TechMentor™ brings Jud Bowman, One of the World's Top 100 Young Innovators, to Australia

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 18 October 2007 – TechMentor™, a structured mentoring program for entrepreneurs wanting to raise venture capital, is pleased to announce that leading entrepreneur and innovator Jud Bowman will visit Australia on 20th November, 2007 to speak with the TechMentor™ participants.

Jud Bowman has been named as one of the world's “Top 100 Young Innovators” by MIT's Technology Review and one of “Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs” by BusinessWeek in 2007. He is a founder and chief architect of one of the industry's leading mobile content delivery platforms, Fuel, that has delivered more than $1 billion of mobile content to date. Bowman is the chief technology officer of Motricity, which has been named one of the top 100 technology firms in North America and one of the top 15 global wireless startups. He was instrumental in raising over $200 million in venture capital for Motricity and has helped grow the company to over 300 employees globally.

“One of the core aims of the TechMentor program is to allow participants to learn from the experiences and expertise of accomplished entrepreneurs and venture capitalists,” said Matthew Michalewicz, founder of TechMentor™. “It is therefore a great pleasure to welcome Jud Bowman to Australia and we look forward to absorbing his views, ideas, and pearls of wisdom on innovation and commercialization.”

TechMentor™ is the brainchild of Matthew Michalewicz, a seasoned entrepreneur with years of experience in starting and exiting high-growth companies. The program provides group and individual mentoring, opportunities to meet venture capitalists and angel investors, and sessions where participants can practice their pitches to get investment. Participants can make better decisions during the start-up and fund-raising phases of their ventures, meet potential investors, and maximise their chances of success. TechMentor™ is sponsored by the Venture Capital Board of South Australia, BDO Chartered Accountants, Playford Capital, Madderns, MinterEllison Lawyers, the University of Adelaide, Mihell & Lycos and InVenture Partners. For more information see: www.TechMentor.com.au

Matthew Michalewicz
P.O. Box 3161, Adelaide, SA 5000
Phone: +61 8 8303-6169
Fax: +61 8 8303-4366
mm@SolveITSoftware.com

About Matthew Michalewicz

Serial entrepreneur and former Ernst & Young management consultant, Matthew Michalewicz has more than a decade of experience in starting, running, and exiting high-growth companies. He is the founder of TechMentor™, a structured mentoring program for early-stage entrepreneurs wanting to raise venture capital, and the co-author of several books and publications, including Winning Credibility: A guide for building a business from rags to riches (www.WinningCredibility.com) and Adaptive Business Intelligence (www.AdaptiveBusinessIntelligence.com).

In addition to his writing, speaking, and advisory work, Matthew is also the Chief Executive Officer of SolveIT Software Pty Ltd, an Australian company specialising in software solutions for planning & scheduling optimisation and predictive modelling. Prior to co-founding SolveIT Software, Matthew served as Chairman and CEO of a high-tech company he founded in the United States in 1999. By raising US$15 million in venture capital and completing 4 multi-million dollar acquisitions, he grew the company to more than 150 employees in 6 international offices.

Matthew currently serves on many boards and committees, including the Independent Panel of Experts for the Intelligent Island Project, the Board of Directors of the South Australian Tourism Commission, and the Business Advisory Board of the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology. He is also a Business Ambassador for the state of South Australia, a national judge for the Secrets of Australian IT Innovation contest, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Adelaide. For more information, please visit: www.Michalewicz.com.au

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