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Coastal Entrepreneurial Council Announces Major Marketing Event

Submitted by: John Warner on Jan 03, 2005 at 6:00 am Tagged with: General Archives Source:

Contact: Roger A. Rains
Coastal Entrepreneurial Council
3904 Oleander Drive, Suite 101
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 452-9910 (Phone); (910) 452-7834 (Fax)
roger@cec-nc.org
www.cec-nc.org

To Have or Have Not

January 3, 2005, Wilmington, NC – Only 1 in 10 entrepreneurial start-up
companies succeed in attracting angel investment; a mere1 in 1,000 garner
venture capital in a subsequent funding round. How do successful entrepreneurs
beat those odds? They market themselves, their ideas, and their firms better
than all the rest. On January 11, 2005, at 5:30 p.m. at the Cape Fear Country
Club, Grace W. Ueng, president of the Savvy Marketing Group, will help local
business leaders become better marketers. She'll explain how they can improve
their marketing plans, share strategies she's used in helping five
entrepreneurial ventures generate over $1 billion in investor returns, and
provide suggestions on how to stand out in the highly competitive
entrepreneurial marketplace.

Ms. Ueng has been helping companies grow for nearly two decades. She has
served on executive teams as vice president of marketing for visionary RTP
start-ups—SmartPath (acquired by DoubleClick), OpenSite Technologies (sold to
Siebel Systems), and TogetherSoft (acquired by Borland). She's an expert in
business development, branding, and marketing programs.

Brian McMerty, the CEC's vice president for communications, is excited about
the event: ''It's not every day that one of North Carolina's first-tier
marketing experts comes to Wilmington to share ideas, answer tough questions,
and give local entrepreneurs a more competitive edge. We're all looking
forward to Grace's talk on Successful Ventures: Key Marketing Lessons for Your
Business. I'm inviting friends, clients, and customers alike. Grace Ueng's
presentation is going to be a post-holiday present I know they'll all enjoy.''

After the one-hour session, there will be a reception, which will provide a
superb networking opportunity for southeastern North Carolina entrepreneurs who
have ideas and are looking for ways to develop them.

The Coastal Entrepreneurial Council has served as southeastern North Carolina's
strongest advocate for entrepreneurship since 1995. To register for an evening
with Grace Ueng, click here or visit www.cec-nc.org. The event is free for CEC
members. It costs $50 for nonmembers and $25 for students.

For more information on the CEC, call Roger Rains at (910) 452-9910 or e-mail
roger@cec-nc.org.

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