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Special thanks to the Sponsors for our August 23rd event. We will be posting our November 15th Sponsor information in October.

Acteva, The Marketplace For Activities
www.acteva.com
1550 Evans Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-442-4849
Fax 415-243-4095

National Sales Manager
Bob Boehmer
415-442-4849 x313
bob@acteva.com
Director of Marketing
Ed Klar
415-442-4849 x335
eklar@acteva.com
Director of Human Resources
Janet Jordan
415-442-4849 x322
janet@acteva.com

Acteva is The Web's Marketplace For Activities. Acteva, formerly TixToGo, uses the power of the Web to help organizations and individuals reach millions of people who will register, buy tickets, donate or sign-up for activities. We increase the activity community's marketing presence while reducing its administrative load.

Administaff
www.administaff.com
1825 S. Grant Street, Ste. 600
San Mateo, CA 94402
650-357-9930
650-357-7542 (fax)

District Manager
Gregory Morton
650-357-9930
650-357-7542 (fax)
Gregory_Morton@Administaff.com
District Manager
Tom Mangini
650-357-9930
650-357-7542 (fax)
Tom_Mangini@Administaff.com

Administaff is one of the nation's leading Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), serving as an off-site, full-service human resources department for small businesses throughout the United States. Administaff's Personnel Management System provides business services that include benefit management, government compliance, employment administration, employer liability management, recruiting and selection, performance management, training and development, and owner support.

Administaff is one of the nation's leading Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), serving as an off-site, full-service human resources department for small businesses throughout the United States.

Adobe Systems Inc.
www.adobe.com
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110
408-536-6000
fax 408-537-4031

Business Development Manager
Alan Felgate
415.661.0141
afelgate@adobe.com

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems is a leading provider of graphic design, publishing, and imaging software for Web and print production, and the second largest desktop software company in the world with annual revenues approaching $1 billion. The company builds award-winning software solutions for Web and graphic designers, professional publishers, document-intensive organizations, business users, and consumers. Adobe's products enable customers to create, publish and deliver visually-rich images and documents across all print and electronic media. The company employs over 2,800 employees worldwide and has operations in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Japan and Latin America. Adobe's worldwide headquarters are in San Jose, California.

The San Francisco Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals (AIP-SF)
http://sf.association.org/

AIP is the premiere association for Internet professionals worldwide. AIP's mission is to unify, support, and represent the global community of Internet professionals. AIP's vision is a self-sustaining, inclusive community of Internet Professionals that operates in a codified and equitable professional environment. The organization serves as the meeting place, representative body, and certification board for these professionals, enabling each to gain for their own betterment and the betterment of the Internet community. As an AIP chapter, our goal is to provide organized support to the interests and priorities of our local members. We do this through a combination of local meetings, local communications, local networking, educational events, special interest groups and resource sharing. AIP-SF presents a panel discussion on cutting edge Internet topics on the first Tuesday of every month at the Transmission Theater, 314 11th Street in San Francisco.

Business Radio 1220 KBZS
http://www.kbzs.com
1500 Sansome Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-434-1220
fax 415-434-1280
info@businessradio1220.com

Advertising: General Manager
Charles Andrew Whatley
415.277.1722 ext. 23
andy.whatley@businessradio1220.com

Business All Morning - Success All Day

Business Radio 1220...the Bay Area's radio station dedicated to business, technology and financial news and information. Business Radio 1220 delivers up-to-the-minute reports with information partners like CNN, Associated Press, CBS Marketwatch.com, Forbes ASAP, Dow Jones Report and our local staff keeping tabs on all that is happening around the bay. Plus...we don't miss a beat in the technology news arena with Cotelligent's Techwatch with Skip Sanzeri. When the market closes we switch gears to our unique and innovative personal achievement programming with top authors like Harvey Mackay, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, Jay Abraham and many more.

