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Inc. Magazine Partners with Cbeyond to Educate Small Businesses with aRecession Confessions: Stories of Growth and Survivala

^{Published on 2011-10-27 09:10:52 - Market Wire}
 

LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY), ([ www.cbeyond.net ]), a leading provider of IT and communications services to small and medium sized businesses across the country, announced today a complimentary event titled, aRecession Confessions: Stories of Growth and Survival,a which will take place on Thursday, November 3, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. a" 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. A panel of Inc. 5000 small business owners will share their dramatic successes a" and disastrous mistakes a" to help attendees formulate growth strategies for their own businesses.

"Recession Confessions: Stories of Growth and Survival"

Eric Markowitz, Assistant Producer and Reporter at Inc.com will be moderating the discussion with the following small business owners and Inc. 5000 winners:

• Michael Rozbruch, Founder and CEO of [ Tax Resolution Services ]
• Megan Duckett, Founder and CEO of [ Sew What? Inc. ]
• Michael Mothner, Founder and CEO of [ WPromote ]

Panelists will highlight how theyave differentiated themselves from the competition, maximized time and resources and been able to boost their businesses, despite the economic downturn. The rules of business have forever changed a" unveiling a wealth of new innovative growth strategies that other small businesses now have the opportunity to learn from.

aWe are excited to bring this unique educational opportunity to local small businesses, to really get under the hood of how these dramatic success stories took place,a said Dominic Miraglia, Cbeyondas Los Angeles Vice President and General Manager. aWe couldnat think of a better way to teach small businesses on how to overcome their biggest obstacles than to partner with Inc., a leading source of expert content along with real business owners who have been through it and succeeded.a

aInc. Magazine was designed 30 years ago for entrepreneurs and small businesses to help them grow, and today we remain focused on helping companies grow with useful information,a said Inc. Magazine Publisher, John Tebeau. aWe share a passion for small business with Cbeyond; to help them grow and prosper; we agree there is no better way to do that than to bring our Inc. 5000 growth stories right to local businesses to share their stories of ups and downs.a

Cisco, Sprint and BlackBerry have partnered with Cbeyond for the event which will also run in Minneapolis on November 15, 2011, and Miami on November 17, 2011. For more information on the event series, please visit [ Cbeyond.net/inc ].

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About Cbeyond

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications services to 60,000 small businesses in the U.S. Serving growing entrepreneurs, Cbeyond offers morethan 30productivity enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry, voicemail, email, Web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing, and virtual private networking. In addition, Cbeyond's Cloud Services division offers virtual and dedicated servers and cloud PBXto small businesses worldwide. Recently, the Cloud Services division won Microsoft's Hosting Partner ofthe Year Award for 2009 and 2010 in connection with Microsoft's Hyper-V Server product. Winning more than50 awards for product innovation, growth anda quality customer experience, Cbeyond continues to focus on helping small businessessucceed and grow through high-performance technology, superior services and world-class support. For more information on Cbeyond, visit [ www.cbeyond.net ] and follow Cbeyond on Twitter:[ www.twitter.com/Cbeyondinc ].

About Inc. Magazine

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. ([ http://www.inc.com ]) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for todayas innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at [ http://www.inc.com ].

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