With the blustery cold weather finally rolling into D.C. to stay, there’s one thing to look forward to during this chilly season: Lore System’s Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Winter Forum. For the past few months, we at IntheCapital have always extolled CONNECTpreneur as being one of the best networking events in the Washington, D.C. region…and we haven’t changed our tune, especially considering the amazing roster of executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and companies the Winter Forum has lined up.

The one speaker I’m particularly looking forward to hearing is Joe Payne, CEO of Eloqua (a leading marketing automation software company). Joe is a paragon of D.C. Tech success, having taken Eloqua public in an IPO earlier this year…