The Business Times
www.amcity.com/sanfrancisco
275 Battery St., Suite 940
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-989-2522
415-398-2494 (fax)

Publisher
Mary Huss
mhuss@amcity.com
Director of Advertising
Donna Sangwin
415-288-4935
dsangwin@amcity.com

The Business Times covers the five-county Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties), while its sister paper in San Jose covers Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.

Readership chiefly consists of high income, successful business owners and senior managers who are decision-makers and are active in their communities. Indeed, according to proprietary research, readers of American City's newspapers have demographic features that are superior to those of most national business publications.

American City Business Journals Inc. is the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers, serving 41 of the country's most vibrant markets.

craigslist.org
www.craigslist.org
1010 Cole Street
San Francisco CA 94117

Phillip Knowlton
questions@craigslist.org
Craig Newmark
craig@cnewmark.com

Craigslist is a Web site and family of mailing lists, serving a population of some low tens of thousands of people in the Bay Area and beyond. It's very much like a community bulletin board, where people address their down-to-earth needs using simple technology. People use craigslist to perform routine, everyday tasks like: Finding a job - Selling a sofa -Finding a place to live - Finding a roommate. Currently, craigslist has nearly 8,000 subscribers, and receives nearly three million page views per month.

The Daily Deal/The Deal, LLC
www.thedailydeal.com
153 Kearny St., Ste. 410
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.352.1321
fax 415.352.0906
fferdon@thedailydeal.com

Advertising Director--West Coast
Ferris Ferdon
415.352.0659
fferdon@thedailydeal.com
Senior Accounts Manager
Claire E. Goodhue
415.352.1306
cgoodhue@thedailydeal.com
Account Executive
Jennifer Borromeo
415.352.1307
jborromeo@thedailydeal.com

The Daily Deal/TheDeal.com connect dealmakers with each other and with timely information about the ideas, people and money that drive the Deal Economy. The newspaper, Web site and newsletters provide insightful, engaging and accurate news reporting, commentary and financial data on the structures and financings of deals, and the personalities and politics of dealmakers engaged in the full spectrum of transaction activity: from venture capital to private equity and from mergers and acquisitions to restructurings.

Extreme Pizza
www.extremepizza.com
1052 Folsom St.
SF CA 94103
415-701-9000
fax 415-701-9100
contactus@extremepizza.com

Retail locations-
1052 Folsom St. 415-701-9000
1980 Union St. 415-929-8234
1730 Fillmore St. 415-929-9900
1810 Clement St. 415-387-2441

Marketing and Business Development
Jimmy Ryan
415-760-2199
jimmyhaha@extremepizza.com
President
Todd Parent
415-760-2203
todd@extremepizza.com

Extreme Pizza has been behind the scene of so many huge hi tech and internet deals, catering to likes of Sega, Bidcom, Egroups, Embark.com and the list goes on. Somebody needs to keep the techies nourished, and we have just the team to do so. Extreme Pizza's mission is ECS (Extreme Customer Satisfaction). We not only strive to become SF's Best Pizza, which we have been awarded several times, we also push ourselves to retain a huge "repeat" customer list. If you're not satisfied, we shouldn't be in business. Give us a call and open an account. Extreme. Not Mainstream.

Genuity
www.genuity.com
50 California Street
Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94111
415/283-1300
fax 415/283-1330

Genuity (NASDAQ: GENU) is the leading network services provider for businesses changing the world. It is the only company in the industry to build a Network Services Platform (NSP) by taking its Tier 1 network and its vast array of managed Internet services, including dedicated, remote and broadband access, Web hosting and Internet security, to create a platform for creating scalable and repeatable managed eBusiness solutions. With 1999 revenues of $706 million, Genuity is a global company with offices and partnerships throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America.

