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Funding Rises from the Ashes
Two years of declines in venture funding turned around in the second quarter of 2003, but
VCs remain cautious. Investments were up nationwide, but Southern California fared especially well,
receiving more than double the amount in the first quarter of 2003.
 The
Commercialization of Higher Education
America's institutions of higher education are
undergoing a tremendous transition as the image of an independent and objective Ivory Tower morphs
into a structure more closely resembling the modern corporate research facility.
 New from Larta Research
Nanotechnology: What to
Expect
Promising breakthroughs, innovative applications, and
increasing federal support and venture capital funding have raised hopes for the
nanotechnology industry, which must overcome some fundamental challenges in order to realize its
potential.
 Fidelys at NAWBO University
The National Association of Women
Business Owners (NAWBO) hosts its 7th Annual NAWBO University "Building Entrepreneurial Competence"
event, September 5, 2003. Rocky Spingstead, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Fidelys,
Larta's for-profit consulting partner, will participate in the "Access to Capital" and "One-on-one
Meetings with Key Executives"
sessions.
Nano Art at
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art’s Boone Children's Gallery presents the NANO exhibit November 23, 2003 through Sept. 5,
2004. NANO will immerse visitors of all ages in a hands-on experience of computing, nanoscience and
molecular biology. Visitors will feel what it is like to manipulate atoms and molecules, while
quotations from novelists and scientists offer insight into how nanoscience is being imagined by
different creative minds.
Bioinformatics White Paper
Learn more about bioinformatics and the obstacles preventing it from emerging
into a profitable sector within the life sciences industry.
Tech Interns Available
Technology entrepreneurs from Japan are
available for unpaid, part-time internships with U.S. technology companies. These hand-picked and
innovative entrepreneurs are determined to offer tangible help to your business. In addition to
their internship work, they can serve as an introduction point for emerging trends in Japanese
technology. For further information, please email David Katz at dkatz@larta.org.
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SSTI, the State
Science and Technology Institute, calls Larta University one
of the "best programs in the country", having "helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, implemented
innovative programs, and assisted client companies to raise hundreds-of-millions of
dollars."
PricewaterhouseCoopers Expert Access Series
Combines Larta
University’s classroom-style seminars with the advisory expertise of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
A set of four high-impact, interactive workshops address finance, audit, tax and accounting issues
for technology start-ups. Instructors are PwC Partners with extensive experience serving technology
companies and who understand the key business and accounting issues that are inherent in the
industry. Classes are basic to intermediate level and require no prerequisites and no advanced
preparation. CPE credits are available for Accounting and Auditing and/or Taxation.
Locations:
Los Angeles and Irvine
September 17 & 18: Entrepreneurship
Series #4: Protecting Your Technology: Intellectual Property
Rights
Intellectual property can be the primary asset of a technology company, and
strategic management of IP can attract capital and monetize revenue, and impact the long-term
results of a company's success. This workshop covers the most crucial legal and business strategies
any company should know before exposing its technology to a competitive marketplace, including:
copyrighting and trade secrets, working with an independent contractor to develop a product, and
licensing.
Locations: Century City and Irvine
September 23: Successful Negotiation
Series #2: The Difficult Negotiation
Effective, professional tactics for
dealing with real-life difficult negotiation situations, such as "uphill" negotiation where one
party has substantially more negotiating power. Structural techniques for successfully dealing with
uncertainty in negotiations will also be discussed. The three-hour workshop includes interactive
team and individual exercises that help to consolidate new negotiation skills. The instructor is
Eric Klein of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman LLP.
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
Larta University's full course schedule
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Stories in Hot Technology Sectors
Biotech
Army Grant to Fund Biotechnology Institute (LAtimes.com)
The
Army has promised a $50-million research grant to set up a biotechnology center at UC Santa
Barbara.
more
Biotech stories
Wireless
Phone Companies Challenge FCC Rule (WashingtonPost.com)
Rate
Cuts for Rivals Called Unfair.
more
Wireless stories
Software
Microsoft Expected to Make Browser Changes (LATimes.com)
Microsoft
Corp., which this month was found to have infringed a patented method for viewing Internet pages,
will make changes to its Web browser software, according to the World Wide Web Consortium trade
group.
more
Software stories
Internet
Feds arrest
teen in 'Blaster' Web attack (CNN.com)
An 18-year-old man suspected of creating a
version of the "Blaster" computer infection is in custody in Minnesota, US government sources
said.
more Internet stories
Investments
Big Blue lands Boeing service deal (CNet News.com)
IBM has won information technology services contracts worth about $260 million with Boeing
and a Korean cosmetics company, in the latest in a series of services deals for the tech giant.
more
Investment stories
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Events Calendar
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This events calendar
is provided as a service by Larta about events vetted and endorsed by Larta.
September 4: Where
Does Wireless Go From Here?
Part of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA)
Presidents & Distinguished Speakers Series. Find out how Nokia went from a regional paper
company to the world’s leading cell phone provider. KP Wilska, Nokia’s President, will give his
view of the past, present and future of the wireless industry.
September 9: Technical Due Diligence
This event from the Business Technology
Center will review the due diligence
process for entrepreneurs. Discussion will include factors that determine the quality of an
investment opportunity and how these features interact with innovative technologies.
September 9-10: World Nano-Economic Congress
The North America World Nano-Economic Congress, presented by CMP
Cientifica, focuses on the applications and impact of nanotechnology in a wide range of industries.
September 10: PwC Series #1: Startup
Accounting and Tax Issues
Larta and PriceWaterhouseCoopers present a seminar to
address issues including stock-based compensation and cheap stock, startup costs, tax loss and
credit preservation, maximizing research tax credits, and other matters.
September 10: Interactive Entertainment: Hollywood Goes Gaming
iHollywood
Forum sponsors a panel to discuss the current marriage between Hollywood and game companies,
explore new opportunities for Hollywood professionals in the burgeoning gaming industry and look at
the future of interactive licensed entertainment.
September 11: Venture
Physics II - Logic and Convention
The second in a Business Technology Center
three-part series. Few business documents receive
more attention than business plans. By understanding the conventions of business plan writing,
entrepreneurs can create short, concise and clear plans that are easy to read, understand and
maintain.
September 15: Like it
or Not
A panel of five active investors will each evaluate three TechSpotter
applicant companies in advance of the event at CBS Radford Studios, where they will critique the
companies, followed by an audience Q&A. TechSpotter is an investment prescreening services that helps technology
companies find funding.
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the technology industry through world-class conference and training services, industry research,
and captial-raising.
Companies helped by Larta have raised over $1.5
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