenting at a future meeting, please contact Nancy Wright, Executive Director, Bradley Technology Commercialization Center at (309) 677-4428 or nwright@bumail.bradley.edu.

About Arch Development:
ARCH Development Fund I is a venture capital fund organized to provide excellent returns by combining operations and seed investment experience to address the void of seed venture capital in the Upper Midwest. Our investment focus is pre-seed and seed stage opportunities focused around unique intellectual property in the fields of biotechnology/life sciences, wireless, software, Internet infrastructure, and educational content.

Sponsored By:
The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce
ARCH Development Partners LLC
Bradley University Turner Center for Entrepreneurship
EDC for Central Illinois
Bradley University Technology Commercialization Center