November: Adopt a Senior Cat and Name Your Price!

November: Adopt a Senior Cat and Name Your Price!

By Mary Blake, Cat Care Society Volunteer - (that's Cat Care Society's Senior Kitty Moekie in the photo)

If you’re looking for a sweet, warm, mellow kitty, there’s one waiting for you at Cat Care Society where you can name your price!

That’s right -- November is Adopt-a-Senior Pet Month, so this is the time to bring home a calm, laid-back, loving kitty who just wants to snuggle in your lap -- at a price you choose. Kittens are cute, but they can be exhausting. Senior cats are not as demanding.

They are less likely to climb the curtains or holiday tree or chew on your prized possessions. Older cats will give you years of unconditional love and you can give them the best years of their life.

If medical costs are a concern, don’t worry! If you adopt a cat 10 years or older from Cat Care Society, you are eligible for our Perpet-U-Care program, which provides up to $250 worth of annual veterinary care at our clinic to offset medical costs. It’s a great deal for you and for your new kitty!

Cat Care Society is the only Denver metro area shelter to offer this level of care. Wouldn’t you love a mellow, warm kitty cuddling next to you on these cold winter nights? For more information, please contact Abbi Collins, Adoption Manager, or any of our adoption specialists at (303) 239-9680 or visit http://www.catcaresociety.org/adoption_cats.html (look for "Senior" in the age column).

Link to the pdf of Mary Blake's article.

Currently Annabelle, Biscuit, Copper, Haphzibah, Hopalong, Jasper, Krista, Li'l G, Lucky, Maui, McKnight, Metz, Missy, Mo, Moekie, Mr. Digit, Ruby, Shaydee, Spirit, Sue Sioux and Tara are our wonderful group of senior kitties waiting for their forever homes.

InnovatioNews: "Finalists announced for Dec. 6 'Rising Star of the Year' award"

Quoting from the Nov 14th posting:

"The Colorado BioScience Association announced the four finalists selected for the 'Rising Star of the Year' award to be revealed Dec. 6 at CBSA’s Annual Awards Dinner Celebration.

The companies are:

 •InDevR Inc., Boulder
 •Mosaic Biosciences, Aurora and Boulder
•Sophono Inc., Boulder
•Surefire Medical Inc., Westminster

'Our Rising Star award is designated for an emerging company that has announced a major achievement during the year,' said April Giles, CBSA president and CEO."

Link to InnovatioNews

Lakewood Pet Examiner: 'Today is CCS Pizza Day at Beau Jo's'

Quoting Carrie Dow in this morning's posting:

"Today, November 14, only the good folks at Beau Jo’s will donate 20% of all pre-tax sales to the Cat Care Society (CCS) of Lakewood. That includes all stores with locations in Arvada, Boulder, Evergreen, Fort Collins, Idaho Springs, and Denver at University Hills.

To make sure the CCS receives proceeds, be sure to present the special CCS flyer to your server when ordering. This fund raiser is also available for To Go orders." Link to the flyer.

Link to the Lakewood Pet Examiner posting about Cat Care Society

Today's Mail: 'I just wanted to write to say how much I love CCS!'

From Christina in Breckenridge:

"I am sitting at home working and my beautiful fluffy gray male cat (Bernie) adopted from CCS has just joined me. When I first adopted him almost 3 years ago he was aloof and preferred solitude. Over time I have watched him become comfortable and happy in his surroundings. He is so loving to all: he grooms our female cat and he loves when my young nephew visits, coming out of the bedroom to greet him and play. Every day I tell him how much he is loved and that we are so blessed to have him.

Thank you to everyone at CCS for taking him in and giving him a second chance. I see the happiness on his face each day."

Link to Cat Care Society's Adoptable Cats

Link to donate at GivingFirst.org - CCS is part of Colorado Gives Day for a second year on Tuesday, December 4!

CBSA Releases Finalists for 'Rising Star of the Year' Company at its Annual Awards Celebration in December

The CBSA has released the finalists for the 'Rising Star of the Year' company award at its Annual Awards Dinner Celebration -- Thursday, December 6, at the Hyatt Convention Center, 650 15th Street, Denver.

The announcement is made by April Giles, CBSA President and CEO, who says finalists for this year's outstanding emerging company, 'Rising Star of the Year,' include:

1) InDevR, Inc. - Boulder - http://www.indevr.net  

2) Mosaic Biosciences - Aurora and Boulder - http://www.mosaicbio.com

3) Sophono, Inc. - Boulder - http://www.sophono.com

4) Surefire Medical Inc. - Westminster - http://www.surefiremedical.com

"Our Rising Star award is designated for an emerging company that has announced a major achievement during the year," Giles explains. "We're so very proud of our younger bioscience companies in the state and feel it's particularly important to showcase those companies experiencing an outstanding year. We had a number of amazing nominees this year to consider in selecting the finalists, but only one company will win."

