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		<title>Introducing Paul Peck as a Mentor!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to welcome Paul Peck as a mentor for our 2013 program!   Paul is a technology executive with broad-based global management experience in product development &#38; launch, supply chain &#38; outsourcing, manufacturing, field service, quality management, and business systems!  Mr. Peck has been in integral player in several prominent mergers &#38; acquisitions over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Dirk Wakeham as a VentureSpur Mentor!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please welcome Dirk Wakeham, Managing Director at Westlake Ventures as a new mentor!  Dirk is the former CEO of LeasingDesk, a company aquired by RealPage.  Mr. Wakeham is currently serving as the Membership Chair for the North Texas Chapter of YPO.  We are excited to have him as a resource for our accelerator companies! Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Robert Bennett!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert (Bob) Bennett is on board as a mentor at VentureSpur! Mr. Bennett is the  Chief Executive Office of First Lexington Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of HD Republic Productions and Supermassive Films and Vice Chairman of Modulant Solutions.  Mr. Bennett is a seasoned entrepreneur with three successful ventures in media and entertainment! Learn more about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Brendon Mills!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get to know new VentureSpur mentor, Brendon Mills!  Brendon has been in the game for over 23 years as a serial entrepreneur &#38; investor!  His areas of expertise include the communications and web-based technology fields!  Among his many accomplishments, Brendon holds four US technology patents with five patents pending! Read more about Brendon here!]]></description>
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		<title>Say Hello To New Mentor Albert Hoover!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introducing Albert Hoover, Managing Director at Leadout Advisors, LLC based in Dallas, TX.   Leadout provides executive leadership and hands-on execution to companies seeking strategic planning and corporate development expertise.  Albert is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Find out more about VentureSpur&#8217;s newest mentor by reading his bio!]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Chris Fagan!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet Chris Fagan!  Chris is the founder and CEO of Key Ring, a mobility sofware company!  Having gone through an accelerator in 2010 and selling his company in 2012, Chris knows the ins and outs of the accelerator process.  Chris is now lending his entrprenurial experience to the VentureSpur accelerator companies as a mentor in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 VentureSpur Graduate GoldFire Studios Featured in OETA Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 23:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GoldFire Studios, a 2012 VentureSpur acceleration program participant, has been featured in a recent news report by OETA. Watch the full story: &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome New Mentor, Ray Estep!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are so excited to introduce Ray Estep as a mentor for the 2013 program!  To put it simply, Ray is in the business of growing businesses!  During his career, Ray has been successful with CEOs, Boards and management teams to develop and position companies for sale.  Mr. Estep has extensive experience in several fields including Mobility Software, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full presentation: Top 10 Investor Pitch FAILS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 18:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s our Top 10 Investor Pitch FAILS! presentation from SpringBeta, presented last night:]]></description>
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		<title>VentureSpur Sponsoring Upcoming SpringBeta Event</title>
		<link>http://venturespur.com/2013/04/venturespur-sponsoring-upcoming-springbeta-event/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=venturespur-sponsoring-upcoming-springbeta-event</link>
		<comments>http://venturespur.com/2013/04/venturespur-sponsoring-upcoming-springbeta-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VentureSpur will be sponsoring the upcoming SpringBeta 2013 event on May 2nd. We&#8217;ll also be making a quick, five-minute presentation: Top 10 Investor Pitch Fails! SpringBeta is an event of the OpenBeta organization, put on by VisitThe404.com. From the event announcement: &#8220;Spring Beta is our community focused Tech Conference featuring speakers on Technology and Oklahoma City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor Interview with Shane Cole!</title>
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		<comments>http://venturespur.com/2013/04/shanecoleinterview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kraettli L. Epperson - Managing Director</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently had the opportunity to interview new mentor, Shane Cole!  Shane is the EVP &#38; Principal at Covenant Global Investors.  In this interview, we get Shane&#8217;s take on mentorship and what types of technologies strike his interest! What was the most important thing a mentor ever did for you? In addition to providing encouragement, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accelerators Improve VC Deal Sourcing Efficiency by 10X</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accelerators are popping up everywhere.  In fact, there is a great democratization of capital underway that is providing a multitude of sources for small amounts of start-up capital – accelerators, angel groups, platforms like Gust, and now crowd-sourcing platforms as well.  What used to be a linear scale of capital sources, small to large, has [...]]]></description>
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