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August 3, 2010 

Orem, UT – Metaspace studios today announced the launch of Fleets , a space warfare-themed social strategy game that allows users to Team up with friends and battle for control of the Andromeda galaxy! Establish bases, build massive armadas, and crush your opponents!  Fleets launches on Facebook today at http://apps.facebook.com/playfleets/ 

Fleets introduces a new genre of social games to the Facebook platform. Fleets is a free-to-play, massively- multiplayer, space warfare strategy game where players control vast armadas of warships vying for control of the galaxy. Take systems and plunder their resources to fuel your war machine. Establish outposts and lay down defenses. Build massive battlecruisers and dreadnoughts to overwhelm your opponents with sheer firepower, or amass squadrons of interceptors and frigates to achieve victory through superior numbers. The choice is yours! Play with your friends even if you are online at different times. 

“Fleets has been in development for quite sometime and we are happy to announce the official launch on Facebook and at http://www.PlayFleets.com .” stated Michael Sewel, Metaspace Studios founder. “Initial feedback is overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to expanding Fleets and launching future Strategy games for our large audience of users.” 

About Metaspace Studios 

Metaspace Studios creates online games that are fun and easy to play whether you are a serious or casual gamer. The company was founded by veteran entrepreneurs and gamers. Fleets is the first space warfare strategy game launched by Metaspace Studios with future games in development. Metaspace Studios is privately held and has raised an initial round of angel funding. For more information on Metaspace Studios visit http://metaspacestudios.com/ or http://playfleets.com/ . Please contact press at metaspacestudios.com .

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Exact Wave is honored to be among Utah’s leaders in the fast-paced business world. Exact Wave attributes its success to its key ingredients: Great People, Great Product, Great Company.

All of the selected companies are featured in Utah Business magazine’s September issue and were announced and honored in numerical order at an event on August 27th. in Salt Lake City, Utah.

http://www.utahbusiness.com/parser.php?nav=article&article_id=7386

By the way, We ranked #33.  Not bad.

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Basically, it is a CEO popularity list in Utah.  At first I was not to keen on the idea, but I attended the luncheon and enjoyed meeting manyof the nominees.

I seem to get so tied up in my businesses that I rarely take time to socialize within the Utah tech community.  The V100 gives me that opportunity. 

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What is PAVE? 

An address list must be sorted by a variety of criteria, depending on the type of mail being sent (e.g., letters or flats), the mail class (First-Class, Standard, Periodicals) and on the location of each address. As one example, the Postal Service uses what is called a Sectional Center Facility (SCF) that serves as a sorting center for groups of ZIP codes. Manual sorting of mail can be complicated, because mail going to ZIP codes serviced by different SCFs must be sorted into separate, unique mail trays. ZIP codes numerically “next to one another” may actually be sent to different USPS sorting centers and should be sorted into separate trays. For instance, you might have a mailpiece with the ZIP code 94299 and one with the ZIP code 94301. If you sorted your address list into ZIP code order, you would put these mailpieces next to each other in the same sorting container. However, these ZIP codes are serviced by different SCFs. The mailpiece going to the 94299 address is sent to the 942 SCF, located in Sacramento, CA. The mailpiece going to the 94301 address is sorted at the 943 SCF, located in San Francisco, CA – seventy miles away. Thus, presort regulations require that those mailpieces be sorted into different containers before being submitted to the USPS.

Because of the complex and labor-intensive nature of manual presorting, many companies offer software that presorts your address list for you, making the mailing more cost-effective. Different software performs different presorts, so it is important that you research to ensure that the software you are purchasing sorts for the type of mailings that you do.

Before you begin a presort mailing, make sure:

• The software sorts for the type of mailing you want to do – First-Class or Standard Mail, postcards, flats, letters, Carrier Route, etc. Each presort class is unique in sort order, price and documentation.
• The software prints the USPS-required forms. There are many different versions of the presort form – which form you need to submit depends on the presort being performed. In general, the software should print the 3600x and 3602x forms. These forms give the USPS a breakdown of the cost for the mailing, as well as mailer information (permit number, mailing address, phone number, etc.). In addition, Form 3553 is required to verify the CASS certification of any automation mailing.
• The software prints the Tray and/or Sack labels (also called Container labels). These tags use a standard Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode and determine the destination of each mail tray or sack. Your post office can provide you with the trays and sacks you will need.

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While our task was to narrow the list of plans down to 8 semifinalist, (all very good plans and business concepts by the way), I wanted to send a message to the teams that didn’t make it through to the semifinals.  Many of the plans that didn’t move on were actually very good.  Many of the business concepts were very good.  The competition was tough and just because your plan didn’t make it through certainly doesn’t mean you can’t move forward and build a successful company.