Additional awards announced at the dinner include: Lifetime Achievement, Company of the Year, Business Partner of the Year, Educator of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Chairman’s Award.

Tickets and Tables are on sale now: Individual Tickets: $150 each; Reserved Table for Eight: $1,250 (member)/$1,500 (non-member). Register at http://www.cobioscience.com/events-calendar/annual-awards-dinner.

Link to the Business Wire Release

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

Wed, Nov. 14th, is Cat Care Society Day at Beau Jo's Pizza's Front Range Locations

Enjoy your favorite Beau Jo's specialty on Tuesday, Nov 14 - click here for a menu - and Cat Care Society earns 20% of every pre-tax sale. Good on take-out too, and be sure to check out Beau Jo's gluten-free options!

Note: You must present this flyer at the time of order to ensure CCS is credited with the sale.

CCS Day applies at locations in Arvada, Boulder, Evergreen, Fort Collins, Idaho Springs, and University Hills.

Print out and bring this flyer with you!

pharmiweb: 'April Giles Named President & CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association'

Quoting from yesterday's posting:

"April Giles, Executive Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) for the past two and a half years, has been named President & CEO following an extensive national executive search conducted by an ad hoc committee of the CBSA Board of Directors. The announcement is made by Steve Orndorff, CBSA Board Chairperson and President/CEO of Ariel Pharmaceuticals."

Link to pharmiweb.com

BCBR: 'Giles named to head bioscience association'

Quoting today's posting by Dallas Heltzell:

"April Giles has been named president and chief executive of the Colorado Bioscience Association after having served as its executive vice president for two and a half years.

Her promotion was announced Wednesday by association board chairman Steve Orndorff, president and chief executive of Ariel Pharmaceuticals.

Giles will succeed Holli Riebel at the association's helm. Riebel resigned in June to become chief operations officer at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce."

Link to the Boulder County Business Report

NCBR: 'Giles named CEO of Colorado BioScience Association'

Quoting from today's posting:

"April Giles, executive vice president of the Colorado BioScience Association, has been named president and CEO following a national executive search, the nonprofit said Thursday.

Giles replaces Holli Riebel, who resigned in June to accept a position as chief operating officer for the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Meantime, Giles had been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Denver-based life science industry association, which has 350 members.

'I'm passionate about what the bioscience industry has to offer our state," Giles said in a statement. "I value and look forward to growing and strengthening the longstanding relationships I've already developed with our bioscience companies, research institutions, economic development agencies, and other local, regional and national associations in my new and expanded role.'"

Link to the Northern Colorado Business Report

BioSpace: 'April Giles Named President & CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association'

Quoting today's posting:

"April Giles, Executive Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) for the past two and a half years, has been named President and CEO following an extensive national executive search conducted by an ad hoc committee of the CBSA Board of Directors. The announcement is made by Steve Orndorff, CBSA Board Chairperson and President/CEO of Ariel Pharmaceuticals."

Link to biospace.com

Denver Business Journal 'Colorado BioScience Association names Giles CEO'

Quoting today's Denver Business Journal posting:

"The Colorado BioScience Association has named April Giles its new president and CEO.

Giles has been the CBSA’s executive vice president for the last 2½ years. She joined the trade group as director of operations in 2006 and later became VP/administration and operations and later EVP.

She succeeds Holli Riebel, who resigned after two years in the post to become COO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce."

Link to the Denver Business Journal

Denver Post: 'April Giles named CEO of Colorado BioScience Association'

Breaking News posted today:

"April Giles has been named president and chief executive officer of the Colorado BioScience Association, succeeding former CEO Holli Riebel.

Giles had served as executive vice president of the CBSA for the past two and a half years."

Link to the Denver Post website

April Giles Named President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association

April Giles, Executive Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) for the past two and a half years, has been named President and CEO following an extensive national executive search conducted by an ad hoc committee of the CBSA Board of Directors.
The announcement is made by Steve Orndorff, CBSA Board Chairperson and President/CEO of Ariel Pharmaceuticals.

"Our search committee worked very hard to find the best qualified person to lead the CBSA into its next phase of growth. In testament to April's tremendous talent and extensive experience in the association management and bioscience industry, we learned the best person for the job was already part of the CBSA leadership team," Orndorff explains.

Giles replaces Holli Riebel, who resigned in June to accept the Chief Operations Officer position at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. In the interim, Giles had been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the association.

Link to the Business Wire Posting

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

Cat Care Society Is Celebrating Denver Arts Week With the Launch of the 2013 Tails of the Painted Cats

Friday, November 9, is the official launch of the Cat Care Society's 2013 Tails of the Painted Cats with a Champagne Reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.at the CCS Shelter, 5787 W. 6th Avenue, for 2013 Artists, Sponsors and other invited guests.

