Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital June 18 (Moved to September 2008)

Come join this live event - Meet Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 - Amy Errett!

Now you have a friend in the industry.

In this turbulent economy, venture capitalists are becoming more cautious about where they invest their money. For the entrepreneur, having the right connections in the industry can be just as important as having a bulletproof business plan.

Former entrepreneur (Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006) and now a venture capitalist, Amy Errett is your bridge into the world of venture capitalism and the ultimate person to meet.

Amy spent five years as the CEO and partial owner of Olivia.com, a lifestyle destination for lesbians while multiplying revenues from $6 million to $25 million.

You will not want to miss this opportunity to meet Amy Errett.

P.S. Amy is also the chair of the board of Glide Foundation, San Francisco’s largest non-governmental, direct social service organization.

When: June 18th, 2008 Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

Where: Amerprise San Francisco Office

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Who is Amy?

Amy J. Errett brings more than 25 years of experience as a leading edge entrepreneur, senior executive and social mission visionary. Her domain has been varied throughout her career from the online Web 2.0 media industry, to the off-line consumer marketplace, and even to volunteer, non-profit leadership.

Most recently, Errett spent five years as CEO and partial owner of Olivia repositioning the company as a lifestyle destination for lesbians while multiplying revenues from $6 million to an expected $25 million this year.

Still positioned as the number one travel company for lesbians, Errett transformed Olivia into a lifestyle media and lifestyle brand by launching the first lesbian affinity credit card, expanding the company’s entertainment offerings and created lucrative partnership programs for Fortune 500 companies to reach directly into the lesbian market. She also branched out into media and direct content by developing a Web 2.0 social-networking website and community for lesbians, the first of its kind in the marketplace.

Olivia’s reach, including all touch points, and is an estimated 2.5 million women across the globe, making it the primary hub for the lesbian community.

Errett has done a great deal of consulting and advisory work in the commerce, community and content Web 2.0 space. She has worked on start up projects in the green space,content sites in the boomer market, social networking spaces including group technology, profiles, dating as well as micro mapping,GPS applications and the affinity group market.

In 2006, Errett, along with Olivia’s founder was chosen as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. Olivia also won a WEBBIE award from the SF Chamber of Commerce as the leading growth business of the Year. That same year, and for the second consecutive rating period, Olivia received a 100% from the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, as well as inclusion in the annual list of the best companies to work for in America.

Prior to joining Olivia in 2002, Errett founded and served as chair and CEO of The Spectrem Group, a worldwide strategic consulting, information and M&A advisory firm. She sold Spectrem to an IPG subsidiary, NFO Worldwide (NYSE: NFOW) in 1996. After the sale, Errett joined E*Trade as a member of the senior management team where she diversified the company’s business beyond brokerage by leading E*Trade into growth areas , managing their business to business stock option division and launched a successful asset-based products and investment management services division.

In addition, Errett has dedicated herself to supporting humanitarian organizations. She is the chair of the board of Glide Foundation, San Francisco’s largest non-governmental, direct social service organization. Formerly a member of the national board of the Human Rights Campaign, she now serves on the Wharton West Advisory Board.

Among her citations is the Israel Fellows Award by the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation. Errett is also an active member of the alumni associations of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Connecticut. She is an active member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization) in Northern California.