IBM
425 Market Street, 20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-545-4512
Fax 415-545-3015

www.ibm.com/solutions/netgeneration
- NetGen Portal
www.ibm.com/partnerworld
- Business Partners
www.developer.ibm.com

NetGen City Manager, Northern California
Paul A. Giani
pgiani@us.ibm.com

IBM develops and delivers products, services and support programs that help companies in the fast-emerging Net Generation marketplace establish their businesses and become profitable. Drawing on resources from across IBM and from the 90,000 IBM Business Partners, IBM's Net Generation Business is helping Internet Service Providers, Web hosting companies, portals and born-on-the-Web companies take advantage of the tremendous business opportunity before them. For more information on how IBM is helping Net Generation companies, visit www.ibm.com/solutions/netgeneration.

The Industry Standard
www.thestandard.com
315 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-733-5400

The Industry Standard is the single source for timely, thought provoking information about the Internet Economy. Written for senior-level executives who view the Internet as competitive tool, The Industry Standard delivers sophisticated coverage of the people, the companies, and the business models shaping our new business world. With insightful news analysis, business model reviews, personality profiles, industry metrics and executive recruiting, every week The Industry Standard is everything today's Internet business leader needs to make decisions faster, smarter ... better.

internet.com Corporation
www.internet.com
23 Old Kings Highway
Darien, CT 06820
203-662-2962
Fax 203-655-4686
adsales@internet.com

Western Associate Publisher
Scott Bialous
650-347-7500 x109
sbialous@internet.com

internet.com Corporation, the Internet Industry Portal, is located in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 126 Web sites, 177 e-mail newsletters, 117 online discussion forums and 78 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2.4 million unique visitors that generate 140 million page views monthly. Total "views," which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now nearly 200 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Espanol, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. internet.com, with its related internet.com Venture Funds I, II and III, is an investor in a number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.

i-Step Communications
www.istep.com
i-Step Communications
5214F Diamond Hts. Blvd.,
Suite 436
San Francisco
415-566-9204
415-759-6686 (fax)
sales@istep.com

ISP & WAN services
Chris Wong
415-566-9204
cjwong@istep.com

i-Step Communications started doing web site design back in 1995 and has since evolved into a full service company offering a range of services from LAN-WAN design and implementation to a complete line of internet services such as DSL, nationwide modem dialup, co-location, as well as web site design and hosting. We pride ourselves in providing close personal attention to our customers.

Microsoft
www.microsoft.com

Nomad Design and Services, Ltd.
www.nomaddesign.com
246 1st St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-357-1509
415-357-0804 (fax)
paul@nomaddesign.com

Nomad Design specializes in innovative design and printing with customers ranging from entertainment to advertisers to high tech industries. Nomad recently acquired the capacity to print in house with a Heidlberg DI. We specialized in quick turn 4 color printing.

PERCEPTICON Corporation
www.percepticon.com
1862 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-749-2900
415-749-2901 (fax)
contact@percepticon.com

President / Creative Director
J. Patrick Forden
415-749-2900
forden@percepticon.com
Marketing Director
Kelley Forden
415-749-2900
kelley@percepticon.com

The PERCEPTICON commitment to design excellence and artistic vision extends to each project we undertake. With years of diverse experience, our team is skilled in the creation, implementation and hosting of strategic website, web application and print solutions. PERCEPTICON's refined development process provides a successful integration of high-end Internet technologies with innovative concepts, compelling design and intuitive information architecture. Experience our recent work at http://www.percepticon.com/root.html?recent.

Premium Network
www.premiumnetwork.com
140 Second Street, Suite 602
San Francisco, California 94105
415-284-1444
415-284-1482 (fax)
info@premiumnetwork.com

President
Ken Margolis
415-284-1444
info@premiumnetwork.com

The Premium Network is a network of web sites that provides for strategic ad banner placement, rich media sponsorships, and effective contests and promotions. The network is hosted by Ken Margolis Associates and was established to bring on-line advertising capabilities to a higher level. Ken Margolis Associates is an advertising rep and marketing consulting firm, specializing in selling Internet advertising. KMA provides its customers with a full range of services, including advertising representation, ad banner serving, account management and client billing.

