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Determining Value
During the tech boom of the late 90s, valuation figures reached dizzying heights proportionate to the interest in emerging companies. Now tangible assets, realistic market plans, and strong balance sheets have replaced hype and expectations as the method to determine value for tech startups
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Oct 16 & 17: Larta University, Finance and Valuation
This workshop will discuss the financial tools that allow entrepreneurs to run their businesses responsibly and raise the right amount of funding at the right time. By the end of the workshop you will:

October 23: Larta University, Interpreting Financial Statements
This seminar, featuring Eli Eisenberg of Straight Line Management, provides an in-depth, hands-on discussion of how to use financial statements to make management decisions. The underling principles of accounting will be reviewed to give you a fundamental understanding of financial statements and their uses. You will learn analysis tools such as ratios, performance indicators, and red flags so that you will be able to spot changes and trends in your company. You will never have perfect information when you are making decisions for your business, but having a firm grasp of your company's financial situation can make the difference between success and failure. Management with or without accounting experience will benefit from this seminar.
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October 24: Japan Meets the Nano Republic II
Co-Produced by: JETRO, Larta, & The Japan America Society
This half-day conference brings together leading business and research leaders from Japan and the Nano Republic of California to explore current nanotechnology research developments and future business opportunities. Learn about Japan's efforts to bring expectations to reality. Meet Japanese companies that have successfully commercialized nanotech research. Discover how you can receive R&D money from Japan. Network with executives from Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Mitsubishi Electric USA, Development Bank of Japan, and Sumitomo Corporation.
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November 6: Larta University Special Seminar, Turn Your Business Vision to Reality, featuring Rohit Shukla, Larta
Whether you are an entrepreneur, an executive, an employee, you will come away from this session with a renewed sense of confidence and purpose. This special seminar will teach, motivate and inspire you! You will learn how to use your potential to build a great business.
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The Hard Disk Drive Industry: Overview and Future Outlook
The U.S. hard disk drive (HDD) industry has witnessed tremendous growth over the years, with the rate of technological development increasing at an incredibly fast pace. The industry has, however, had to deal with problems of lack of profitability caused by aggressive competition and excessive price erosion in most drive markets. This latest report from Larta, featuring recent economic data and statistics, examines the progress and obstacles of this promising tech sector.
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Building Bio Clusters
A general observation of the principal biotechnology clusters today finds the presence of nearby universities and large public or private research institutions. This report tests that observation and quantifies the relationship between biotechnology companies and research institutions. Phase Two of the project examines biotech location by metropolitan area incorporating the national data collected for Phase One (population, colleges and research universities) with additional variables to identify the variation and idiosyncrasies within clusters.
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Business and Entrepreneurship:
How to Win in a Financial Crisis (McKinsey Quarterly)
When is a good time to make strategic advances? During a crisis, of course. Together with shock, threat and uncertainty of a financial crisis comes a new landscape of broad, radical economic change.
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Nanotech and Bioscience:

CALMEC Travels Long Road to Molecular Memory
(Nanotech Planet)
Unlike other companies pursuing next-generation molecular memory technologies, California Molecular Electronics Corp. (CALMEC) is not after the lucrative RAM market, instead the company has its sights set squarely on replacing hard drives.
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Diagnostic Firms Ink Deals for Gene Tests (Washington Post)
Celera Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Rockville-based Celera Genomics Group, will develop gene-based products for two of the nation's largest providers of diagnostic testing under an agreement announced yesterday.
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Uncle Sam Sends Its Money Where Angels and VCs fear to tread (Small Times)
The U.S. government’s Advanced Technology Program has given $101.6 million to 40 research projects, at least seven of which have a small tech component. This batch of awards contains the largest number of nanotechnology projects the ATP has ever selected, said Donald Bansleben, a program manager. “We’re seeing more proposals in the area of nanotechnology, across all technology areas,” he said.
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Security:
The Art of War, Translated (Wired)
If U.S. troops soon storm into Iraq, they'll be counting on computerized language translators to help with everything from interrogating prisoners to locating chemical weapons caches.
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Digital Media:
Lawmakers Tuning In to New Media Issues (L0s Angeles Times)
Technology: From file sharing to digital TV, members of Congress are pushing bills that would affect everyday lives of Americans.
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This events calendar is provided as a service by Larta about events vetted and endorsed by Larta.

