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Associations | Financial Organizations | Marketing Services | Staffing Services | Startup Experts

Associations

American Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth (AEEG)
AEEG — an affiliate of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) — is the largest nationwide network of emerging growth companies, representing over 14,000 CEOs. The organization focuses on public policy issues that impact rapidly growing enterprises.
www.aeeg.org
Phone: 703.524.3743
Fax: 703.524.3940

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE)
Founded in 1993, FWE is the premiere entrepreneurial organization for women who build and lead high-growth technology and life science companies. Their mission is to accelerate women’s opportunities to start, build, manage and invest in world-class companies. To that end, FWE offers innovative programs, access to top-tier funding sources and a collaborative online community. With over 900 members, FWE has offices in the Bay Area, Seattle and Los Angeles.
www.fwe.org
Phone: 650.357.0333
Fax: 650.357.0404

National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
The NVCA represents over 370 venture capital and private equity firms. NVCA’s mission is to foster understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the U.S. and global economies, to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and private equity communities at all levels of government, to maintain high professional standards, facilitate networking opportunities and to provide research data and professional development for its members.
www.nvca.org
Phone: 703.524.2549
Fax: 703.524.3940

The National Center for Employee Ownership
The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is a private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as the leading source of accurate, unbiased information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), broadly granted employee stock options, and employee participation programs. It does research on the topic and publishes a detailed bimonthly newsletter.
www.nceo.org
Phone: 510.208.1300
Fax: 510.272.9510

Financial Organizations

Kranz & Associates, LLC
Kranz & Associates, LLC, focuses on providing interim management and financial advisory services to startup companies — freeing top management to focus on product development and market strategies. With experience in top-tier venture capital firms and startup companies, Kranz & Associates assists emerging businesses with a range of services from strategic consulting to hands-on accounting. Kranz & Associates was nominated one of the “Service Providers of the Year” by Venture Law Group, Silicon Valley Bank and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
www.kranzassoc.com
Phone: 650.854.4500
Fax: 650.854.4599

Horn Murdock Cole
M&A provides corporate accounting, finance and information systems services to emerging and established technology companies. Serving more than 200 clients in the Silicon Valley and the San Francisco area, M&A is positioned to complement the core services provided by the Big Five Accounting Firms. With consultants ranging from CFO to Senior Accountant, M&A helps companies respond to internal demands created by rapid growth and expansion. Recent awards include: Service Provider of the Year for CFO/Controller Services in a survey sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Venture Law Group; Excellence in the Bay Area Workplace by the Career Education Center; and Best Practices Award finalist by Arthur Andersen.
www.murdocknet.com
Phone: 408.562.2082
Fax: 408.562.2086

Marketing Services

Wallrich Landi Integrated Marketing Communications
From core message development through tactical implementation, Wallrich Landi provides a full range of communication services to help companies get the word out to their markets. Wallrich Landi’s capabilities include company and product branding, Web development, marketing collateral and environmental communications. Placing special emphasis on clarity and consistency, Wallrich Landi’s services have been tailored to maximizing impact for investment since their founding in 1990.
www.wallrichlandi.com
Phone: 916.325.2155
Fax: 916.325.2157

Staffing Services

WetFeet, Inc.
WetFeet Inc. is a comprehensive recruiting solutions provider that helps leading companies to more effectively attract, hire and retain the right people. WetFeet products include the powerful web-based recruitment technology of WetFeet Recruiter(tm), best practices recruitment research and consulting, and innovative talent-sourcing programs targeting campus to experienced professionals. Corporate clients range from emerging high-growth companies like Bravara and Yahoo! to Fortune 1000 companies including Merrill Lynch, Procter & Gamble, and Xerox.
www.wetfeet.com/employer/home.asp
Phone: 888.220.1087
Fax: 415.284.7910

iCEO
iCEO intensely screens potential iCEO’s and places successful candidates into an available pool. iCEO continuously monitors the venture community for start-ups that require interim leadership. A list of available iCEO’s is generated and profiled. We help negotiate a cash and equity package that is commensurate with the individual and the job at hand. The iCEO is then called into action at the earliest possible date, usually within a week or two.
www.iceo.net
Phone: 650.851.2025
Fax: 650.851.5514

Startup Experts

Start-Up Resources, Inc.
Start-Up Resources, Inc. was founded in 1996 to assist emerging growth companies during their initial start-up phase. Start-Up Resources provides a complete solution for early-stage companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. It tailors its services and utilizes its extensive network of contacts and qualified vendors to suit the specific needs of each individual start-up. Since inception, Start-Up Resources has assisted over sixty venture-backed, emerging companies.
www.startupresources.com
Phone: 408.271.5933
Fax: 408.253.0401

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