Folks.

- We are fast at work planning the 2Q10 Boulder and Denver BioBeers Meetups. If you are interested in presenting a 5 min overview of your company/technology/work/thesis/etc., please contact me at arubenstein@rnaventures.com or 303.902.4413

- Our membership growth has slowed considerably. We are currently stalled at 332 members. I would like to personally challenge each and every one of the 332 members to recruit 1 new member this week. Won't you help us grow BioBeers? By recruiting one new member you give back to the Colorado Bioscience Ecosystem by growing BioBeers. Give Back...It Feels Great! Let's get to 664 members by Friday 30 April! Simply send the the http://www.BioBeers.c... link to a friend or colleague. This small effort may alternatively provide you with that perfect excuse to reach out to the person you have been wanting to but could not come up with the perfect ice-breaker intro. 664 members! Help us get there!!!

- You may be interested in this 1Q10 OnBioVC Trend Analysis report.

- Some additional events this week may be of interest:

1. A program titled “Outsourcing Colorado: A look at Northern Colorado's Contracted Research and University Core Lab Capabilities” will occur on April 26 from 8:00 to 2:30 at the Embassy Suites in Loveland. More information and registration details are available here.

2. The CBSA Career Fair will take place at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden on April 28th from 12:00 to 3:00 pm. The event seeks to connect professionals and interns with area bioscience companies. More information is available here.

3. BioBootCamp: Building life science businesses Save The Date: April 29 – 30, 2010. BioBootCamp attendees will learn valuable information from experienced practitioners about how to design your early stage company to commercialize bioscience technologies while avoiding dangerous pitfalls that are typically encountered along the way. Please see the attached document for more information. More info here.