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PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1998 PAGE 54 HUNT Continued from Page 47 60 businesses worldwide, was filling that role when Ackerson's turn came. On cue, Ackerson stepped jthrough a massive revolving door a little show-biz Touch. He explained that his five-year-old S25 million company makes sophisti- line or outside it 'The most interesting part of pro tennis matches are the fights over line calls," sniped Ennico. This would make the matches duller to watch." Oooooh. Assessments over, a comely hostess the show's Vanna White, you might say wound things up by asking each guest for a brief comment on the panel's opinions.

"Money Hunt" spokesman Tony DeFazio said the TV show is an outgrowth of a successful Web site for entrepreneurs in search of financing (www.moneyb.unt that Spencer launched several years ago. As DeFazio tells it, Spencer once had a job with a venture-capital firm telephoning people whose requests for money were being turned down. Spencer kept the names of those he called and later launched a business of his own trying to match those people with investors who would be interested. That led to the Web site. On it, Spencer offers a business-plan template and the -names of venture capitalists free, while selling products like books and tapes.

Now the Web site also offers an "on-line audition" for the TV show. Christine Kenna, president of the Natural Body Bar a two-year-old skin- and hair-care products company in Maine, said she read about the audition and decided to try. "It asked for a description of what you do in 100 words or less," she said. "That took me three hours to do. Then I answered eight questions.

And three days later, I was invited on the show." You'll have to wait to see Acker-son's appearance or any other "Money Hunt." Channel 12 had been airing "Money Hunt" at 6:30 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays, but the show is now off the air. But WHYY does play to air the new episodes later this year. cated laser measuring equipment used in the auto and aerospace industries.

This equipment is expensive $149,000 per unit but it reads a thousand measurements per second and is accurate to the width of a human hair, he said, adding that he'd like $5 million to accelerate development and sales. The panel grilled him for details. "Who's your competition?" "How big is the market for this kind of thing?" Later in the show, Spencer, En-nico and Quinn "reviewed" the presentations and offered opinions about each guest's chance of success. Said Quinn of Acker-man's SMX: "Great technology but the high price is a challenge." Some guests don't get that much encouragement. One entrepreneur from South Carolina touted a computerized sensing device designed to tell umpires at professional tennis matches whether a ball has landed fairly inside the BEAUTE Nails Skin Care Salon for Men Women ACRYLIC TIPS 2 for $25 REFILLS $10 PEDICURES $10 Tues.

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