ÿþ<html> <head> <title>LA VOX February 1, 2001</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000"> <table width="640" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" bordercolorlight="#999999" bordercolor="#000000" bordercolordark="#666666"> <tr> <td bgcolor=#000000 height=64> <div align="center"><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="5"><b>L A &nbsp; V O X</b></font><br> <i>the voice of tech in greater los angeles</i> <i>- v.3, n.5</i></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/index.asp"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/images/top_bar.jpg" width="640" height="145" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>February 1, 2001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" align="center"> <tr> <td width="31%" height="82"><a href="http://www.ey.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/eylogo.gif" width="178" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="37%" height="82"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.trooplaw.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/Logo_akin.gif" width="91" height="78" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td width="31%" height="82"> <div align="right"><a href="http://www.grubb-ellis.com" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/Logo_grubb.gif" width="156" height="42" border="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="120" border="0" align="right"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <table bgcolor=#ffffcc border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width=120 bordercolorlight="#999999" align="right"> <tr bgcolor="#CCBA97"> <td> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Geneva" size=2 color="#cc0000"> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Geneva" size=2 color="#cc0000"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/images/AboutLARTA.gif" width="120" height="16"></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#000000"><b>larta </b>is a trusted advisor to the investment, technology, and startup community of Southern California. <b>larta</b> is an independent, private nonprofit company originally created by California legislation.</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#000000">For a complete listing of <b>larta's </b>programs and activities, please visit <a href="http://www.old.larta.org" target="blank">www.old.larta.org.</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#000000">746 W. Adams Blvd.<br> Los Angeles, CA 90089-7727<br> Tel: (213) 743-4150<br> Fax: (213) 747-7307</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org" target="blank">www.old.larta.org</a> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br> </font></p> </td> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="6" color="#8E2F17"><b> Venture This...</b></font></div> </div> <table width=174 border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" align="left"> <tr> <td height="182"> <div align="left"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/moneyman.jpg" width="157" height="174"></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000"><b>Call For Applications!</b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000"> Put yourself @ the core of <br> venture capital opportunity. </font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000"> Apply today for Southern California's premier venture forum</font></p> <p align="left"><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">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. </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><i>But that's only the beginning.</i></b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><i> "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. </i></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> 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. </font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> <b>Presenter applications are due Feb. 7, 2001</b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>If you belong @ the epicenter</b>, visit <br> <a href="http://www.theventureforum.com" target="_blank">www.TheVentureForum.com</a> or click on the banner below<br> <b><font size="2">For questions email <a href="mailto:info@theventureforum.com" target="_blank">info@TheVentureForum.com</a> or call 213/743-4267</font></b></font> </p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.theventureforum.com" target="blank"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/SCTVFBanner.jpg" width="550" height="129" border="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>Suggested Readings</b></font><b><font color="#8E2F17"><br> </font></b><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.growco.com/gcgbookframe.htm" target="_blank"><b>Growth Company Guide 2000</b></a><i> by Clinton Richardson </i></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="3"><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2002/toptenVC.htm" target="_blank">10 Stupid Things VCs Do</a></font></b><br> <i><b>by Supreet Manchanda, SiliconIndia.com</b></i><br> &quot;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!</font> &quot;<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2002/toptenVC.htm" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">click here for the article</font></a></p> <p align="left"><font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8E2F17"><b><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/index.asp?MainFrameName=Calendar.htm" target="blank">Meet, Mix and Mingle:</a> <br> Highlight of Featured Events</b></font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> 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<b> larta</b>.</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.digitalmediawire.com/panel1.html" target="_blank"><b>February 15: Digital Media Wire Forum: "Interactive Gaming on the Internet: Recent Developments and New Opportunities -- An Industry Poised for the Future" </b></a><br> 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.</font> <br> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.digitalmediawire.com/panel1.html" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.ctexpo.com/ctx/" target="_blank"><b>March 6-8: CT Expo - The largest telecommunications conference on the West Coast!</b></a><br> 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.<br> <a href="http://www.ctexpo.com/ctx/" target="_blank">click here for more information on CT Expo</a></font></p> <table width="612" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td height="91"> <table bgcolor=#ffffcc border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width=598 bordercolorlight="#999999" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#CCBA97"> <td align="center" height="76"> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Geneva" size=2 color="#cc0000"> </font><img border=0 height=17 src="http://www.old.larta.org/images/AboutLAVOX.gif" width=125 align="left"><br> <font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">LA VOX is provided weekly as a free service to you by <b>larta </b>- the<br> technology alliance for Southern California.</font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> LA VOX is made possible by the generous support of:<br> </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><a href="http://commerce.ca.gov/index.asp" target="blank">State of California Technology Trade &amp; Commerce Agency</a></font> <br> </p> </td> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Copyright © 2001 <b>larta</b>. 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