Coming next month from Larta: Orange County Report 2002
The development of the Orange County economy has come into its own from the shadows of Los Angeles and San Diego, with a unique technological and business infrastructure demonstrated by the diversity of industries represented. "The industries that used to characterize Orange County were land development and construction," said UC Irvine Chancellor Ralph Cicerone, one of the community leaders interviewed for Larta's Orange County Report 2002, to be released in July. "What's changed is that now it is a predominantly knowledge-based industry. It used to be that these major companies would have side offices based here, and now they're headquartered here." Yet despite the growth in the region, other issues and concerns have arisen that could affect and restrict the region's success as a technology center.
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ReplayTV owners file suit to protect users' rights (Mercury News)
A lawsuit filed in October by 28 Hollywood studios and television networks charges that the ReplayTV 4000--a digital version of the VCR--contributes to copyright infringement by the 4,000 or so people who own the device. Five users of an advanced digital video recorder sued last Thursday to make the consumer's voice heard in the big-stakes legal battle between media titans and technology companies
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The Code of Life as a Paint Set (Wired News)
On Friday, a team of chemists is unveiling a nanotechnology that allows individual DNA molecules to be painted onto a surface like watercolors onto a sheet of paper. This discovery, in turn, offers an attractive means of assembling nanoscale structures and miniaturizing present generation gene chips by factors of 100,000 or more.
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Red Herring 100: No limits (Red Herring)
Red Herring's selection of the 50 private and 50 public companies most likely to change the world.
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~Larta Announcements

Larta University on June 19 and 20:
The Business Plan, Balancing Business with Vision
This session covers all phases of business plan development including: identifying the objectives for a plan, understanding what investors look for in a plan, tailoring strategies for a specific market and economic context, the value proposition, and addressing the various elements of the business plan.
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The Nano Republic Conference 2002 - July 17
The Nano Republic Conference is a one-day Larta event featuring world-class speakers and highlighting California-wide nanotechnology efforts. The Nano Republic Conference will serve as a serious examination of the current state of nanotechnology and focus on its near-term developments and constraints. The Nano Republic Conference will bring together all current industry segments and leaders from industry, academia, labs and the capital markets. The Nano Republic Conference will also feature an in-depth discussion of the following topics: nanotechnology in life sciences, information technology, materials, fabrication, and sensors and diagnostics.
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Today! June 10: Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging -- from Molecules to Medicine Opportunities for California Industry-University Collaborative R&D at UCLA
UCLA is hosting another industry mixer event for Southern California companies interested in exploring possibilities for collaborative research and development.The industry-university cooperative program to be held all day at UCLA, Monday, June 10, 2002, is designed to bring
together UC faculty and people from California industries who wish to explore research collaboration possibilities.
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June 14 and 15: TiE Silicon Valley Presents TiEcon 2002
TiEcon 2002, the world’s largest conference on entrepreneurship will be held on June 14 & 15 at the Westin Hotel and Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. This is an extraordinary opportunity for entrepreneurs to gain knowledge, inspiration and an invaluable network of contacts.
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June 19: TiE Southern California Chapter Meeting
Rohit Shukla, founder and CEO of Larta, will brief the audience on the issues facing entrepreneurs in the current economic climate, and give a thumbnail sketch of Larta University’s well-received approach to entrepreneurial training, including upcoming classes and a special offer for TiE members. This event will also feature speaker Raymond W. Cohen, CEO of Cardiac Science Management.
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June 19: Nanotechnology Institute: Nano Engineering & Investing Trends Conference
The Nano Engineering & Investing Trends Conference presents a mid-year annual update on what's hot & what's not. The technical sessions will focus on applications in health care, computing & information processing, information storage, materials & sensors, and semiconductor tools. The investing sessions will focus on angel, corporate, & venture capital investing in these areas.
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June 20: Digital Media Wire Presents the 2nd Annual Digital Music Panel Series, What’s Next?
Moderator: Ken Rutkowski, CEO, KenRadio. Panelists include: Ted Cohen, VP, New Media, EMI Recorded Music; Richard Conlon, VP, Marketing and Business Development Media Licensing, BMI; Tony Conrad, Partner, Venture Strategy Partners, and Director, FullAudio; Stacey Herron, Analyst, Jupiter Media Metrix; Jeff Liebenson, Partner, Entertainment & Media, KMZ Rosenman; and Sean Ryan, President & CEO, Listen.com. 8:30-10:30 a.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills.
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June 22: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Presents: The State of Wireless: California Opportunities in a Global Market
A panel of investors, analysts and entrepreneurs examines the business trends within California's wide-ranging wireless industry. Join this discussion of where the entrepreneurial opportunities are and learn from the experiences of two early-stage companies that are pursuing domestic and international markets.
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