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Striking The Right Notes On Entrepreneurship, 4/18, Memphis, TN

March 14, 2005 /

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2005-04-18 08:00:00

Memphis Marriot Downtown – Memphis, Tennessee

Contact: Kim Pate [email protected]

CFED, the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Kansas City, the American Bankers Association and the Kauffman Foundation are jointly sponsoring the Striking the Right Notes on Entrepreneurship conference, April 18-20 in Memphis, Tennessee.

The conference is intended to advance the role of entrepreneurship and take a fresh look at the policies and practices that encourage and support it. The event is organized around three tracks – finance, services, and policy and strategic networks – and it is designed for commercial lenders, Community Reinvestment Act officers, financial institution CEOs, venture capitalists, foundation representatives, governments, higher education policy centers, small-business owner associations, and community and economic development organizations.

For more information, visit the event web site http://www.stlouisfed.org/community/entrepreneurship/welcome.htm , or contact Kim Pate [email protected] at CFED.