Released on: September 16, 2008, 8:05 am

Press Release Author: MMI ASSOCIATES, INC.

Industry: Non Profit

Press Release Summary: Prize Package For Program Winners Includes Valuable
Mentoring, Technolgoy and Marketing Tools

Press Release Body: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mary Cantando, coordinator for the North
Carolina Make Mine a Million $ Business™ (www.makemineamillion.org) event, has
announced the release of a podcast discussing what women business owners can expect
at the inaugural North Carolina Make Mine a Million $ Business™ event, which will be
held on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Blake Hotel, located at 555 S. McDowell St. In the
podcast, Leah Brown, CEO of Aten Solutions Inc. (www.atensolutions.com) and 2007
Make Mine a Million $ Business™ recipient, and Cantando discuss how the audience
participates in the competition as well as the prize package that the winners will
receive. The podcast is available to download at
www.mmimarketing.com/podcast/M3-event-details.

Make Mine a Million $ Business™ provides a combination of money, mentoring,
marketing and technology tools that help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses
from micros to millions. Finalists will be selected from applicants statewide and
asked to deliver a business pitch to women entrepreneurs, judges and guests at the
event. Winners will be chosen by judges and audience members. Women entrepreneurs
interested in applying for the North Carolina event are encouraged to visit
www.makemineamillion.org for more information.

Related Links:
www.makemineamillion.org
www.mmimarketing.com/podcast/M3-event-details
www.mmimarketing.com

News Facts:

• Mary Cantando, coordinator for the North Carolina Make Mine a Million $ Business™
(www.makemineamillion.org) event, has announced the release of a podcast discussing
what women business owners can expect at the inaugural North Carolina Make Mine a
Million $ Business™ event, which will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Blake Hotel,
located at 555 S. McDowell St.
• In the podcast, Leah Brown, CEO of Aten Solutions Inc. (www.atensolutions.com) and
2007 Make Mine a Million $ Business™ recipient, and Cantando discuss how the
audience participates in the competition as well as the prize package that the
winners will receive.
• The podcast is available to download at
www.mmimarketing.com/podcast/M3-event-details.
• Make Mine a Million $ Business™ provides a combination of money, mentoring,
marketing and technology tools that help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses
from micros to millions.
• Finalists will be selected from applicants statewide and asked to deliver a
business pitch to women entrepreneurs, judges and guests at the event.
• Winners will be chosen by judges and audience members.
• Women entrepreneurs interested in applying for the North Carolina event are
encouraged to visit www.makemineamillion.org for more information.

Quotes:
“We are excited to open our North Carolina event to women entrepreneurs from South
Carolina,” said Nell Merlino, founder and president of Count Me In. “Our movement
is growing exponentially, pushing American women into the next frontier of economic
achievement. The small business sector is a thriving part of our country’s economy,
and women-owned firms are the fastest growing segment. There is a great opportunity
here to help create jobs and generate revenue from which we will all benefit.”

“The Make Mine a Million $ Business™ event is a great opportunity for women business
owners to learn how they can push their businesses past the $1 million benchmark,”
said Cantando. “Not only do program applicants receive valuable business training,
but audience participants can also learn from the presentations at the event.”

About Make Mine A Million $ Business™:
Make Mine a Million $ Business™, a program of Count Me In and founding partner,
American Express OPENSM, provides women entrepreneurs with the opportunity to expand
their businesses by generating more than a million dollars in annual revenue. A
unique nationwide program that provides money, mentoring and marketing opportunities
to help businesses grow from micro to millions, the goal of Make Mine a Million $
Business™ is to lead one million women entrepreneurs in the effort to reach annual
revenues of one million dollars by 2010. North Carolina will host the state’s first
Make Mine a Million $ Business™ event on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Blake Hotel in
Charlotte. For more information please visit www.makemineamillion.org or call (212)
245-1245.

Keywords:
Make Mine a Million $ Business™, Mary Cantando, Blake Hotel, North Carolina,
Charlotte, Count Me In, podcast, Leah Brown, Aten Solutions, prize package,
marketing, mentoring, technology, Nell Merlino

Jennifer Fair
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC

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Contact Details: Jennifer Fair
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC