April
9, 10, 16, 17 & 29: The Leader Workshop
Presented by Frontier Associates, The Leader Workshop provides
a technology that empowers people to lead, manage, and work with
others to produce breakthrough results in their organizations.
The 5-day Leader Workshop covers principles and models, and has
a real-world results orientation, with numerous demonstrations
and exercises to help participants apply the workshop technology
to their particular issues.
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April
15: Private Equity: Real Money for Real Businesses
Private equity funds typically invest anywhere from a few million
to hundreds of millions of dollars in companies with solid business
fundamentals. Orange Coast Venture Group convenes a distinguished
panel of senior managers from five premier private equity funds
to offer real-world insights into the style, criteria and process
through which they select and manage their investments.
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April
22: Jetro 4th Tuesday Technology Exchange, Bioinformatics for
Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine is the technology to regenerate damaged
or disordered human tissues and organs and to regain their functions
by replacing them with artificially developed substitutes based
on human cells. As the multiplication and differentiation of Embryonic
Stem Cells have been researched, human cells have become more
understandable with the help of technical advancements of biology
and IT, and are now considered a new business target in the 21st
century.
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April
22-24: National SBIR Spring Conference 2003
The National SBIR Spring Conference 2003 will show how
to finance and transition your small business R&D project into
the marketplace.
The SBIR program and its sister program, Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR), offer a wide selection of Federal research and
development funding for a variety of technologies and market areas,
including counter-terrorism, bioengineering, information technology,
and the environment. Each year, representatives from the Department
of Defense and nine other federal agencies gather with a team
of national experts to educate the public and guide potential
applicants through each phase of the SBIR and STTR programs.
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April
22-25: Doing Business With The Federal Government, Direction
& Opportunities To Provide IT Solutions
This conference features members of Congress and representatives
from Federal government agencies that are major buyers of IT solutions,
and provides guidance and opportunities to help potential IT providers
navigate the government procurement process. Present will be representatives
of the US General Services Administration (GSA), which contracts
for billions of dollars worth of products and services annually,
as well as representatives from the Department of Commerce, Department
of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security.
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April
23: Is Your Company Too Inbred To Innovate?
Harvard Business School Professor Henry Chesbrough provides a
revolutionary look at how the world's best companies create and
exploit new ideas.
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April
26: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum's Strategic Relationships,
The Lifeblood of Life Science Ventures
Life
science companies are inherently complex, and must effectively
manage leading-edge technological problems, long product development
cycles, and extensive testing regulatory requirements. How can
a young company with limited resources meet these challenges?
Find the answers to these questions and hear from those who have
created and managed strategic relationships in their life science
companies.
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April
27: From Hollywood to Bollywood and Back Again
CBS-TV's Sixty Minutes described alumni from the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) as "some of the brightest engineers,
from what may be the most competitive school in the world".
In California, IIT alumni are active not only in technology, but
also in the worlds of entertainment and fashion. This special
event at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles is organized by the
Alumni Association of the Indian Institute of Technology's Kanpur
campus, and features a discussion on careers that cross traditional
cultural and market boundaries. Speakers include Harish Saluja,
director of The Journey; Jag Mundhra, director of, among
other films, Improper Conduct; and Vrajesh Lal, fashion
entrepreneur and CEO of Wrapper USA.
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April
29: TechSpotter Event, Elevator Pitch Event
The purpose of this event is to explore the fundability of
TechSpotter applicant companies. During the last event, the investors
were able to hear the elevator pitches of approximately 70 presenting
companies. This event will have different investors who will be
digging a little deeper into the attendee’s companies than
can be conveyed in an elevator pitch.
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May
9: 2003 Entrepreneur Association Conference, Building Enduring
Value
This one-day event, hosted by The Entrepreneur Association at
the Anderson School at UCLA and The Price Center for Entrepreneurial
Studies, includes education, discussion, and networking designed
to help entrepreneurs build more successful organizations. Keynote
speakers will be Terry Semel, CEO of Yahoo, and Paul Orfalea,
founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kinko's.
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May
10: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum's Spotlight Series Program, Corporate
Formation & Strategic Tax Planning
Transforming advanced technology and innovative ideas into successful
business ventures depends on much more than technical know-how.
It requires intelligent financial and management decisions at
every stage of your company's formation and growth. The greatest
technology in the world won't thrive in today's marketplace without
the right corporate structure to seize growth opportunities, maximize
profits, ensure fiscal stability and protect your personal assets.
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May
12: Tech Coast Angels, 3rd Annual Fast Pitch Competition
One of the largest groups (200+ members) of angel investors in
the world. Funded 64 venture in 63 months: $45M member capital;
$456M co-investors. Active in Southern California: Los Angeles,
Orange County, San Diego. 20 leading VC firms are VC Affiliate
Members of Tech Coast Angels
TCA members mentor, coach, serve on boards, provide contacts,
and assist with team building, planning strategy, and subsequent
fundraising.
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May
19-20: UCLA's Wireless Internet, Data and Enterprise Application
Conference
This two-day event will bring together leading wireless experts
from industry and academia to provide a comprehensive overview
of the Wireless Internet space. The program covers issues related
to the latest business models, technologies, convergence of WLAN
and WWAN, security, mobility, and billing, and provides relevant
case studies and success stories. The conference attracts experts
from the entire value chain--mobile operators and carriers, researchers,
media content companies, telematics, mcommerce, application developers,
vendors, portals, consultants, investors and more.
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May
19-21:ASME 3rd Annual MEMS Technology Seminar
5 courses, exhibits, and NASA Microdevices Lab Tour offered.
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May
22: Corporate Investment and Strategic Alliance Conferences
The Corporate Investment and Strategic Alliance (CISA) Conferences
are the oldest, largest and most successful conferences in the
US dedicated exclusively to companies seeking corporate funding
from and/or strategic alliances with Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100,
International 200, or other large public or private corporations.
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May
22: Forum for Women Entrepreneurs' Annual Venture Dinner
Join FWE San Diego for the Second Annual Progressive Venture
Dinner. The 2003 event will build on the success of last year's
inaugural dinner, where 45 prominent venture capital providers,
20 professional service providers, and more than 80 high-growth
men and women entrepreneurs gathered for an evening of insight
and networking.
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Job Opportunities at Larta
Larta
currently has the following job opportunities available.
Interested
candidates please email resumes to jjohnson@Larta.org.
Marketing
Assistant
We are seeking an individual possessing strong interpersonal
skills, some experience in conference and event marketing,
excellent oral and written communication skills, solid organizational
skills, and computer graphics and web design capabilities.
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Business
Development Associate
The
Business Development Associate will assist the Business
Development Director with sales, new business sourcing,
and marketing.
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