Middle Market Deals and how to buy, sell and raise capital from $5 to $500 million

On Thursday of this week, August 17, 2006, the MountainWest Capital Network, Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum and Utah Technology Council will host a joint luncheon at Thanksgiving Point.   Click on the links above to learn more about how to register for this event.

The featured speaker will be David Thomson, the author of Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth. 

I don't know anything about Mr. Thomson, but it is always a good idea to attend an event of this sort because of the other folks who'll be there.  The guest list will include entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, investment bankers, securities and M&A lawyers, etc.  In other words, this may one of the largest meetings of the year in the deal community. 

I, for one, don't want to be left out.

Today, Utah Information Technology Association or UITA, held its annual meeting.  There, it recognized Josh James, Omniture's founder, as its CEO of the year.

The other news at the event today, was the completion of the marriage between the Utah Life Sciences Association (ULiSA) and UITA.  After years of informal discussions, circumstances recently shifted making the marriage work for both groups.

The new group will be known as the Utah Technology Council or UTC.