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 The ROI of
Training
The average U.S.
company spends between 2 and 10 percent of total payroll on training. Tracking your training ROI
can be challenging, but there are ways to tell whether you're getting your money's
worth.
 Making
Knowledge Accessible to All
The pursuit of money has
become so intense on American campuses that some believe our academic institutions are being
defiled by blatant commercialization. Two important new books offer original perspectives on this
debate.
 Present
Your Research at Project T2
Are you researching a breakthrough technology? Are you seeking industry partnerships,
investors, or licensees for your research? Project
T2 invites university faculty and researchers to access hundreds of venture capitalists, angel
investors and corporate executives through formal presentations and high-profile poster sessions.
Receive free admission to the Project T2 conference, and FREE business mentoring! Application
Deadline is September 12th. Apply now!
 Now Available 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.
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.
Bioinformatics White Paper
Learn more about bioinformatics and the obstacles preventing it from emerging
into a profitable sector within the life sciences
industry.
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Larta
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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
Hormone Found to Suppress Appetite in Obese People
(WashingtonPost.com)
An
extra dose of a hormone produced by the digestive system can apparently curb the appetite of obese
people, a study has shown.
more
Biotech stories
Wireless
FCC ownership rules on hold (CNNMoney)
Federal judicial
panel temporarily blocks FCC's new media ownership rules from taking
effect.
more Wireless stories
Software
PeopleSoft details layoff, product
plans (CNet News.com)
PeopleSoft detailed its plans to lay off up to 1,000 workers
at recently acquired J.D.
Edwards, while keeping the Edwards product line intact.
more
Software stories
Internet
Time for Apple to Spread the Beat (BusinessWeek
Online)
Jobs & Co.'s online
Music Store needs to be PC-compatible. Then, college kids will snap up even more iPod music
players.
more Internet stories
Investments
Stocks
Fall; Money Heads for Bonds (Wired)
Stocks dropped sharply, driven lower after a
large institution made a big asset allocation trade, moving money from stocks to bonds, traders
said.
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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 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.
September 16: SoCal
Venture Finance Outlook: A New Beginning?
Orange Coast Venture Group monthly
breakfast featuring a special "MoneyTree Survey" mid-year update presentation by Anne-Marie Vitale
of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a "who's who" VC panel from six of Southern California's preeminent
venture capital firms.
September 17 & 18: Entrepreneurship
Series #4: Protecting Your Technology: Intellectual Property
Rights
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.
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Since 1993, Larta has been the
leader in convening technology companies, researchers, and investors. We help our clients access
the technology industry through world-class conference and training services, industry research,
and capital-raising.
Companies helped by Larta have raised over $1.5
billion in capital. Larta's conferences and seminars provide insights to thousands of
businesspeople each year. Larta's weekly magazine on business innovation is read by 20,000
people.
www.Larta.org
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