As an entepreneur, I recognized many of the business ideas as potential successful small businesses.  Maybe not the type of business that a Venture Capitalist would be interested in funding, but the type of business I would look to start and build any day of the week.  Most small businesses are what we term “lifestyle” businesses.  They support the owners lifestyle with no intention of growning to be a $100 million company.  Those teams that submitted this type of plan but did not make it to the next round, I look forward to you building your successful small business, creating jobs, and seeing you live the lifestyle any entrepreneur would dream of. 

And, if you learned from this year’s experience, build a new plan and enter next year’s competition.  Let me know if you need any help, I’m always available to help students become successful entrepreneurs.

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Many successful businesses have been launched by graduates with the hope that jobs and real income can be created. Unemployment is a big problem in the Philippines, so running your own business becomes a necessity for many.

Hats off to Steve and his team for the wonderful work they do to promote entrepreneurship and hope, motivation, education, and knowledge needed to plan, start, and build Microenterprise businesses.

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If a strong relationship can be created between Utah business and China, alot of business could begin to flow into Utah.  If I owned a large manufacturing company and wanted to do business in China and I knew that by moving my company to Utah I would have an uperhand in negotiations and pricing with China, I would do it in a heart beat.

Another side effect could be improved relations with the LDS church and a future opportunity to send missionaries into the country.

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Later this Month Exact Wave will be honored by the Mountain West Capital Network Utah 100.  Recognizing the top 100 companies in Utah.  This will be our second year in a row in the Utah 100.   The lunch/award ceremony is always pretty fun to attend.

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This is definitely worth passing on:

Rocky Mountain Voices Syndicates Podcasting Tribute to Ray Noorda

Insights and Praise for the “Father of Network Computing”

From Those Who Knew Him Best

Salt Lake City, UTAH – October 12, 2006 – Rocky Mountain Voices, a social media community serving the Rocky Mountain Region, had the unique opportunity to sit down with colleagues and friends of Ray Noorda to discuss his great legacy as the “Father of Network Computing.” This 16 minute audio podcast entitled A Tribute to Ray Noorda contains conversational tributes to this great man from those who knew him best. Insights and anecdotes ranging from the workplace to the personal discuss the personal side of Ray Noorda, with a focus on his tenure at Novell, Inc. Noorda passed away on Monday, October 9, 2006, at age 82, leaving behind a great legacy for the technology community. Noorda was best known for taking network computing company Novell from as struggling start up with 17 employees an organization of more than 12,000 people at its peak.

The podcast is available in the MP3 audio format for download from Rocky Mountain Voices (www.rockymountainvoices.com), Silicon Valley content partner PodTech Network (www.podtech.net), and from Apple® iTunes®.

What: The audio podcast entitled A Tribute to Ray Noorda contains conversational tributes to this great man from those who knew him best. Insights and anecdotes ranging from the workplace to the personal discuss the personal side of Ray Noorda, with a focus on his tenure at Novell, Inc.
Who: Drew Major, a founder of Novell, talks about how Noorda funded Novell out of his own pocket, competed with Microsoft’s Bill Gates, and coined the term ‘coopetition’

David Bradford, former general counsel of Novell, praises Noorda as arguably the key definer of the technology movement in Utah

Ty Mattingly, right hand man to Ray Noorda at Novell, discusses Ray’s work ethic, including his 6:30 am start time.

Ransom Love, former CEO of Caldera reflects on the start of the Linux movement at Caldera

Ron Heinz, Managing Director of Canopy Ventures, tells of rooming in a budget hotel in Washington, DC with Noorda to save the shareholders’ money

Darl McBride, CEO of SCO, shares lessons he learned from Noorda on being a CEO
When: Thursday, October 12, 2006

MP3 URL:
Rocky Mountain Voices (www.rockymountainvoices.com)

PodTech Network (www.podtech.net)

Apple® iTunes® (www.itunes.com)

ABOUT PODTECH NETWORK

PodTech marketing partners include leading brands such as Intel, IBM, Seagate, and SAP. PodTech marketing partners benefit from our proprietary morecastingâ„¢ suite of services that combine social media planning, podcast production and syndication, and sponsorships to create powerful, profitable conversations with influencers and customers. PodTech was founded in 2005 and our investors include Venrock Associates and US Venture Partners.

ABOUT ROCKY MOUNTAIN VOICES

Rocky Mountain Voices is a social media company that serves the Rocky Mountain Region by creating audio and video podcasts. The Rocky Mountain Voices team reaches out to the community for stories, first hand report of breaking news, and local commentary on important issues. Rocky Mountain Voices launched an exclusive relationship with PodTech—a partnership designed to give technology companies in the Rocky Mountain area access to the extensive PodTech community, driving greater visibility for our companies and innovators. Rocky Mountain Voices was founded by a group of marketing technology professionals from four Utah-based companies. Rocky Mountain Voices is a property of mCast Productions. For more information, please visit www.rockymountainvoices.com/blog/about.

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