Call For Applications!

Put yourself @ the core of
venture capital opportunity.

Apply today for Southern California's premier venture forum

As a presenter at this influential forum, you'll be heard by today's leading, tech-savvy venture capitalists from across the country. In the past seven years, this Forum has been instrumental in raising more than $400 million for presenting companies. But that's only the beginning.

"It was educational, frustrating, enlightening, combative, collaborative - everything, in short, that makes the spirit of entrepreneurship so intoxicating," said Brian Regan, CEO of LOR Management, which presented at the Venture Forum in 2000.

If you're accepted, you'll take part in a one-of-a-kind Mentor Program. During the weeks before the Forum, you'll be coached and counseled by industry experts, consultants, investors, and professionals. The program even includes a dress rehearsal with a small panel of VC's so that you can put your best tech foot forward at the big event.

Presenter applications are due Feb. 7, 2001

If you belong @ the epicenter, visit
www.TheVentureForum.com or click on the banner below
For questions email info@TheVentureForum.com or call 213/743-4267

Suggested Readings
Growth Company Guide 2000 by Clinton Richardson

10 Stupid Things VCs Do
by Supreet Manchanda, SiliconIndia.com
"So here I am, about to commit heresy . . . opening the kimono a little to tell you some of the things that VCs do that are really dumb. Now while these things are serious, please understand I got a lot of stuff I just could not let go to print. All you VCs who contributed, thank you! Shows y’all can still laugh at yourselves! "
click here for the article

Meet, Mix and Mingle:
Highlight of Featured Events
This event bulletin is provided as a service by larta on behalf of various partner organizations. This announcement provides more comprehensive detail about events vetted and endorsed by larta.

February 15: Digital Media Wire Forum: "Interactive Gaming on the Internet: Recent Developments and New Opportunities -- An Industry Poised for the Future"
This event features the leaders of the Interactive Gaming industry. They will discuss recent technological and creative developments in the interactive gaming industry, describe business and employment opportunities being created as a result of such developments, and provide insights on what the future holds for gaming on the Internet.
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March 6-8: CT Expo - The largest telecommunications conference on the West Coast!
CT Expo 2001, the premier converging communications event, brings together the builders, integrators and executives driving the strategies and purchases critical to business communications. CT Expo represents the entire open communications community including: IP Telephony Gateways, Web-Enabled Call Centers, Next Generation Networks, Interactive Voice Response, Communication Controllers, Customer-Centric Technologies, Open Telephony Servers and Unified Messaging Solutions.
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