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Will wine grapes become Nevada’s new cash crop?

Posted Saturday, December 30th, 2006

The Business Report of Northern Nevada profiles youthful

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entrepreneurial Rick Halbardier and his wife, Kathy, owners of Tahoe Ridge Winery, Nevada’s only winery. 

Turns out that you can’t grow just any kind of grape in Nevada.  After intense work with Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, the consortium discovered interspecific wine grape varieties hardy to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Read the entire article here.

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North NV: Nevada Procurement Outreach Program Presents, Nevada Business Matchmaking

Posted Thursday, December 28th, 2006

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Date: April 19, 2007

Location: John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks NV

Contact: Kathy Dow

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Posted Thursday, December 28th, 2006
NASVF NetNews National Association of Seed and Venture Funds Fostering Innovation Capital
December 28, 2006 Volume 10 Issue 52
Editor: George Lipper
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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– Private Equity Set to Reshape Venture Capital Industry
– Recent IPOs Raise Hope ‘07 Could Be a Better Year
– Glut of Attractive Businesses Also Spurs Big Year for Mergers, Acquisitions
– VC’s Debate: Is ‘Web 2.0′ Another Bubble?
– Biocom Works to Make San Diego More Appealing to Venture Capitalists
– Long Island Morphs into a Fly-Over State
– Louisville Venture Fund Will Fold
– Selling Investors on Wisconsin’s High-Tech Firms
– Florida Proposes to Juice Up Its Venture Capital Activity
– Stem Cells a Leap of Faith for VCs
– Mayor Bloomberg’s Brave Bet on Innovation
– Mass Collaboration Could Change Way Companies Operate
– Goodbye, Production (and Maybe Innovation)
– Cleveland Incubator Delivering 18th Medical Company
– Raleigh Early Stage Venture Fund Raises $15.1 Million
– Angelic Activity Boosts St. Louis Area Startup Companies
– Wisconsin Start-Ups Welcome a Jump-Start
– California Governor Wants $95M for R&D for Energy, Tech Projects
– Season’s Greetings for Our Friends in Venture Capital
– Seminars & Conferences

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Carson City Hosts First NCET Tech Thursday

Posted Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

NCET held its first Carson City Tech Thursday on December 14.  Hosted by JFG Systems, 60 people from throughout Northern Nevada attended the event.  Ron Weisinger, Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA) , gave an overview of NNDA’s activities, with the remainder of the evening devoted to serious networking.  (See more photos here)

   

Clockwise from top left

1. Jeff Pickett, Marie Gibson and Chuck Wolfe
2. Rafael Capucci and JFG’s Ron Baker
3. JFG’s Cheryle Schaum and Rafael Capucci
4. NNDA’s Ron Weisinger

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SBA launches New Markets Tax Credit Pilot Loan Program

Posted Friday, December 22nd, 2006

The U.S. Small Business Administration launched the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Pilot Loan Program to increase lending to small businesses located in  economically distressed communities or “New Markets.” The pilot program will help small businesses by enabling Community Development Entities (CDEs) to combine the benefits of both the U.S. Department of Treasury New Markets Tax Credit Program and the SBAExpress or CommunityExpress 7(a) guaranteed loan programs to provide small businesses located in urban and rural communities greater access to financing and business training.  (More click here for information.)

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