Needham & Company, LLC's 13th Annual Growth Conference New York, January 11-13, 2011.(Conference news)

Over 340 Companies Presenting at Widely-Known "Kick-off" Conference of 2011

NEW YORK -- Needham & Company, LLC will hold its Thirteenth Annual Growth Conference at the New York Palace Hotel on January 11-13, 2011. The Needham Growth Conference has become known as the "kick-off" event for investors at the beginning of each New Year. The conference will feature over 340 companies making presentations and hosting one-on-one meetings for qualified investors. This year's presenting companies will include some of the 2010 IPOs and over 60 later stage private companies to showcase Needham's continued commitment to emerging growth companies of today and the future. Attendance is expected to exceed 1,500 institutional investors and venture capitalists.

The Sectors Represented by Presenting Companies Include:

* Clean Technology

* Communications

* Consumer

* Enterprise Infrastructure

* Healthcare

* Industrial and Diversified Growth

* Internet & Digital Media

* Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

* Software & Services

Lunchtime Guest Speakers:

Tuesday, January 11

Panel: How Technology Changes Content, moderated by Laura Martin, CFA, Managing Director, Needham & Company, LLC. Panelists include senior management of AOL, CBS and Scripps Networks.

Wednesday, January 12

General Stanley McChrystal

Thursday, January 13

Ed Hyman, Chairman, ISI Group

The conference is open only to clients of Needham & Company, LLC by invitation only. For more information, call (800) 926-2765.

About Needham & Company, LLC

Needham & Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc., is a privately held, full-service investment bank with the mission of helping emerging growth companies achieve their potential. The firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Menlo Park and San Francisco. In addition to investment banking, Needham's principal activities include institutional sales and trading and asset management. To serve its institutional clients, Needham & Company, LLC produces comprehensive equity research on more than 330 companies in clean technology, communications, consumer, enterprise infrastructure, healthcare, industrial and diversified growth, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, and software. Needham & Company, LLC is a member of FINRA/SIPC. For more information, please see www.needhamco.com.

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