Jon Klein Selected to Participate on Mergers and Acquisitions Panel at Red Herring East 2006

BOSTON, MA – June 26, 2006 – The Topline Strategy group is pleased to announce that founder and general partner Jon Klein has been selected as a panelist for the prestigious Red Herring East 2006 event taking place June 26-28 at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event features a select group of inspiring speakers who will share their insights and visions on how innovations are creating business opportunities for challengers and incumbents alike.

Selected as a panelist for the Mergers & Acquisitions panel, “M&A: Someone Out There Wants to Buy You; How to Maximize Your Valuation and Attractiveness,” Jon and his co-panelists will discuss the steps a company should take to increase their chances of attaining a successful acquisition offer. An authority in the field of emerging market strategies, Jon has personally has helped numerous companies achieve their goal of a successful acquisition and has worked with the portfolio companies of the nation’s leading venture capital firms to develop winning business strategies that created hundreds of millions of dollars in market capitalization.

“Red Herring East is the perfect forum in which to discuss business strategies for The New Economy – a critical topic which has proved challenging for both new and established players in the high tech arena,” remarked Jon Klein. “I look forward to a lively discussion with my fellow panelists on the topic of mergers and acquisitions and the steps young companies need to take to attain their acquisition goals.”

Red Herring East 2006 brings together the East Coast's hottest entrepreneurs with investors spanning both coasts. This intimate and invitation-only event, "Right Money -- Right Tech -- Right Coast -- Right Now," will spotlight the region's most innovative technology companies and their business models. True to Red Herring's tradition, Red Herring East offers a forum for lively conversations and provocative exchanges, featuring keynote speakers and panelists from across the country for meaningful, industry-specific comparisons and insights.

“One of the goals of this conference is to bring together investors and entrepreneurs from both coasts,” said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. “Too often they seem to operate in parallel universes when they actually have so much in common.”