Credit markets create good news in the Private Jet market

According to the Wall Street Journal, the bad news in the credit markets has translated into good news for those planning to buy a private jet. Click here if you want to see a graph of GDP vs. Gulfstream IV’s price as shown in the WSJ Wealth report. Just because you can get your jet sooner doesn’t mean you’ll get it the way you want it. The WSJ also reported that the customization market to build the interior of your jet and “Have it your way” has never been busier and wait times are growing. The global market for extravagantly customized jets is at an all time high. Here’s a video of some super luxury planes.

Scott McNealy

Scott McNealy Speakineg on May 6th

Scott McNealy, Chairman and Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, will be speaking at the Potomac Officers Club on May 6th at the Tyson’s Ritz Carlton. New memberships now being accepted or

Donna Morea

existing members can register here. McNealy is easily one of the most recognizable names and faces in the technology marketplace and we are excited he will be speaking here in Northern Virginia.

We will also be featuring Donna Morea, at the Been There Done That lunch event on May 7th at the Tower Club. Register here.

Chris Rasmussen

Intellipedia

The intelligence community has been known to embrace Web 2.0 technologies. Attend the upcoming New New Internet breakfast on April 24th and hear expert technologist Chris Rasmussen of the intelligence community speak on Web 2.0, Intellipedia and other IC initiatives. Register here.

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Best of the ExecutiveBiz Blog

• Interview with CoVant Co-Founder Joseph Kampf on First Acquisition
  April 9, 2008 by Brian Lustig
  In 2006 Anteon, one of the area’s largest government contractors, was sold to General Dynamics for $2.1 billion. The transaction marked the successful culmination of a stratospheric growth story for the Anteon management team, which had guided the contractor from a $100 million company to the $2 billion mark in a decade’s time.
• Web 2.0 Tool Eases Pain of Scheduling Conference Calls
  April 7, 2008 by Brian Lustig
  I’d like to consider myself fairly web-savvy. I subscribe to RSS feeds, use social bookmark sites, leverage Facebook and LinkedIn for professional purposes. And yet, attempting to send out a conference call meeting request from my Apple Mail program to clients with Microsoft Outlook proved maddening.
• Teresa Carlson of Microsoft Chairs “Fire and Ice Ball” held Sat., April 5th.
  April 3, 2008 by JD Kathuria
  When Teresa Carlson, General Manager of Microsoft Federal Civilian Government and International Global Organizations, was asked to Chair the Fire and Ice Ball she jumped at the opportunity. Teresa was first introduced to the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area when she attended the 2007 Fire and Ice Ball as a guest of Chapter Board member and IMC Executive Vice President, Suresh Shenoy. Through a series of events, she met Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Chair of the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. Teresa traveled with Bonnie to Madagascar where she witnessed first hand the life-saving work of the American Red Cross as the Red Cross volunteers went door to door delivering much needed information about measles and malaria inoculations. When she returned home, she decided then that she would get more involved with her local American Red Cross Chapter. She not only serves as the Chair of the Fire and Ice Ball, she is now a member of the Tiffany Circle, a Red Cross initiative that engages women leaders of our community to help the National Capital Area be the most prepared, fully engaged community in the nation - before, during and after emergencies of all kinds.

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SBA's Small Business Week: April 21 – 25, 2008

The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce Small Business Week April 21-25, 2008. Since 1963, every President has declared National Small Business Week to formally recognize the important role of America’s small business community.

This year’s event will be chockfull of powerhouse sessions that provide the tools — and connections — to address your business goals for today and tomorrow.

Tien Wong

Confirmed several keynotes and administration officials, including. Sec. Michael Levitt, Newt Gingrich, Ambassador Susan Schwab (U.S. Trade Representative), Administrator Steve Preston (U.S. Small Business Administration), David Lattimore (CEO of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City), John Bryant (CEO of Operation HOPE), and William Kovac (Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce). Attendees will also have the unique opportunity to participate in meetings with corporate and federal buyers who have contracts to be filled by small businesses.

Also, recently added speakers include Tien Wong, CEO of Opus8 and Shiv Krishnan, CEO of Indus Corp.

For more information, please visit www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com.

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