The
Bio Boost
As
other tech sectors witnessed severe investment declines, biotech
companies raised close to $60 billion in public and private
funding from 1999 until the first quarter of 2002, up from the
$15 billion raised between 1996-1998. However, this dramatic
boost in cash flow mostly benefited the already established
giants of the industry--Amgen, Genentech Inc., Biotech, etc.--while
smaller companies still lack the resources and the capability
to produce potential blockbuster drugs and increased marketshare.
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Tech
is a many-splendored thing
By now, the tribulations of tech have destroyed any appreciation
of the innovation hidden below the surface of our economy. There
seems to be a creeping (and creepy) enthusiasm for the other
shoe to drop. Telecom's woes--large-scale and global--now have
sympathetic vibrations in almost every corner of the stock market.
Serialized in every corner of our conscious universe, the news
about corporate wrongdoing, individual greed and insider shenanigans
by analysts and others has further hardened the gloom that has
descended on us. Many people anticipate the worst, as if that
prospect is still to come.
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University : The Successful Negotiating Workshop, September
25
The Successful Negotiating Workshop provides participants
with a professional, structured approach to negotiation that
increases the likelihood of success and decreases adverse
consequences of a negotiation. The three hour workshop includes
interactive team and individual exercises that help to consolidate
new negotiation skills.
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 Beginning
October 8: Larta Economic Research Briefings
Larta's Economic Research Briefings are high-level luncheon
events focusing on financial executives and major investors
from the region's capital markets. Attendees gain insight/industry
intelligence from leading authorities on a wide variety of
significant and dynamic industries. Briefings will occur monthly
at Larta's offices. The first briefing, Future of the Private
Equity Industry, will take place on October 8.
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information >
October
24: Japan Meets the Nano Republic of California II
"Japan
Meets the Nano Republic of California II" is a focused
half-day event that brings together leading business and research
leaders from Japan and the Nano Republic for a practical discussion
on current research and potential future business opportunities
in nanotechnology.
more
information >
register
now >
~Larta
in The News
Tech
needs to look in the mirror (Orange County Register)
The tech industry just doesn't get it. Folks from everyday
consumers to corporate chieftains stopped buying technology.
Traders still dump tech stocks. Take a new report from a Los
Angeles think tank, Larta. The report warns if Orange County
isn't careful, it might damage, "one of the most successful
technology clusters ever developed."
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by:
Business
and Entrepreneurship:
Thanksgiving
for innovation (The Economist)
Governments worship at the altar of innovation for good reason:
it now accounts for more than half of economic growth. In recognition,
The Economist has inaugurated a series of Innovation Awards.
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Nanotech
and Bioscience:
One
giant step for stem cells (San Francisco Chronicle)
Historic moment as UCSF ships them out to researchers.
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Agile
Materials secures $5.8 million (Small Times)
Agile Materials & Technologies, a Goleta, Calif., developer
of variable integrated passive components for radio frequency--or
wireless--electronics, announced it has secured $5.8 million so
far in first round funding, according to Chuck Bischof, chief
executive. He said the round is still open for another $2 million
to $3 million and will close toward the end of October.
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Security:
Bush's computer 'culture of security' relies on users (San
Jose Mercury News)
Declaring that government alone cannot protect the nation's
computer networks, top White House officials Wednesday presented
a sober assessment of the nation's preparedness for cyberattacks
and called for "a new culture of security.''
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Digital
Media:
New
Bill: More Digital TV Limits (Wired)
A bill up for debate in the Senate could make VCRs obsolete. On
the bright side for U.S. consumers, it could force cable companies
to adopt open standards.
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This events calendar is provided as a service by Larta about
events vetted and endorsed by Larta.
September
24: Jetro LA presents, NanoTechnology Evolution: Research Labs
to Products
This
presentation, by Brian Lim, Vice President of Business Development,
NanoDevices, will focus on the tools to bridge the gap between
promising laboratory results and products that can deliver a compelling
value proposition.
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information >
September
24-25: ACG Los Angeles Chapter Hosts 2002 Middle Market M&A
Conference
The
Los Angeles Chapter of The Association for Corporate Growth in
association with the Orange County, San Francisco and Silicon
Valley Chapters and the Los Angeles Business Journal presents
California's most important M&A and finance event for middle
market companies. Meet
and hear the experts on M&A from some of the world's leading
corporations and private equity sponsors. Special presentations
by Sam Donaldson, ABC-NEWS, Gerald Levin, Former CEO, AOL/Time
Warner, and more.
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September
25: SDRTA presents, The Venture Plan
Going into its 3rd year, the tremendously successful TechNetEd
is RTA's signature, sophisticated half-day seminar series for
high-tech/biotech technology entrepreneurs and early-stage/growth
companies. TechNetEd 2002 features more comprehensive information
per seminar, new content and widely renowned speakers.
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information >
September
25: ISTTD Focus Forum, The Digital Century
Larta's
own Rohit Shukla will appear as a distinguished panelist at the
ISTTD Focus Forum, The Digital Century: Challenges and Opportunities,
at UCLA's Moore Hall, alongside Dr. Jeffrey Cole, UCLA Center
For Communication Policy and Founder, World Internet Project;
Dr. Susan Hackwood, California Council on Science and Technology;
Dr. Kenneth Green, Campus Computing Project and a rare and special
guest appearance by Ms. Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Member,
Switzerland-based, World Economic Forum Digital Divide Task Force.
Prof. Sidney Morse will moderate this distinguished group of panelists
in a discussion about the impact next generation Internet and
other emerging technologies will have on our lives in the 21st
Century and the social and economic implications.
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information >
September
25-27: POSS Nanotechnology Conference
This
conference is specifically designed to present current research,
product development and commercialization of POSS nanomaterials.
This comprehensive program will feature speakers from industry,
government, and academia speaking on the opportunities and applications
of POSS in emerging markets, performance enhancements from its
material science, a market overview of current commercialization
areas, and more.
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information >
October
17-18: nanoSIG presents, Global Nano Conference
This
event provides two full days of exposure to NASA-Ames Nano &
bio technology research; Nano IP legal & licensing; global
Nano status, trends & deals; new Nano ventures seeking funding,
joint ventures & strategic alliances; leading edge Nano VCs;
global nano data base schema/XML working group; commercial Nano
applications, companies, IP, investments, markets, technology,
& products. Attendees
will include entrepreneurs, researchers, academics, government
employees, angel investors, corporate investors, investment bankers,
venture capitalists, as well as industry and government opinion
leaders in the technical and marketing domain.
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information >
Larta's full event calendar
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