CEO Charles Von Thun to present at Rockies Venture Club
18th Annual Colorado Capital Conference

(Denver, Colo. – May 31 2006) PositiveWare has been selected as one of eight companies to present investment opportunities to potential angel and venture investors at the Rockies Venture Club’s 18th Annual Colorado Capital Conference.

Founded in January 2004, PositiveWare is a web application for project management and time tracking for billable services companies. The application gives managers an at-a-glance understanding of project status and empowers them to track hours and assign tasks to employees and contractors for optimum efficiency. It was named the 2005 Colorado Software and Internet Association’s Rookie of the Year.

In addition to the investor presentation, PositiveWare will also present its marketing plan during a panel session entitled “Workshop III: The Apprentice”.

Citing faster-than-expected growth, PositiveWare intends to use private funds for marketing and further development of the application in the U.S. and internationally.

“With a target market of millions of users, it is imperative that we raise funds to reach these users to enable them to benefit from better cost control, easier project management, and faster growth, ” said Charles Von Thun, PositiveWare founder.

Now in its third release, PositiveWare clients range from Avaya to Verizon in addition to local firms, like Decisioneering, Vericept, Inc., Education Partners, and Wall+Aiello PR.

The all day conference on June 8, 2006 begins with registration at 7:30 am. The eight chosen companies will present beginning at 2 p.m. at the Rockies Venture Club Investor Fair at the Denver Marriott Downtown City Center, 1701 California St, Denver. CO. Information is available at or by calling 303-831-4174.

About PositiveWare

PositiveWare, LLC, provides web-based, project management and time tracking for billable services companies. In continuous release since April, 2005, the PositiveWare application is also available in Japanese. For more information about the company and its products visit .

About Rockies Venture Club

The Rockies Venture Club (RVC) is a non-profit, volunteer organization that celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Rocky Mountain region. Founded in 1984, RVC is the only networking organization that connects entrepreneurs, service professionals, investors, venture capitalists and other funding sources.

The Colorado Capital Conference - held in late spring - is the signature event of the Rockies Venture Club. Now in its 18th year, this full-day conference is focused on connecting companies to funds. For more information visit

A friend send me a copy of an email sent by Bill Gates to, well, the whole world probably. The email subject was “Beyond Business Intelligence: Delivering a Comprehensive Approach to Enterprise Information Management”. Featured prominently is the following quote:

“Information fatigue is one inevitable result of information overload. We are working to develop tools that help information workers prioritize their work and focus on the tasks that are truly important.”

Welcome to the party, Mr. Gates.

Allow me to declare my desire to start the Curt Coffman Fan Club. Why, you ask? Well, for starters Coffman is co-author of First, Break All The Rules, a 1999 classic that is one of the bases for PositiveWare. Curt also was kind enough to have lunch with me yesterday at the Blue Bonnet in Denver. Over enchiladas we talked about the challenges of making leaders believe in the importance of workforce engagement. And while signing my copy, he shared with me his belief that as labor markets tighten for all types of workers, workforce engagement will become the leading concern of business leaders.

In another book, Follow This Path, Coffman talks about the importance of the customer interaction as the new focal point for quality, and how hiring practices need to step up to this new paradigm. But while Coffman is an in demand speaker for bluest of blue chip corporations, he is a down to earth guy out of the University of Nebraska with a simple, compelling message for anyone who is wise enough to listen.

My thanks to Professor Len Greenhalgh at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business for perfectly describing the need for PositiveWare.

In a recent Wall Street Journal column by Jared Sandberg, Professor Greenhalgh is quoted as saying “One of the problem’s with management is the sheer invisibility of consequences. You put in a whole day’s work and what do you have to show for it?”

Which is exactly why PositiveWare exists. By capturing the plan and continually aligning everyone to the plan, measuring performance and providing feedback, the consequences of management, both good and bad, are made clear.