Admission is by invitation and only two artist sponsorships are still available. Call (303) 239-9680, ext 16, for more information about both, if interested.

Denver Arts Week Event Profile

Link to the pdf of the 2013 Artists Inspirations and Designs

Check out the sneak peek at the online gallery:



Link to view the YouTube Slide Show

Colorado Springs: 'Spectranetics profit surges to five-year high'

Quoting from the October 30 Gazette article by Wayne Heilman:

"Spectranetics Corp. reported its highest quarterly profit in more than five years Tuesday on record revenue during the third quarter and raised its sales forecast for the second consecutive quarter.

The Colorado Springs-based medical laser manufacturer boosted earnings by nearly nine times during the July-to-September quarter to $905,000, or 3 cents a share, from $109,000, or 0 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 10 percent during the same period to $35.2 million with strong growth in the use of the company's lasers to remove infected pacemaker leads and clear blockages in leg arteries...

...The gains prompted Spectranetics management to boost its revenue for the year to between $138.5 million and $139.5 million from between $137 million and $139.5 million. The forecast represents a 9 percent to 10 percent gain from last year's sales number.

However, Guy Childs, the company's chief financial officer, repeated a warning he issued in April that a new 2.3 percent excise tax on all medical device sales would wipe out most of the company's profits next year. The tax is part of the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He repeated the warning, originally made during a panel discussion hosted by the Colorado Bioscience Association, during a conference call with stock analysts."

Link to the Gazette

BioWest Keynoter: 'INterview with Two Trees Consulting president and CEO Ginger Graham'

Make sure to check out the InnovatioNews interview with Ginger Graham - keynoter for the Founder's Breakfast at the CBSA's 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo. Quoting from the posting by Steve Porter:

"Ginger L. Graham, president and CEO of Two Trees Consulting in Boulder, is a public speaker and health care consultant as well as a faculty member at the Harvard Business School. She is the former president and Chief Executive Officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego focused on diabetes and obesity.

During her tenure at Amylin, the company launched two first-in-class medicines for people with diabetes, was listed on the Nasdaq 100 and was rated as one of the Top 10 places in the industry for scientists to work.

Prior to her time at Amylin, Ginger was Group Chairman, Office of the President for Guidant Corporation, a major cardiovascular medical device manufacturer based in Indianapolis. During her tenure at Guidant, the company launched the world’s leading stent platform, was listed in the Fortune 500, was recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the Best Companies to Work For in America, and was included in Industry Week Magazine’s 100 Best Managed Companies in the World."

Link to the InnovatioNews interview

View video from Graham's BioWest 2012 keynote...

http://youtu.be/v4eaiPqNk3c

Colorado Springs: 'Patent office to boost innovation, job creation'

Quoting from the 10/24 article by Wayne Heilman:

"The opening of a satellite operation of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Denver next year will label Colorado as “a leader in innovation” and eventually spur innovation and job creation in the state, a Denver-based patent lawyer said Wednesday in Colorado Springs.

The satellite office is expected to open in about a year in downtown Denver with up to 200 patent examiners, administrative law judges and other personnel to help reduce a nationwide backlog of 600,000 patent applications that take up to three years to processed, said John Posthumus, a technology attorney in the Denver office of Sheridan Ross. He spoke to business owners and executives during a presentation at the U.S. Olympic Training Center sponsored by the Colorado Bioscience Association."

Link to read the full article

Halloween Safety Tips for Cats of all Colors

Halloween Safety Tips for Cats of all Colors

By Mary Blake, Cat Care Society Volunteer (that's Ebby Blake in the photo)

Did you know that National Cat Day is two days before Halloween? http://www.nationalcatday.com

Celebrate by making sure your kitty is safe over the holiday. Even if you don’t have a black cat, there are several kitty hazards to watch out for in Halloween decorations and treats. Those shiny, crinkly candy wrappers are just the thing to catch kitty’s eye, and they are all too easy to swallow, so please dispose of them promptly. Those plastic pumpkin lights and the accompanying electric cords can be fun to play with too, and so can rolling batteries, so keep both away from swiping paws. Your Jack O’Lantern provides an eerie glow, but pumpkin also eventually grows mold, leading to an upset tummy for the kitty who chews on it. Chocolate is even more toxic to cats and can be fatal.

Noisy trick or treaters ringing the doorbell can upset any kitty. Please keep yours in a closed room so they can’t dart out the door and get hurt or lost. Many times those looking to use cats for “fun” will roam the streets looking for friendly house cats that have been let outside.

