Colorado Technology Incubator and First Tuesday Colorado Announce Partnership.

Business Editors & Technology Writers

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

Colorado Technology Incubator (CTI), a not-for-profit corporation specializing in assisting entrepreneurs with the development of technology-based business growth, today announced a partnership

The partnership will include joint marketing and public relations efforts to promote awareness of both organizations. The two groups will officially kick off their partnership at the CTI's Fall Conference and Technology Fair on November 14.

CTI President Lu Cordova emphasized: "The partnership makes sense. First Tuesday attracts innovative companies, entrepreneurs and funding sources, and CTI complements that audience by offering qualified companies a fast track to success."

Tom Filippini, president of First Tuesday, concurs, "We are working with a similar audience, with a common mission of promoting technology-driven business in Colorado and facilitating introductions between principals of emerging businesses and logic financing sources."

About the Colorado Technology Incubator

The Colorado Technology Incubator is a not-for-profit corporation funded by Colorado businesses, public sources and entrepreneurs to help technology-based startup companies succeed. CTI is internationally recognized as a catalyst for business growth and individual mentoring, and has won awards from the National Business Incubation Association and U.S. Small Business Administration. For more information about CTI or the 2001 Technology Fair and Conference, visit the CTI Web site at www.BTIonline.org.

About First Tuesday Colorado

First Tuesday Colorado is the Front Range version of the world-renowned networking event specifically designed to facilitate business development and deal flow among Colorado's top entrepreneurs, investors and technology executives. First Tuesday events typically draw a large but selective audience that includes a high percentage of emerging technology companies looking for the capital, executive talent and strategic partners that they need to grow. First Tuesday is backed by an impressive list of leading international and regional companies. Visit www.firsttuesdayco.com.