MindShare Selects FOODZONKERS CEO to Join 2009 Class
A rite of passage for any technology start-up in the Greater Washington Metropolitan region.
WASHINGTON, DC, February 06, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- MindShare has invited Foodzonkers CEO Kenneth H. Tan to join their 2009 class.
MindShare is an invitation-only forum, designed to help CEOs from the most promising technology and life sciences growth companies in the Greater Washington Metropolitan region build long-term, sustainable companies by creating opportunities and a sense of community as well as fostering teamwork in a collegial environment.
"Today is a great day for our company", said Kenneth Tan, Founder and CEO of Foodzonkers. "This invitation recognizes Foodzonkers as a relevant start-up in a rapidly evolving and volatile technology marketplace".
Founded in 1997 by a local group of prominent executives and business leaders, MindShare is an exclusive year-long forum designed to help emerging companies and their CEOs build successful businesses. Founding board members have helped build some of the area's biggest and most successful technology companies.
MindShare provides CEOs an opportunity to meet with peers from the area's best emerging companies as well as with Organizing Board members and speakers/session leaders in an intimate and exclusive setting of specially selected CEOs. Each month, these handpicked CEOs discuss current issues facing their companies, exchange ideas and meet other successful entrepreneurs, who can help guide them through the process of building great companies. Upon completion of each year's class, the CEOs are invited to a formal graduation ceremony.
Past MindShare graduates include Phillip Merrick, founder and CEO of webMethods (exit price $546M), Raul Fernandez, founder of Proxicom (IPO, then exited at $400M) and Chairman and CEO of ObjectVideo, Joe Crupi, CEO of Telogy Networks (exit price $500M), Amir Hudda, founder and CEO of Entevo (exit price $125M), Hemant Kanakia, founder and CEO of Torrent Networking Technologies (exit price $450M), Rick Kay, CE of OTG Software (exit price $455M), Ed Peters, CEO of DataDirect (exit price $88M), Rick Rudman, CEO of Vocus (IPO in 2005), Dan Simpkins, CEO of Salix Technologies (exit price $300M), Charlie Thomas, CEO of Net2000 (IPO in 2000), Lev Volftsun, CEO of Lightspeed International (exit price $200M), amongst others.
"I am honored to be joining such a prestigious list of industry luminaries and market leaders that have come before me", added Kenneth. "I will also take this opportunity to recognize my long-time friend and Chief Technologist Jonathan S. Kim, whose help is integral to this nomination".
SOURCE MindShare Incorporated
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