Panelists, presenters named for Excel-eration Summit in Southwest Florida

PRLog (Press Release) - Oct. 5, 2011 - The Second Excel-eration Summit in Naples, taking place on Oct. 18 from 1-5 p.m., has added more of Southwest Florida’s top business leaders to its line-up of speakers and panelists sharing business success strategies. The half-day event at Naples Grande Beach Resort also features entrepreneurs presenting business opportunities to potential investors and highlights innovators sharing technologies that can be licensed for future business growth. The event is open to the public.

Featured speaker, Lisa Phoenix, will share how her company, Golden Girls, has achieved success as the largest home party buyer of gold, silver and platinum in North America. A panel discussion will focus on “Building a Growth Company” and includes: Reagan Rodriguez, CEO and managing partner of 5th Avenue Acquisitions & Venture Capitalists; Angela Kidd, CPA, of Kidd CPA; and Attorney Jeanne Seewald, managing partner of the Southwest Florida office of Hahn, Loeser & Parks.

The three entrepreneurs presenting business plans include: HeelTree, Inc., a shoe storage and display systems company; Graduate Career Solutions, offering high tech tracking and reporting solutions to colleges/universities for their career centers; and Sweethartz Confectionery, a manufacturer of hand dipped chocolates and custom baked goods.  Innovators sharing technologies will be: BioCurity, a company developing nano particle solutions to protect people from radiation exposure; and Muscadine Grape Cell Strains, a developer of synchronized grape cell strains for use as flavonoids for their anticarcinogenic and antimutagenic properties.

The Women’s Excel-eration Summit is hosted by Go Beyond Network and e-Bella Magazine and is open to the public. Registration for the 1-5 p.m. event is $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Online registration is available at www.go-beyond-network.com.

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