Verrey, CLU, ChFC, has been providing financial planning services
since 1992 and is a senior associate with GCG. The Institute currently houses three Centers under its
umbrella: the Adams Center for IT Entrepreneurship and Venture
Capital; the Center for Cryptology and Information Security; the
Center for Information Networks and Engineering.

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com, call 561-626-6014 or email
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About InternetCoast Institute at F.

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will represent the organization. Verrey. Mr. Friedman provides a wide
variety of planning advisory services for closely held businesses and key
executives such as retirement plans, pension and profit sharing strategies and
business succession planning .internetcoast.

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One will be for firms with high-tech products and/or
services.

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A serial entrepreneur , Friedman is the CEO of Tricon
Resources International, LLC. He teaches several classes on entrepreneurship
at the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center and is the Chairman of the Board of
the ElCyd Memorial Foundation for Leukemia Research.
South Florida's InternetCoast is comprised of Palm Beach, Broward and
Miami-Dade counties.

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Friedman will provide YEO Chicago members with direction to
better manage the financial planning needs and responsibilities of small -to-
medium sized companies and their owners.
"Knowing how selective the YEO is when choosing their partnerships, and how
they only work with a limited number of industry leaders, David and I are both
thrilled and honored to have been selected as a Pillar Sponsor.
In business for over 30 years , Bannockburn, IL-based GCG Financial, Inc.

The InternetCoast Institute at Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
works cooperatively with individuals and organizations regionally and
nationally. Achievements of the Institute include
fostering development of academic programs focusing on business
aspects of technology based industries, including entrepreneurship,
venture capital, workforce development and product management.

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The contestants will also be asked
to create themes for each iCoast General Meeting throughout 2005. On the Web:
http://www.

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We are
excited to share our knowledge and experience with YEO members and to help
them develop their businesses in the most fiscally-responsible manner
possible," says Ms. He also works with families to develop wealth
accumulation and protection strategies as well as Estate and Financial
planning services. First, second and third prizes in
both categories are respectively - $5,000, $2,000, $1,000.

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is a comprehensive financial services firm committed to helping clients
achieve long-term financial success while providing strong industry expertise,
proven strategies and quality products alongside unparalleled client service. The
finalists will be announced at the Q2 General Meeting in the spring,
and the winning submission will be used in iCoast's 2005 and 2006
marketing efforts. The contest
requires that participants combine their business knowledge and
creativity to plan a new product or service. This
includes students, faculty, staff, alumni , and research park tenants.
For more information about the Adams Center's 2005 Business Plan
Competition at FAU, call 561-297-3177, email entrecenter@fau. InternetCoast works closely with the region's
economic development organizations, including the Business Development
Board of Palm Beach County, the Broward Alliance, and the Miami-Dade
Beacon Council, as well as with Economic Development Corporation and
other entities, to promote regional economic growth.

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Verrey and Mr.
"Over the past six years , InternetCoast has evolved from what once
was a high-tech networking group - to today's iCoast - a regional
non-profit organization that reaches across boundary lines to foster
economic growth in South Florida from education to business to quality
of life," said Michael Corbit, executive director , InternetCoast.

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First, second and third prizes are scholarship
funds in the amounts of - $2,500, $1,000, and $500.

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About Gigi Verrey
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As a national firm, GCG has the range of products and depth of staff to help
assist across the country in every stage of business development .
Verrey helps create business succession plans, salary continuation and
executive bonus plans , as well as assisting successful professionals in
individual financial planning. South Florida's
InternetCoast - the sixth largest metropolitan area in the nation -
and regional non-profit initiative , will provide students throughout
the region the opportunity to put their business skills to the test
with real world competitions for an ad campaign and business plan.accrisoft.

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Both Financial Advisors specialize
in buy/sell arrangements and succession, exit and investment planning.

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About David Friedman
Having been a client of GCG for over 10 years and a member of YEO for 8
years before joining GCG in 2003, Mr."
For more information about the 2005 iCoast Image and Ad
Competition, important dates and entry information, go to
http://www. The other will be for general businesses whose
products/services are not high-tech but which do use modern
information technology methods in their operations.A.

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CHICAGO, GCG Financial is pleased to announce
their Pillar Sponsorship of the Chicago chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs'
Organization (YEO). Any idea for a product or
service will be considered although effective use of information
technology must be demonstrated. The Office for
Workforce Development is also a part of the Institute that focuses on
new opportunities for FAU technology students, as well as contributing
to businesses at large .org

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Gigi Verrey and David Friedman, Financial Advisors with
the Chicago-based GCG Financial , Inc.

Calling All Students: InternetCoast Invites Students to the Boardroom With Two Contests; 2005 Image Contest and InternetCoast Institute Business Plan Competiti

"We're thrilled to get involved with the students in this capacity and
are looking forward to seeing the many impressive entries.

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Friedman has unique insight into the
benefits a partnership between the two can offer.
The first student contest is the 2005 iCoast Image and Ad
Competition. Students from all colleges and universities throughout
the InternetCoast region, including Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade
counties are encouraged to come up with an ad concept that reflects
their vision of the InternetCoast.com
The InternetCoast Institute at Florida Atlantic University also
launched its Annual Business Plan Competition in January. There will be two separate divisions
of competition.

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She received her Chartered Financial
Consultant (ChFC) designation in 1998 and her Chartered Life Underwriters
(CLU) designation in 2003. Submissions will be accepted
from both individuals and groups. Prizes will
be awarded on April 6, 2005 at the College of Business' Business
Leader of The Year Breakfast.edu, or
go to http://www.U.com/ici

About InternetCoast

InternetCoast is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated
to cultivating Southeast Florida as a global science and technology
hub and leading region for business entrepreneurship and investment.

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For business owners, Ms. She has published several articles on financial
planning in various journals and has appeared numerous times on radio and
television as a guest speaker.

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The Adams
Center for IT Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in FAU's College of
Business holds a business plan competition each year.

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Ms.----You're
Hired ! InternetCoast asks tomorrow's business leaders for ideas as it
announces two student business-oriented competitions.
Any member of the FAU family is eligible to participate.
However, at least one currently -enrolled student at FAU must have a
part in the business plan development.