2009-11-10 10:08:12 - GoldenNetworking.com's Business Receptions Featured in The New York Times' article "Turning Happy Hour Into a Global Job Search"

Just a couple of weeks before Middle East Leaders Forum 2009 (http://www.MiddleEastLeadersForum.com), November 20th, GoldenNetworking.com was favorably featured in The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/nyregion/07network.html). Reporter Dan Levin highlighted GoldenNetworking.com exploiting growing interest and opportunities in some of the world's emerging economies, through Happy Hours such as China Happy Hour (http://www.ChinaHappyHour.com), Peru Happy Hour (http://www.PeruHappyHour.com), Poland Happy Hour (http://www.PolandHappyHour.com) and Russia

Happy Hour (http://www.RussiaHappyHour.com), among others, and its highly successful Leaders Forums, including China Leaders Forum 2009 (http://www.ChinaLeadersForum.com) and upcoming forums focused on the Middle East (http://www.MiddleEastLeadersForum.com), India and Russia.

"Many immigrants are leveraging relationships back in their native lands, while Americans are immersing themselves in languages they ignored in high school in the hope that the streets of Beijing, Sao Paulo or Moscow might be paved with gold, or at least a currency faring better than the dollar," said Mr. Levin. GoldenNetworking.com, he continued, "has been mining the city's kaleidoscopic ethnic niches by organizing business receptions and after-work mixers in Manhattan".

GoldenNetworking.com was founded by Edgar Perez, Columbia Business School MBA and former McKinsey consultant and Citibank vice president. "Mr. Perez has built a database of 25,000 people in the New York, gleaned from business schools, cultural groups and industry associations. GoldenNetworking.com has sponsored two dozen events, including happy hours, career nights and investment seminars, mostly with a focus on developing economies. Success has convinced Mr. Perez to expand to Boston and Washington".

GoldenNetworking.com is readying to host Happy Hours focused on Peru, Poland, China and Russia in early December, plus Leaders Forums, Middle East Leaders Forum 2009, "Challenges and Opportunities", November 20th, Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, "Buying a Failed Bank: Opportunities and Pitfalls", December 10th, and Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, "Extraordinary Opportunities Investors Cannot Afford to Pass", February 26th, 2010, in New York City, before expanding to other major cities.