Be especially careful to keep any black cat indoors, not just on Halloween, but at this time of year. It’s heartbreaking, but ritual abuse of black cats escalates in October, so most shelters and humane societies, including Cat Care Society http://www.catcaresociety.org, will not adopt out black cats to anyone. So keep your kitty of any color safe and healthy indoors and have a Happy, worry-free Halloween!

Link to the article pdf at the Cat Care Society website

Business Insider: 'Introducing Colorado Entrepreneurial By Nature'

Quoting from the Business Insider article by Seth Levine, managing director at Foundry Group:

"Today we’re launching Colorado Entreprenurial by Nature – a grass roots campaign created by a handful of entrepreneurs in our community to show support of that ecosystem. The goal is simple. We’re giving members of our community an easy way of showing their pride in the entrepreneurial community we’re building in our state. We hope that this will help us both encourage entrepreneurship in our community and attract new entrepreneurs to come to Colorado to start their businesses.

Joining is easy. Head to the Colorado Entrepreneurial by Nature website and download the badge (it comes in a number of different colors and sizes). Display it proudly on your company or personal website. We’ve made some stickers up as well which you can fly proudly on your laptop/car/bike/etc. They’ll be showing up around Denver and Boulder at a handful of coffee shops and other places where entrepreneurs congregate.

If you feel the way I do about Colorado – about living here and working here to support entrepreneurship – I hope you’ll join me in the movement."

Link to Business Insider

BIOTechNow: 'Biotech is Growing in Colorado'

Quoting from today's BIOTechNow 'Q and A' between BIO's George Goodno and CBSA's EVP April Giles:

"Last month I posted a link to an interview featuring Colorado BioScience Association‘s (CBSA) Executive Vice President, April Giles. The interview briefly touched on some of the innovation happening in the state.

Though, I was curious to know a bit more about CBSA’s effort to grow and support the industry. So, I was pleased when April kindly agreed to participate"

Link to BIOTechNow

October 29th is National Cat Day!

19 Lives Design along with FixNation, Spirit Essences, All or Nothing Pitbull Rescue, Friends To The Forlorn Pitbull Rescue, Animal Aid Rescue, Hotline Ink, Ark Gallery & Cat Care Society have teamed up to spread the word that October 29th is National Cat Day! A million cats have been saved so far! Let’s save a million more!

Learn more about National Cat Day

Lakewood Pet Examiner: Artist 'Sponsorships still available for Tails of the Painted Cats 2013'

Quoting from today's posting by Carrie Dow:

"Tails of the Painted Cats, one of the Cat Care Society’s biggest and most interesting fund raising projects, is looking for more sponsors [for the 2013 artists]. Tails of the Painted Cats combines the metro area’s finest artists with an evening of philanthropy to help raise money to help care for homeless and abused cats.

Tails of the Painted Cats [TOPC] involves artists who create magnificent and unique cat sculptures that are auctioned off to the highest bidder at a dinner celebration. One cat sculpture is also given away in a drawing."

Link to examiner.com

Link ot an overview of the 2013 Tails of the Painted Cats Artists and Designs

Update after publishing: 

"We only have five 2013 artist sponsorships left.... #1, #8, #10, #19, and #21 are still available," according to CCS's Jane Dorsey. Contact Jane at ccsvolunteer@catcaresociety.org or 303-239-9680, ext 16, to learn more.

FierceBiotech: 'Colorado BioScience Association Announces 2012 BioWest Conference, Unveiling Finalists in the Venture Showcase Competition'

Quoting from the July 19th posting at the FierceBiotech site:

"BioWest is the Rocky Mountain region's premier medical device and biotechnology conference and the venue of our much anticipated Venture Showcase competition. We've now selected the six finalists for this year's Venture Showcase and are thrilled by the amazing new technologies that will be presented at BioWest in September."

Link to FierceBiotech

wsj.com: 'The Rocky Mountain Region's Premier Medical Device and Biotechnology Conference'

Quoting from the Sept 4th online wsj.com posting for BioWest 2012:

"BioWest brings together more than 500 industry leaders, government representatives, executives, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs from throughout the region. This year's national speakers for BioWest include[d] Ginger Graham of Harvard Business School and past president of Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Mike Huckman former CNBC biopharma and medical device industry reporter-turned-PR pro...

BioWest provides the region's bioscience community opportunities to network, learn from one another and collaborate to grow the industry."

Link to the posting

Colorado Gives Day Is Less Than Two Months Away

Mark your calendars: Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 4th. Cat Care Society will again be one of the participating non-profits in the 24-hour online fundraising campaign through GivingFirst.org...

