Early Bird Discount Ends Oct. 15

[Francine]

From my friend Joan - who is my conference co-chair

"This year, for the fifth year in a row, Arizona’s entrepreneurial
community will be gathering at AZEC10 on November 17, 2010 at the
Desert Willow Conference Center in Phoenix, AZ for a day where we will
share ideas, engage, and build the kind of connections that help our
businesses and community grow. I will be there and I hope that you
will join me. (Click here for more information.)

The theme of this year’s full day conference is The Great Re-set.
Together we will hear from nationally known thought leaders including
Silicon Valley VC, Dave McClure, Jeremiah Owyang of the Altimeter
Group, social media icon Brian Solis, Kathy Kolbe, the world’s leading
expert on conation and how we get things done, Sharon Lechter co-
author of Rich Dad Poor Dad and founder of Pay Your Family First;
PLUS a panel of local VCs and Angels who actually invest in Arizona.
In addition, we continue the AZEC tradition of bringing local CEOs to
the stage to share their insights on what they are doing to in their
businesses that works. You can see more information on this year’s
speakers by clicking here.

This conference is different than others for the following reasons:
· This is a conference by Arizona Entrepreneurs and for
Arizona Entrepreneurs. Every session is designed to share
information, tips and insights you can take back to you business the
very next day and it does not matter if you are leading a team of 1 or
a team of 10,000.

· All proceeds from the conference go to support the
Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation’s work to help at-risk
members of our community reach economic self sufficiency through
entrepreneurship.

· Even if you can’t make it, you have the opportunity to share
the learning with others by Sponsoring a Student who might otherwise
not be able to attend.

Between now and AZEC10, I will be sharing a behind the scenes look at
some of the people who are making things happen at AZEC10 and in our
community at my blog and at the Examiner. Feel free to follow along;
there are some great stories to tell.

The conference and our entrepreneurial community is supported by
wonderful organizations that all of us at OTEF are very grateful to:
The Phoenix Business Journal, Infusionsoft, Altimeter Group, Arizona
Technology Investor Forum, BC Graphics, Beanstalk CFO, BrainSavers,
Caffe Social Media, Callaman Ventures, CorePurpose, Inc., Deru
Internet Services, Drip Media, Eco-Edge, FlowTown, Gangplank, Hot
Ventures, Kolbe Corp, Mashable, MyTekLife, Metro Studios, Pay Your
Family First, Pillsbury Wine Company, Robert Dunaway Attorney at Law,
rYnoweb, Satow Strategies, Shwaag, Social Marketing Conversations,
Strategic Resource Group, Stealthmode Partners, and Yeager/North
Creative Marketing. We also appreciate these awesome Community
Partners: Arizona Angels, Arizona Technology Council, City Of Phoenix,
Entrepreneurs' Organization, Funding Universe, Greater Phoenix SCORE,
Ignite Phoenix, MIT Enterprise Forum, NetworkingPhoenix.com, North
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Phoenix Innovation Foundation, Phx
Social Media Club, PodCampAZ, TIE-Arizona, U.S. Small Business
Administration, WordCamp Phoenix.

Oh, one last note. There is an early registration discount of $25 if
you sign up before 1 AM on October 16th. Every year someone sends me
a note saying “why didn’t you tell me!” So here you go.

Thanks for making the time to read this. We are all super busy and I
appreciate that you stayed with me until the end. I hope I will see
you at AZEC10 so I can thank you in person!"