iSpeech Wins Investor Competition at iEvening NJ Conference of 160 Local Startups and Entrepreneurs
Mayor Cory Booker Is Keynote Speaker at First iEvening New Jersey Conference Hosted By The Enterprise Development Center at NJIT
NEWARK, NJ, May 24, 2011 – A promising new venture based at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center in Newark was selected as the winner at iEvening New Jersey, an innovative new business event attended by more than 160 startup founders and entrepreneurs, and hosted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, on Thursday, May 19th. The 4-hour conference included two workshops, networking, 14 exhibits and an investor pitching competition for start-up companies seeking investment capital.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, delivered a keynote address on innovation and business development at the event, and NJ startups presented competitive speed pitching presentations to a panel of high-profile, early stage investors.
Said Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President of Technology Development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, “The success of this event demonstrates the leading role NJIT plays in promoting innovation and entrepreneurial education in the New York metro area. Jerry Creighton, Executive Director of the Enterprise Development Center, continues to foster an environment in which startups can grow and succeed. We expect this will be the first of many events we host.”
The event was produced by iBreakfast New Jersey, a venture of NJ marketing firm, Sperlingreene PR and Marketing, in partnership with New York-based iBreakfast.
Attendees heard from a panel of early-stage investors about what they look for in companies in which they invest. The investor panel included: John Ason, Angel Investor, Stephen Brotman of GSA Venture Partners, Mike Segal of Joshua Capital, and Chris Fralic of First Round Capital. The winning firm, iSpeech, a profitable provider of cloud-based speech technology and mobile apps, received an invitation to present at the prestigious Private Equity Forum in New York, to be held in June at New York’s Yale Club.
Sponsors of the MiniConference included NJIT, human resource specialist Ambrose, and the law firm Plata Forbes Ferrer & Gutierrez. Event organizers plan ongoing events and meetings sponsored by NJIT, that cater to the New Jersey small business community, including the 86 startup companies based at The NJIT Enterprise Development Center.
Steven Greene, Partner of iBreakfastNJ said, “This first iBreakfast event in New Jersey demonstrates the powerful resources available this side of the Hudson, and points to the surging growth of business in the Garden State.” iBreakfast founder, Alan Brody agreed, “We are seeing an exciting new wave of tech and life science ventures emerging from the Garden State.”
About iBreakfast New Jersey (iBreakfastNJ)
iBreakfastNJ is an independent venture of Sperlingreene PR and Marketing in partnership with iBreakfast, the long-standing New York-based digital events organization led by Alan Brody. For additional information and dates of upcoming events, visit www.ibreakfastnj.com.
About NJIT Enterprise Development Center
The EDC at NJIT is home to nearly 86 high-tech and life-science companies. Located on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, EDC companies have access to NJIT facilities and can partner with researchers to help grow their business. EDC is in the heart of Newark’s University Heights Science Park and the Newark Innovation Zone. For additional information about the EDC visit: http://www.njit-edc.org/
About iSpeech
Founded in 2007, businesses, organizations and consumers worldwide choose iSpeech for its high quality, scalable and easy to use text-to-speech (TTS), automated speech recognition (ASR) and voice to text solutions. iSpeech's flagship and award winning mobile app, DriveSafe.ly™, has read over 400 million text messages and emails aloud in real-time to over 8 million people. iSpeech® is a privately held company headquartered in Newark, NJ, with offices in San Francisco and New York. For additional information about iSpeech, visit: http://www.ispeech.org/
About Sperlingreene
Sperlingreene PR and Marketing is a communications, public relations and events management firm headed by Karen Sperling and Steven Greene. For additional information about Sperlingreene, visit www.sperlingreene.com.
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Karen Sperling
Chief Conversation Officer
Sperlingreene PR and Marketing Communications
Phone: 201-543-7421
Fax: 917-599-0427
www.sperlingreene.com
ksperling@sperlingreene.com
LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/LIKarenSperling
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ksperl131
Mayor Cory Booker Is Keynote Speaker at First iEvening New Jersey Conference Hosted By The Enterprise Development Center at NJIT
NEWARK, NJ, May 24, 2011 – A promising new venture based at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center in Newark was selected as the winner at iEvening New Jersey, an innovative new business event attended by more than 160 startup founders and entrepreneurs, and hosted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, on Thursday, May 19th. The 4-hour conference included two workshops, networking, 14 exhibits and an investor pitching competition for start-up companies seeking investment capital.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, delivered a keynote address on innovation and business development at the event, and NJ startups presented competitive speed pitching presentations to a panel of high-profile, early stage investors.
Said Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President of Technology Development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, “The success of this event demonstrates the leading role NJIT plays in promoting innovation and entrepreneurial education in the New York metro area. Jerry Creighton, Executive Director of the Enterprise Development Center, continues to foster an environment in which startups can grow and succeed. We expect this will be the first of many events we host.”
The event was produced by iBreakfast New Jersey, a venture of NJ marketing firm, Sperlingreene PR and Marketing, in partnership with New York-based iBreakfast.
Sponsors of the MiniConference included NJIT, human resource specialist Ambrose, and the law firm Plata Forbes Ferrer & Gutierrez. Event organizers plan ongoing events and meetings sponsored by NJIT, that cater to the New Jersey small business community, including the 86 startup companies based at The NJIT Enterprise Development Center.
Steven Greene, Partner of iBreakfastNJ said, “This first iBreakfast event in New Jersey demonstrates the powerful resources available this side of the Hudson, and points to the surging growth of business in the Garden State.” iBreakfast founder, Alan Brody agreed, “We are seeing an exciting new wave of tech and life science ventures emerging from the Garden State.”
About iBreakfast New Jersey (iBreakfastNJ)
iBreakfastNJ is an independent venture of Sperlingreene PR and Marketing in partnership with iBreakfast, the long-standing New York-based digital events organization led by Alan Brody. For additional information and dates of upcoming events, visit www.ibreakfastnj.com.
About NJIT Enterprise Development Center
The EDC at NJIT is home to nearly 86 high-tech and life-science companies. Located on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, EDC companies have access to NJIT facilities and can partner with researchers to help grow their business. EDC is in the heart of Newark’s University Heights Science Park and the Newark Innovation Zone. For additional information about the EDC visit: http://www.njit-edc.org/
About iSpeech
Founded in 2007, businesses, organizations and consumers worldwide choose iSpeech for its high quality, scalable and easy to use text-to-speech (TTS), automated speech recognition (ASR) and voice to text solutions. iSpeech's flagship and award winning mobile app, DriveSafe.ly™, has read over 400 million text messages and emails aloud in real-time to over 8 million people. iSpeech® is a privately held company headquartered in Newark, NJ, with offices in San Francisco and New York. For additional information about iSpeech, visit: http://www.ispeech.org/
About Sperlingreene
Sperlingreene PR and Marketing is a communications, public relations and events management firm headed by Karen Sperling and Steven Greene. For additional information about Sperlingreene, visit www.sperlingreene.com.
# # #
Karen Sperling
Chief Conversation Officer
Sperlingreene PR and Marketing Communications
Phone: 201-543-7421
Fax: 917-599-0427
www.sperlingreene.com
ksperling@sperlingreene.com
LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/LIKarenSperling
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ksperl131
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