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Guy Kawasaki, CEO of Garage.com, has served as chairman of the board, CEO, and director of Garage.com since its founding in October 1997. Prior to Garage.com, he was an Apple Fellow, served as president of Fog City Software in San Francisco, and was one of the key individuals responsible for the successful introduction of the original Macintosh computer in 1984. He is a columnist for Forbes Magazine and author of seven books, including Rules for Revolutionaries and How to Drive Your Competition Crazy. He holds a BA from Stanford University and a MBA from University of California, Los Angeles.

Garage.com is a venture capital investment bank that provides funding services for high tech startups. Since 1999, Garage.com has helped more than 50 technology startup companies raise more than $130 million in venture capital.

The Southwest Venture Forum is a non-profit forum where entrepreneurs seeking to start or build a business can meet with sources of capital and professionals to facilitate the acquisition of financing and to obtain advice and information. The membership includes entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, bankers, attorneys, trade association representatives, accountants, and consultants who have experience working with early and intermediate stage growth-oriented entrepreneurs and their firms.

An "information table" is provided for individuals desiring to convey information to the entire group. Feel free to place resumes, meeting announcements, or information literature on these tables.

Registration may be completed via the Internet at www.swvf.org, by calling 214-768-3689, or by faxing 214-768-3604. The price of admission is $40 prior to Wednesday, November 1.