Release 1.0
EDventure Holdings Inc.

www.edventure.com/ release1/release1.html
104 Fifth Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212.924.8800
fax 212.924.0240
us@edventure.com

Joanna Douglas
joanna@edventure.com

Release 1.0, a monthly report published by Edventure Holdings, is "must reading" for the executives, analysts, entrepreneurs and financial professionals who really make a difference in the converging worlds of communications, computing, media and the Internet. For nearly 20 years our readers have depended on Release 1.0 for totally independent insight into the tectonic shifts in the business of technology - what's going to change the world and who's going to make it happen.

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
www.sfchamber.com
Russ Building
235 Montgomery St. 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-392-4520
Fax: 415-392-0485
info@sfchamber.com

Business Development Programs
Kelley Shields
415-352-8850
kshields@sfchamber.com
Public Policy
Suzanne Goldstein
415-352-8873
sgoldstein@sfchamber.com
Membership Department
Wendy Yu
415-352-8824
wyu@sfchamber.com

The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit membership organization representing a broad cross section of business in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our more than than 2200 member companies join the Chamber to take advantage of our dynamic networking opportunities, access our popular speakers series and professional development workshops, and make their voices heard at City Hall. Call us today to find out how the Chamber can help you grow your network -- and your bottom line!

SAN FRANCISCO DESIGN CENTER
www.sfdesigncenter.com
2 Henry Adams Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-490-5861
415-490-5885 fax
kk@sfdesigncenter.com

Director of Sales, Special Events
Kathleen A. Kirkpatrick

Two of the premier event facilities in the Bay Area are located South of Market in the Design Center. The Galleria, at 101 Henry Adams Street, and the Concourse Exhibition Center, at 635 8th Street (@Brannan.) The GALLERIA is a breath-taking 4-story atrium with retractable skylights, professional stage, 1,200 square foot dance floor, and in-house professional sound and lighting. This venue is ideal for corporate receptions (up to 1600), gala dinners (up to 1000 seated), presentations (seating 400+ on main floor), weddings and private events. The CONCOURSE is a 125,000 square foot contemporary glass and steel pav ilion with sandblasted wood, wall-to-wall carpeting and sparkling glass. This historic facility (originally a train station) can be divided into 2 independent exhibit areas, and is a popular location for large corporate events, fairs, dances, and conventions.

SF Gate
www.sfgate.com
1001 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-561-8700
415-674-7338 (fax)
support@sfgate.com

Serving over 15 million page views per month, SF Gate is, by far, the most popular site focusing on the Bay Area. Founded in 1994, SF Gate was the first major Website dedicated to reflecting the spirit of the region through news, information, communication, and commerce. SF Gate is the Bay Area's #1 content site as ranked by Media Metrix. Over 60% of SF Gate users visit the site at least once a day. SF Gate is the essential online choice for the Bay Area.

SF Station
sfstation.com
3528 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.552.5588
Fax 415.552.5587

Director of Business Development
Harlow Newton
harlow@sfstation.com

SF Station's mission is "to utilize the tools of technology and the Internet to build and bind the community of San Francisco. Since 1996, SF Station has provided thousands of Internet users from around the World with in-depth, up-to-date information about San Francisco's Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Food, and Shopping. SF Station's city guide covers over 50 categories, and represents literally hundreds of San Francisco's entertainment, retail, and service-oriented businesses and organizations.

The Society for Internet Advancement
www.siasf.org

Operations
Michael Caruso
michael@siasf.org
Programs
Aimee Rosewall
programs@siasf.org
Membership
Jon Venverloh
membership@siasf.org

The Society for Internet Advancement- San Francisco (SIASF) is a local not-for-profit association of industry professionals with a genuine interest in the advancement of the Internet as a daily tool to improve business and personal lives. The focus of the organization is on education and establishing a sense of community amongst industry professionals in the Greater Bay Area, with an emphasis on Internet marketing and advertising. The SIASF is as an ongoing open forum for communication, meant to encourage discussion and debate of industry-related issues.