Oct. 14-17: Nanotechnology Business Roadmap for Industry presents, Planning for the Future of Nanomaterials Today
This event is designed to help companies gain a competitive advantage by planning for the future of nanomaterials today. It will help you layout a nanotechnology roadmap for your company. You will learn about the commercial possibilities for a variety of nanomaterials technology platforms and their corresponding applications, find out how these technology platforms are expected to alter current industry paradigms and competitive boundaries, get today's most advanced thinking on strategic decision making and technology management for the introduction of new nanomaterials related products, and hear the real-world experiences of companies from a broad selection of industries.
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October 15: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, Venturing in Web Services: Opportunities for Partnering and Startups
Web services is an all-hands-on-deck industry effort to make the Internet a practical, universal business platform. As a new vehicle for developing and deploying business applications, web services promise new ways to capitalize on the wealth of potential that the Internet holds. The Enterprise Forum has brought together several players developing that standard - Microsoft, IBM and Oracle - to discuss how alliances and partnering are accelerating new ventures in web services.
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October 16: Pasadena Entretec Networking Breakfast
The focus of this event will be: How to make Perfection out of Imperfection: The Case of Imaging with Defocused Cameras. The program will be held at The Athenaeum, Caltech.
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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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October 18: West Coast Business Leadership Conference
The West Coast Business Leadership Conference has attracted the world's top names in business. Together, they will provide participants with the latest information related to sales, marketing, management, manufacturing, finance, operations, human resources, and vision development. There's a new "Dream Team" coming to Los Angeles--no, it's not the Lakers, although Earvin Magic Johnson will be there. This time around, it's a "Dream Team" of world and business leaders that will gather at the 2002 West Coast Business Leadership Conference to present cutting edge ideas needed to grow your business venture. Of additional and key interest will be the presentation of the UCLA Anderson Economic Forecast. VOX readers will receive a special pricing offer of $50 per ticket.
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October 23: Sweden and California, Partners in Biotechnology
The Consulate General of Sweden and the Governor's Office have initiated a program to explore the synergies of Swedish and Californian biotech. One progam element will be a series of seminars exploring various facets of the evolving biotech industry in Sweden and in California. Topics such as Stem Cell Research, Proteomics, Immunology, Neurobiology, Bioterrorism and Bioinformatics will be covered. Nature and Larta are partners in series of seminars. For more information, call 301-473-1495, or send an email.

October 24: Japan Meets the Nano Republic II
Co-Produced by: JETRO, Larta, & The Japan America Society
"Japan Meets the Nano Republic 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.
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October 26: TiE Southern California presents, 5th Annual TiEcon 2002, Entrepreneurship Revisited
Brought to you by TiE (The Indus Entrepeneurs), a "sister organization" of Larta, this annual conference is an extraordinary educational and networking event for entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and professionals. TiEcon2002 features keynotes from Ravi Batra, celebrated author of Crash of the Millenium, Vijay Malliya, global entrepreneur-founder of United Breweries, Kumar Mallavalli, founder of Brocade Communications, and Nagesh Kokoonoor, independent filmmaker of such sleeper hits as Hyderabad Blues. In addition, TiEcon2002, for the first time, presents panels which highlight the diversity of the economy of the southwestern U.S. (Southern California, San Diego and Arizona) on entertainment, hospitality and franchising, biosciences, communications technologies, business process outsourcing, and a special panel on The Evolving Entrepreneur.
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November 21: Doing Business In India: Opportunities in the World's Largest Free Market
India is the world's largest free market, with a population of more than one billion people, and a middle class of more than 250 million people who can afford American products and services. Business in India is widely conducted in English and there is a well-structured legal system based on Western law. With the tremendous opportunities available in India, U.S. organizations need to know how they can benefit from one of the most dynamic and vital markets in the world. This conference is recommended for Top Executives of companies from all sectors, Importers/Exporters, Investors and Entrepreneurs interested in exploring opportunities offered by the huge Indian market.
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