24 Hours to Give Where You Live...About Colorado Gives Day:

"Last year, Coloradans made an astounding demonstration of support for local nonprofits by donating $12.4 million for Colorado Gives Day. The FirstBank Incentive Fund and prizes increased the total amount distributed to $12.8 million. We look forward to Colorado Gives Day 2012!"

When: 24 hours starting at 12 a.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2012

How: Online through GivingFirst.org

Why: To support the nonprofits that protect and nurture quality of life in Colorado.

Link to the website

'10 Cat Charities to Donate to' - Cat Care Society Is #4 on this National List

So if you’re looking for a charity, you’re having trouble picking which one you want to donate to, don’t worry. Petside has compiled a list of 10 cat charities that deserve a look." [Cat Care Society is #4 of ten]

Petside's overview of Cat Care Society: "4. Cat Care Society (CCS) Homeless, injured, and abused cats of all breeds are given the chance for a better life because of the Cat Care Society (CCS). In 1981 the organization was founded and ever since has provided temporary sanctuary for kittens in need, until a permanent, loving home can be provided for them. Not only providing a home for abused cats, the CCS also offers educational programs to promote responsible ownership and humane treatment of animals, so that the number of abused cats gets lower and lower until someday it will be zero. CCS aims to be a friend to all cats as they strive to improve the quality of life for all our feline friends."

Link to the Petside.com posting

Donate to Cat Care Society via GivingFirst.org

Lakewood Pet Examiner: 'Why Does My Cat Scratch?'

Quoting from the October 10 posting by Carrie Dow:

"Ever wonder why your cat does the things he does? Scratching is one of the habits that all cats have as a part of their normal behavior and they have reasons for doing so. If you have issues with your cat scratching furniture and other possessions, read these tips from the Cat Care Society of Lakewood to learn more about the behavior and how you can redirect, not prevent, scratching to more appropriate places."

Link to learn why cats scratch

Pet Life 'Take Me Home' Radio: 'P.J. - A Kitty Who is Ready to Leave the Copy Room Behind'

Quoting from the recent online posting (CCS Adoption Manager Abbi Collins visited with Susan Daffron, Founder, National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals on behalf of the radio network):

"Susan Daffron talks to Abbi Collins from the Cat Care Society in Colorado about a female buff and white tabby named P.J. who is available for adoption. P.J. is a sweet cat who loves to cuddle up with people. She's a bit shy at first, but warms up to people once she has spent a little time with them...Abbi is hoping that P.J. can find a home where she can be the only cat. Once you meet P.J. you'll find out why she's a special girl who deserves a kind and caring family to love her."

Link to the posting

Link to listen to the interview

Link to PJ's Petfinder Profile

CSU Collegian: 'CSU group wins Colorado’s BioWest Venture Showcase'

Quoting from the 9/27 posting from the CSU Collegian:

"To be chosen out of five companies for the best emerging company in Colorado and to win $7,500 was the end goal for CSU spin-off company Veterinary Emerging Technologies Development Corporation (VetDC) at the BioWest Venture Showcase.

The showcase was organized by the Colorado Bioscience Association. This biannual event is provided for beginning companies to bring their ideas in front of a panel of investors and the local communities in an effort to gain the recognition of being the most promising startup company.

'Forty exhibitors came to show what they want to do. There were about 400 people from the industry there as well,' said April Giles, executive vice president of the Colorado Bioscience Association."

Link to the Collegian

Meet the 2013 Tails of the Painted Cats Artists and Take a Sneak Peek at the New Designs

Tails of the Painted Cat Artists - 2013

1.   Timothea Biermann: Gray-dient

2.   Ella Buchholz: Broadway Betty

3.   Liz Cooper: Cheshire Cat

4.   Jane McFadden Dorsey: The Weather Cat

5.   Jane McFadden Dorsey: Vincent Van Cat (Drawing Cat)

6.   Kelly D. Finn: Japanese Tea Kitty

7.   Laurie Hansen: Cat Ballou

8.   Mallory Hart: Six Lives

9.   Laura Ingram: Sebastian the Steampunk Cat

10. Betsy Keyser: Barn Cat

11. Wendy M. Luck: Tiffany

12. Karen Mahnken: Lily, the Calla-co Cat

13. Sheila Bobay McFather: Celest, Celestial Cat of the Heavens

14. Krystie Rose Millich: Frida Kat-Lo

15. Sherri J. Moore: Aloha kitty

16. Carla Pawlewicz: Pysanky Aloha

17. Katherine Ross: Betsy the Beautiful

18. Pam Schmidt: KittyFly

19. Bobbi Shupe: Puff ’n’ Friends

20. Becky Enabnit Silver: Pablo Picatso

21. Gloria Pollock: Green Eyed Lady

 

Check out the video gallery of the new designs - can you name the background song (clue: Cat #21)?