Startups.com
www.startups.com
2400 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
650-474-5400
fax 650-474-5401
info@startups.com

Relationship Manager
Cathy Potter
650-474-5423
cpotter@startups.com
Director of Business Development
David Stremba
650-474-5425
dstremba@startups.com
HR Manager
Andrea Dunlap
650-474-5435
adunlap@startups.com

Startups.com is at ground-zero of the technology boom, working with the hottest new ventures and the innovative people behind them. Utilizing a combined hands-on and online approach, Startups.com manages all of the facilities, information technology, and administrative infrastructure setup for fast-track startups, enabling you to get your company and running quickly. From finding an office to designing a computer network to establishing a 401(k) program, Startups.com can help. We give you the time and peace of mind to concentrate on your core business, so you can move fast, get a jump on the competition, and increase your chances for success.

TechWeek
www.techweek.com
Metro States Media, Inc.,
1156 Aster Ave, Suite B,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
408-249-8300

For advertising inquiries:
Andrewb@techweek.com
To report breaking news or submit a letter to the editor:
Editor@techweek.com

TechWeek is a bi-weekly magazine providing news, commentary and analysis related to the advancement and enrichment of technology professionals living and working in the Greater San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento. We report on financial, cultural, political and technology issues that affect the entire range of technology professionals in their workplace, community and wallets. Free subscription are available to qualified individuals. Visit TechWeek Live at: www.techweek.com. TechWeek is produced by Metro States Media, Inc., a 19-year-old publishing firm based in Sunnyvale, California

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Emerging Companies Practice
www.brittonlaw.com
461 Second Street, Suite 332
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-538-9000
415-538-9001 (fax)
info@brittonlaw.com

Partner
Brent C. J. Britton
415-538-9000
brent@brittonlaw.com
Partner
Gil G. Silberman
415-538-9000
gil@brittonlaw.com
Partner
Thomas J. Cervantez
415-538-9000
tom@brittonlaw.com

Britton Silberman & Cervantez is pleased to announce that it is now the Emerging Companies Practice of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP.

We will retain our home offices in the Clocktower Building in San Francisco's South Park neighborhood. Now with the resources of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, the team will continue and expand its range of venture funding, corporate, licensing, and intellectual property legal services. Being part of a major nationwide law firm means that we can now offer our technology clients a full range of specialties including litigation, labor and employment, real estate, public company finance, tax, and estate planning. The move also extends our geographic reach to better serve clients in New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and throughout the world.

More than ever, we are committed to the highest standards of legal representation for the most innovative and promising companies.

Upside Media
www.upsidetoday.com
731 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.489.5618
Fax: 415.489.5688

Upside Media, reporting on the digital revolution since 1989, serves today's DealMakers with impacting commentary on the business of technology. UpsideToday.com provides daily investment and business updates; Upside Magazine delves inside the industry providing strategic analysis of the biggest deals; and Upside Events offers exclusive events for senior-level executives leading the business of technology.

Verio Inc
www.verio.net
401 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-836-0500

Field Marketing Manager - WEST
Angela Lawrence
949-453-2312
alawrence@verio.net
"Mr Verio" Sales
Rich Hennum
925-242-8569
www.mrverio.com/

Verio Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive business Internet services -- including broadband connectivity, virtual private networks, Web-hosting solutions and e-commerce with an emphasis on serving the small and mid-sized business market. Verio has rapidly established a global presence through the acquisition, integration and growth of independent Internet providers with a business customer focus. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable national infrastructure and systems including a facilities-based Tier One national network. Verio delivers locally-based sales and engineering support in 41 of the top 50 U.S. markets under the Verio brand name.