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NewsGator and Entrepreneurs Foundation Encourage Emerging Growth Companies to Give Back to the Community
Entrepreneurs Throughout Colorado Gain Outlet for Philanthropy
| Source: NewsGator
DENVER, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 26, 2007 -- NewsGator Technologies, Inc., the leading RSS
company, today announced its founding membership in the Entrepreneurs
Foundation of Colorado, an organization that encourages emerging growth
companies to participate in early stage philanthropy and become more
involved in their community.
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado is a new partnership between
Colorado's entrepreneurial community and The Community Foundation Serving
Boulder County; together they encourage entrepreneurs to incorporate
philanthropy early in the creation of their companies and participate in
the long-term health and sustainability of the Colorado community.
"Colorado has been a wonderful home to NewsGator and we are proud to be a
founding member of this unique organization and advance the well-being of
our area," said J.B. Holston, CEO of NewsGator and founding trustee of the
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado. "The foundation will inspire emerging
companies and their employees to forge philanthropic relationships locally
and get involved more broadly in the community."
With support from NewsGator and other founding companies, the Entrepreneurs
Foundation of Colorado will work to build a permanent endowment that
provides grants for the arts, civic involvement, education, the
environment, and health and human services. Funds will be distributed to
respond to the community's greatest needs and entrepreneurs will gain an
outlet for community philanthropy, strengthening the culture of giving for
the business and its employees.
About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
NewsGator Technologies is the world's leading RSS company. Headquartered in
Denver, CO, NewsGator develops and markets RSS aggregation solutions for
individual end users, enterprises and online content providers. Using
NewsGator products and solutions, businesses and consumers can subscribe to
news, information, podcasts and other relevant content more efficiently and
effectively than with traditional channels. With NewsGator, users have
access to RSS information via the Web, Microsoft Outlook, mobile devices
and both Windows- and Mac-based desktop clients. All NewsGator products
synchronize seamlessly, enabling users to read their RSS feeds anywhere,
anytime, with any device. For more information, visit www.newsgator.com.
About the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado
Five local companies -- Collective Intellect, Me.dium, NewsGator
Technologies, Rally Software, and Tendril -- are the founding benefactors
for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado. The founding trustees are
J.B. Holston (NewsGator Technologies), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Kyle
Lefkoff (Boulder Ventures), Tim Connor (Sequel Venture Partners), Ryan
Martens (Rally Software), Bill Roberts (Hogan & Hartson), and Michael Platt
(Cooley Godward Kronish). In addition, the Entrepreneurs Foundation of
Colorado has formed an alliance with the Entrepreneurs Foundation, an
organization started in 1988 that has affiliates in Silicon Valley, Austin,
Southern California, New England, Dallas, Portland, Atlanta, Hawaii, and
Israel. For more information about the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado
please visit www.efcolorado.org.