 

 http://youtu.be/TB6rN61QRgk

 

Sponsors are currently being recruited for each artist (first come, first served - so don't delay). Full sponsorship is $450. Sponsorships can again be split. Contact Jane Dorsey if your are interested in learning more: ccsvolunteer@catcaresociety.org  

 

Link to the Tails of the Painted Cats Facebook Page

Lakewood Pet Examiner: "Introducing a new cat to the household"

Quoting yesterday's posting by Carrie Dow:

"As those of us who love cats know, if one cat is good, two is better! However, if you are bringing a new cat into the household of another cat, the Cat Care Society has some ideas to smooth the transition and keep everyone, cats and humans alike, happy."

Link to the Lakewood Pet Examiner

Also, on this topic, check out Cat Care Society Adoption Manager Abbi Collins' interview with 'The Daily Cat'

Please Vote for Cat Care Society: if you're on Facebook or bank at Chase!

Chase Community Giving, an entity of Chase Bank, is offering $5 million in grants to non-profit organizations. 30,000 charities are registered, but only the top 196 vote getters will receive a portion of the $5 million.

Please help CCS become one of the top charities! Vote by Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Here's how you vote:

1. Facebook: everyone gets two votes on Facebook to use for 2 different charities, plus an extra vote to use for any charity. Link to vote: http://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving/app_162065369655?cv=2&app_data=ein|84-0869447|ref|745dfb6d86

2. Get an extra Facebook vote: Share a link from the Chase Community Giving application to your timeline. If one of your friends links back to the app and casts a vote, you earn another extra vote.

Are you a Chase customer? You get two extra votes.

To use your customer appreciation votes, login to www.Chase.com/ChaseGiving, search the charities, and cast your votes. Thank you for your help!

Link to the Cat Care Society website

Link to donate to Cat Care Society

Check out the :30 PSA:


http://youtu.be/9Hcm0q_Z2sM

Today@Colorado State: 'CSU spinoff VetDC wins BioWest Venture Showcase'

Quoting from Today@ColoradoState:

"VetDC, a CSU spinoff company, has won the Colorado Bioscience Association's prestigious bi-annual BioWest Venture Showcase - an annual competition highlighting the state's most promising startup bioscience companies.

VetDC was created to adapt innovative, underutilized technologies from human medicine for use in companion animals. The company works with pet owners and veterinarians at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Animal Cancer Center to assess, develop and advance promising new veterinary therapies."

Link to Today@ColoradoState

InnovatioNews: 'VetDC's pitch at Venture Showcase impresses judges, wins $7,500 cash prize at BioWest'

Quoting Steve Porter's posting:

"VetDC, a spin-out company from the Colorado State University Veterinary School, picked up the $7,500 pitch prize Tuesday at the 2012 Venture Showcase, part of the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo at the Denver Marriott Center.

VetDC is a Fort Collins-based technology development company formed to commercialize innovative medical treatments from CSU’s Animal Cancer Center and Veterinary Teaching Hospital."

Link to InnovatioNews

Video: Harvard's Ginger Graham Shares Great Reads for CEOs and Business Founders

Ginger Graham, Harvard Business School and past president of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, was the Founder's Breakfast keynote at the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo in Denver. View on YouTube: 

 

http://youtu.be/v4eaiPqNk3c

 

Here's what she says CEO's and company founders should be reading:

 

1) 'Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms' by Jeffrey Bussgang -- The book website can be viewed at http://www.JeffBussgang.com

 

2) 'The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)' by Noam Wasserman -- Visit: http://www.noamwasserman.com

 

3) Partners In Leadership books by Tom Smith and Roger Conners - THE OZ PRINCIPLE - CHANGE THE CULTURE, CHANGE THE GAME - HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? - Visit: https://www.ozprinciple.com/resources/?jt=ebsF

 

#BioWest on Business Wire

 

#BioWest on PitchEngine

Video: Mike Huckman's Top 5 Keys to Success in Telling Your Story

From ditching "unmet medical need," "novel," and "orphan drug" in messaging to engaging media training and coaching regimens into your daily life, former CNBC reporter turned PR/media strategist, Mike Huckman, SVP with New York's MSL Group, shared his insights from years in the business during the luncheon keynote for BioWest 2012 in Denver.

View on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/Hh3Muz1LNX8

 

Get more of Mike Huckman at: http://www.mslworldwide.com/mikehuckmansprescription

 

#BioWest via Business Wire

#BioWest via PitchEngine

VetDC's winning Venture Showcase presentation at BioWest 2012: Check out the Video

VetDC (Fort Collins) won the 2012 Venture Showcase competition at the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo at the Marriott City Center Denver, receiving the 7,500 cash prize.

