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Silicon Slopes April Newsletter!!
Utah continues gathering national recognition for its ability to govern and facilitate the growth of new startups. In this email, we spotlight two of these exciting technology startups (AxisPointe and COMPLETExRM) and a non-profit (Grow Utah Ventures) doing its best to help out entrepreneurs across the state. As always, we have summarized last month's company news, fundings and award recipients. Enjoy!

Best regards,

Silicon Slopes

CEO Spotlights:
> Craig Bott, Grow Utah Ventures
> Michael Morgan, COMPLETExRM
> Andrew Smith, AxisPointe

Major News Stories From the State
Upcoming Events
Latest Jobs In High-Tech
Utah Company Awards
Sendside Networks Open House - Sendside's Networks will unveil its technology after nearly two years of development. Come join the startup team, investors, users, partners and discover more about the company.
April 3rd, 2008
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
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Tech Venture Startup "How-To" - Lecture 3. A six-part lunch and lecture series focusing on fundamental concepts and best practices of Silicon Valley venture technology startups, taught by Josh Coates, founder of Mozy. April 15th, 2008
11:30 am to 1:30 pm
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Sorenson Inventor Showcase-Utah’s premier networking event for inventors, entrepreneurs and the business community.  The annual conference highlights technologies from Utah universities.
April 16th, 2008
9 am to 1:30 pm
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Java Engineers
Software Technology Group
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Product Marketing Manager
Bungee Labs
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Interactive Creative Director
EnticeLabs
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User statistics for siliconslopes.com for the month of February 2008.
Companies Added: 52
New News Stories: 98
New Blogs: 29
New Events:14
New Jobs: 6
Craig Bott, CEO of Grow Utah Ventures
Grow Utah Ventures is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 with the goal of promoting entrepreneurial development in Utah. Since that time, they have been hugely successful at fostering entrepreneurship, developing community business programs and helping create jobs for the future.
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Mike Morgan
   
Michael Morgan, CEO of COMPLETExRM
Michael Morgan is CEO and Co-founder of Salt Lake City-based COMPLETExRM. The company has teamed up with FranklinCovey to offer a Web-based software application that combines FranklinCovey's proven methodologies with CRM technology. We spoke with Michael about this partnership, his investors and what inspired him to start COMPLETExRM.
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Mike Morgan
 
Andrew Smith, CEO of AxisPointe
AxisPointe is based in Lehi and leverages technology to make post construction services more effective and affordable for residential and commercial builders. The company closed its first acquisition of Orem-based Asset Evolution in January, positioning itself for significant and sustainable growth in the near future. Read More
Andrew Smith
Utah's top technology news stories from the month of March
Utah Recognized as the Best Managed State in the Nation
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Ebay CEO Addresses Utah Technology Council Members
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2,000 Marketing Professionals Gather in Utah
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Two Utah Companies, IWI and Inovar, Merge to Form inthinc
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Fusion-io Closes $19 Million in Series A Funding.
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Solera Networks Closes $5 Million Financing From Canopy Ventures.
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Axial Biotech adds $6 Million to Its Second Round Financing.
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Specialized Health Products Agrees to Be Acquired for $68.4 Million by C. R. Bard, Inc.
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8 Leaders Honored with CEO of the Year Award by Utah Business Magazine
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Salt Lake City Named Ranked 15th Best Place in the Nation to Start a Business
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2008 V Spring V|100 List Released
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American Venture Magazine's 2008's Most Promising Startups
Alianza
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Business Week Ranks BYU Undergraduate Business School Seventh in the Nation.
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