Garage.com Bootcamp for Startups Series Convenes in Austin, Tx; Experts Prepare Entrepreneurs to Start and Grow High Tech Businesses in Today's Market

Business Wire, May 8, 2000

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

PALO ALTO, Calif. and AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000

Garage.com, an online venture capital company that helps entrepreneurs and investors create, build, and fund promising early-stage technology companies, announced it will present Bootcamp for Startups (SM) on June 5-6 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

Bootcamp for Startups is Garage.com's series of two-day conferences designed to prepare entrepreneurs worldwide to start and grow new high tech businesses. At Bootcamp for Startups, high tech industry experts share valuable information about raising capital, hiring top talent, building buzz, and launching a product with entrepreneurs and startup companies.

"The industry leaders who speak at Bootcamp for Startups have a shrewd understanding of high tech business today. Each expert's perspective will help Bootcampers turn their amazing ideas into effective business plans, pitch those plans to potential investors, and ultimately create successful companies," said Garage.com CEO Guy Kawasaki.

Jamin Patrick, Managing Director of Garage.com Austin, added, "This will be a great opportunity to learn about the changing startup and venture capital environment facing entrepreneurs today."

Austin Bootcamp for Startups scheduled speakers include:

- Applied Science Fiction

- Austin American-Statesman

- AV Labs

- Crossroads Systems

- Draper Fisher Jurvetson

- Mayfield Fund

- Onvia.com

- PricewaterhouseCoopers

- Vignette

- UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund

Austin Bootcamp for Startups panelists include executives from:

- Applied Science Fiction

- Austin American-Statesman

- AV Labs

- Crossroads Systems

- Draper Fisher Jurvetson

- Mayfield Fund

- Onvia.com

- PricewaterhouseCoopers

- Vignette

- UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund

Forbes magazine, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will co-host the Austin Bootcamp.

Registration

The admission fee for the Austin Bootcamp is $795, until May 20, 2000. Space is limited; tickets sold on a first-come, first-served basis. To find out more information and to register to attend, visit http://www.garage.com/bootcamp. Members of the press should email press@garage.com, if interested in attending.

About Garage.com

Garage.com helps entrepreneurs and investors create, build, and fund promising early-stage technology startups. In 1999, Garage.com helped 40 technology startup companies raise more than $101 million in venture capital through its wholly-owned broker/dealer subsidiary Garage.com Securities. Garage.com has headquarters in Silicon Valley, and domestic offices in Austin, Boston, and Seattle. In addition, Garage.com recently opened international offices in Israel and London to serve the Israeli and European high tech startup communities.

Important Notice: Garage.com and the Garage.com logo are trademarks of Garage.com. Additional Company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. Garage.com is not a registered broker/dealer and engages in the offer or sale of securities only through its wholly owned broker/dealer subsidiary, Garage.com Securities. That subsidiary oversees and executes all of the securities aspects of the business while the parent company, Garage.com, manages the information aspects. The statements contained in this news release that are forward-looking are based on current expectations that are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, and actual results may differ materially.