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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!
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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 US 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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list of Larta's publications >
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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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Top
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.
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
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.
Larta's full event calendar
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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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