How the Women's Technology Cluster was built: WTC Founding Director Margarita Quihuis speaks

Margarita Quihuis was founding director of the Women's Technology Cluster at

the peak of the Internet boom where she established a new results driven

model of business incubation. Recognized as one of the top incubators in the

country by Red Herring and eCompany, the WTC specializes in helping launch

woman-founded high tech, life science and social enterprise companies. In

January 2004, Ms. Quihuis was recognized by Women's eNews as one of their

'21 Leaders for the 21st Century' for her efforts in increasing access to

capital for women entrepreneurs.

Ms Quihuis has served as a consultant to the US State Department on

entrepreneurship. She has been widely quoted in the Asian Venture Capital

Report, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, US News & World Report, Forbes ASAP, Red

Herring, CNN and CBS MarketWatch.

In this talk, Ms Quihuis will focus on her experience as the top executive

of WTC - the ground situation when she took up the key position, tricky

hurdles she had to overcome and the mental processes behind starting a

successful organization with lofty aims. She will also give an introduction

to her current efforts on access to capital for the Mexican diaspora

through the creation of a remittance-based investment fund.

Snacks and drinks will be served