startups: please boycott 2009 New York Venture Summit

Another scam…. be one of the top 50 innovators… if you pay
$1,500!!! what a scam!

please boycott pay for play forums!

best j

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From: Adam Negnewitzky
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Are you actively seeking funding?

If so, let me know if you’d like to present at the 2009 New York
Venture Summit as one of 50 Top Innovators.

This exclusive venture summit being held on June 17th, 2009 at Digital
Sandbox in New York City is bringing together over 500 Venture
Capitalists, Angel Investors, Corporate VCs, Investment Bankers and
CEOs of emerging growth companies.

In addition to featuring 30 VCs on interactive panels; a keynote by
Peter Thiel, Co-founder of online payment site Paypal, President of
Clarium and Managing Partner of the Founders Fund , we will be
showcasing 50 Top Innovators from the Tech, clean-tech and life
sciences sectors.

The deadline for presenting company applications is May 6th, 2009.

Many leading VCs are already confirmed to join us including:

Iftikar A. Ahmed, General Partner, Oak Investment Partners • Matt
Bieber, Senior Associate, Originate Ventures • Kevin J. Bitterman,
Principal, Polaris Venture Partners • Skip Besthoff, General Partner,
Castile Ventures • Steve Brotman, Managing Director, Greenhill SAVP •
Tom Cain, Managing Partner, Sail Venture Partners • Mary Lincoln
Campbell, Managing Director, EDF Ventures • Jon Chait, Partner, Dace
Ventures • David Dantzker, General Partner, Wheatley Partners •
Dominic Endicott, General Partners, Nauta Capital • Tony Florence,
Partner, New Enterprise Associates • Lewis Gersh, Managing Partner,
Metamorphic Ventures • Jay N. Goldberg, Senior Managing Director,
Hudson Ventures • David F. Hendren, General Partner, Catalyst Health
Ventures • Quinn Li, Director, Qualcomm Ventures • Scott MacDonald,
Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures • Jeff Maters, Senior Associate,
New World Ventures • Matt McCooe, Founding Managing Partner, Chart
Venture Partners • Charles J. McDermott, General Partner, Rockport
Capital Partners • Howard L. Morgan, Partner, First Round Capital •
Todd T. Pietri, Co-Founder and General Partner, Milestone Venture
Partners • Will Porteous, General Partner, RRE Ventures • Reese
Schroeder, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures • Daniel J. Schultz,
Co-Founder & Managing Director, DFJ Gotham Ventures •  Lisa Skeete
Tatum, Partner, Cardinal Partners • Marc Sokol, Partner, JK&B Capital
• Ralph E. Taylor-Smith, General Partner, Battelle Ventures • Arthur
Tinkelenberg, Ph.D., Partner, Ascent Biomedical Ventures • Chris
Varma, PhD, Partner, Flagship Ventures • Noah Walley, Managing
Director, Investor Growth Capital • Oded Weiss, Partner & CFO, L
Capital Partners • Daniel B. Wolfe, Ph.D., Managing Director, Harris &
Harris Group among many others.

Featured Company Benefits include:

Recognition as Top Innovator
Access to leading VCs, Corporate VCs, private investors and investment bankers
Presentation slot
Three Complimentary passes for company executives
Additional discounted registrations
Two page Company Profile published in event guide distributed to all
attendees and investors
Media Exposure
Coaching & mentoring

Fee to present: $1,485

Deadline: The deadline for applications is May 6th

Let me know if you’d like me to send you a summary outline.

Regards,

Adam Negnewitzky

Senior Associate

youngStartup Ventures

Phone: (212) 202-1002

Email: adam@youngstartup.com

URL: www.youngstartup.com

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From: Erik Schwartz
Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:05 PM
To: Adam Negnewitzky

We are looking for funding.

But.

We don’t do pay to pitch conferences. I already know about a third of
your investors anyways and after 15 years in silicon valley I’m sure I
can network to the rest pretty easily.

If you want to give us a slot because we do a great pitch and your
conference is better with great pitches we’ll check our schedules and
see if we can be there.

Erik