View the YouTube of VetDC Pres/CEO Steven Roy's winning presentation:


http://youtu.be/GvZcy0renEA

VetDC is an emergent veterinary biotechnology company that licenses innovative human biomedical technologies to address serious medical needs in companion animals. By aligning with CSU's top-ranked veterinary school, VetDC has unique capabilities to develop animal therapies, resulting in speed to market, risk reduction, and capital preservation. VetDC has assembled a proven team with regulatory, CMC, and clinical expertise. VetDC's lead candidate, VDC-1101, is an anti-cancer drug with extensive animal data. VDC-1101 is expected to launch in 2014 with $50M peak revenue potential. In 2011, VetDC secured funding from the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4). VetDC President/CEO Steven Roy made the presentation at the Venture Showcase. For more information, visit: http://www.vet-dc.com.

'The Venture showcase announcement is the capstone to the BioWest Conference,' Giles explains. 'It creates a huge buzz in the industry for the up-and-coming companies chosen to compete. We are very proud to announce VetDC as this year's winner.'"

Link to the Business Wire release

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

NCBR: 'VetDC wins big at BioWest'

Quoting from the Northern Colorado Business Report:

"VetDC, a CSU spinoff, has won first prize in the Colorado Bioscience Association's BioWest Venture Showcase.

The company works with pet owners and veterinarians at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Animal Cancer Center to develop promising new veterinary therapies adopted from medicines that originally were developed for humans.

VetDC competed against four companies in Denver on Tuesday that pitched their echnologies and business plans to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists in the BioWest Venture Showcase. Also competing Tuesday was KromaTID, another spinoff from CSU.

VetDC took home the first prize and $7,500 in cash from the competition."

Link to the NCBR

Coloradoan: 'Fort Collins biotechnology company awarded for work helping pets with cancer'

Quoting from the Fort Collins Coloradoan:

"Fort Collins-based VetDC, Inc. beat out five other companies Tuesday to win the BioWest Conference Venture Showcase in Denver.

VetDC, Inc. was among six start-up finalists that pitched their technologies and business plans in front of a live audience to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists. The company received a $7,500 cash prize for winning the competition."

Link to the Coloradoan

9News: 'Fort Collins co. making strides in doggie cancer''

Colorado BioScience Association EVP April Giles interviewed on 9News with Gregg Moss September 12th about the 2012 Venture Showcase competition and the bioscience industry in Colorado. Quoting from the posting:

"Companies in Colorado are doing some amazing, life-changing things in the world of Biotechnology.

Biotechnology companies were in the spotlight this week. On Tuesday, the winner of the 2012 Venture Showcase was announced.

'The showcase is an opportunity for some of emerging companies in Colorado to create more awareness about what they're doing and get in front of a panel of investors and pitch their story,' April Giles with the Colorado BioScience Association said.

The top spot went to a Fort Collins company, VetDC Inc. VetDC Inc. is a veterinary biotechnology company that licenses innovative human biomedical technologies to address serious unmet medical needs in pets."



Link to the posting

Coloradoan: 'Fort Collins tech companies represented at BioWest'

Quoting from the September 11th posting by David Young:

"More than 500 leaders in the industries of government, executives, research, investors and entrepreneurs converged Tuesday in Denver for the ninth annual BioWest Conference.

The conference, at the Marriott City Center, includes more than 40 exhibitors showcasing new technologies and products at what is deemed the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier medical device and biotechnology conference organized by the Colorado Bioscience Association.

Highlighted in this year’s Venture Showcase competition are two Fort Collins companies: KromaTiD and VetDC Inc."

Link to the Coloradoan

Colorado Matters: 'Colorado Biotech's Big Day'

Quoting from the Colorado Public Radio overview about the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo's Venture Showcase competition:

"In a downtown Denver ballroom, the white coats meet the suits. Colorado’s top biotech scientists step out of their labs and run their big ideas by venture capitalists. The idea is to bring new products to market. It's the 'venture showcase' put on by the Colorado BioScience Association."

Link to CPR's Colorado Matters website

Link to the interview with Colorado BioScience Association EVP April Giles

Link to the BioWest webpage (registration is available at the Marriott City Center Denver tomorrow September 11, 2012)

2012 BioWest Conference & Expo Showcases 40+ New Technologies, Products and Services for the Region’s Robust Bioscience Industry

More than 40 exhibitors will be showcasing new technologies, products and services at the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo -- the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier medical device and biotechnology conference -- organized by the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), September 11, at the Marriott City Center, Denver. The announcement is made by CBSA Executive Vice President April Giles, who says: “The companies participating in the exhibit area are each playing an important role in helping advance the bioscience industry within the region. We’re very pleased to welcome them to our ninth BioWest event and look forward to yet another exciting and successful conference.”

BioWest brings together more than 500 industry leaders, government representatives, executives, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs from throughout the region. This year's national speakers for BioWest include Ginger Graham of Harvard Business School and past president of Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Mike Huckman former CNBC biopharma and medical device industry reporter-turned-PR pro.

BioWest provides the region's bioscience community opportunities to network, learn from one another and collaborate to grow the industry. Exhibitors confirmed to date include:

ARAMARK Cleanroom Services http://www.aramark-cleanroom.com  
Biomedical Systems http://www.biomedsys.com
BiOptix http://www.bioptixinc.com
BSI Group America, Inc. http://www.bsiamerica.com
CARE Research LLC http://www.careresearchllc.com
CascadeTek http://www.cascadetek.com
CBIZ MHM http://www.cbiz.com/cbizmhm-colorado
Charles River http://www.criver.com
CSU Ventures http://www.csuventures.org
Fisher Scientific http://www.fishersci.com
Fitzsimons Life Science District http://www.fitzscience.com
Flanders Investment and Trade – Belgium http://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com
Grafik9 http://www.grafik9.com
ISEC Incorporated http://www.isecinc.com
ITW Texwipe http://www.texwipe.com
The Jackson Laboratory http://www.jax.org
Just Animate Studio http://www.justanimatestudio.com
LABS Inc. http://www.labs-inc.org
Liquidyne http://www.liquidyneusa.com
Merck and Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com
Montana BioScience Alliance http://www.montanabio.org
National Jewish Health Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories http://www.njlabs.org
NextGen Pharma Technologies, Inc. http://www.nextgenpharma.com
PCM Trials http://www.pcmtrials.com
Phase Three Product Development http://www.linkedin.com/company/phase-three-product-development
Pozzetta Scientific http://www.pozzetta.com
Pre-Clinical Research Services http://www.preclinicalresearch.com
Reglera http://www.reglera.com
Ricerca Biosciences http://www.ricerca.com
Robin Bond Media http://www.robinbondmedia.com
Technical Safety Services, Inc. http://www.techsafety.com
Thermo Fisher http://www.thermofisher.com
Toxikon http://www.toxikon.com
Ubiquity Group http://www.ubiquitygroup.com
University of Colorado Tech Transfer Office http://www.cu.edu/techtransfer
World Courier, Inc. http://www.worldcourier.com

BioWest will also include the popular Venture Showcase competition, where five finalists come together and pitch their technologies and business plans in front of a live audience to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists. The winner, announced at the end of the conference day, will receive a $7,500 cash prize. Finalists for the 2012 Venture Showcase competition are the following:

Flashback Technologies Inc. - Longmont, CO - http://www.flashbacktechnologies.com
KromaTiD - Fort Collins, CO - http://www.kromatid.com
Siva Therapeutics Inc. - Boulder, CO - http://www.sivatherapeutics.com
SuviCa Inc. - Boulder, CO - http://www.suvica.com
VetDC Inc. - Fort Collins, CO - http://www.vet-dc.com

Sponsors for the 2012 BioWest Conference & Expo include: Founders Session Sponsor, Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons; Keynote Lunch Sponsor, Ernst and Young ; Venture Showcase Sponsors, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, EKS&H, Metro Denver EDC; Track Sponsors, NextGen, Clinipace, Lonza, Sheridan Ross PC, Emerson Consultants; Lanyard Sponsor, Cooley; Closing Reception Sponsor, Wells Fargo; Co-track Sponsors, Medical Center of the Rockies, National Jewish Health Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories, DaVita Clinical Research; Conference Bag, CPC Clinical Research; Break Sponsor, BIO; and, General Conference Sponsors, Amgen, Fisher Scientific, Inviragen, Johnson & Johnson, PhRMA and TerumoBCT.

Link to the Business Wire release

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

Accelerator Gazette: 'Bioscience Park Center opens new accelerator building'

Quoting from the Accelerator Gazette:

"The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) in Aurora Colorado will officially open its new Accelerator Building later today according to a press release. This $8 million, 37,000 square-foot facility is adjacent to FRA's original Incubator Building at the Bioscience Park Center in the Fitzsimons Life Science District."

Link to the posting

Lakewood Pet Examiner: 'Cats need dental care too'

Quoting from the August 28th posting by Carrie Dow:

"According to the Cat Care Society of Lakewood, 70% of cats age three and older have dental disease. However, few pet owners deal with the issue. Dental care in cats is just as important as it is for people.

Like humans, dental disease in cats, if left unchecked, can lead to life threatening conditions. Immediate problems include loose teeth, bleeding gums and bad breath. Over time dental disease can cause infections that then travel into the bloodstream and throughout the entire body infecting and damaging the heart, liver and kidneys."

Link to the Lakewood Pet Examiner posting about Cat Care Society