ÿþ<html> <head> <title>LA VOX February 22, 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.8</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 22, 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.akingump.com/tech" 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> </b></font> <div align="center"><pmg_html_only></pmg_html_only> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="6" color="#8E2F17"><b> </b></font> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <p><font color="#8E2F17" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b><font size="5">Sand Dollars and Other Capital</font><br> Capital Resources for Entrepreneurs and <br> So Cal's Current State</b> </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1. A Hitchhiker's Guide to Capital Resources</b><br> <font size="2">Whether it's on the Web, in bookstores, or free for the asking, you'll find it in Inc. magazine's street-smart guide to the latest and greatest information about raising money.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2001/inc%27s_hitchhiker.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full article</a></font></font><br> <br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>2. Venture Financing in Los Angeles County <br> by Growthin</b></font><font size="3"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">k</font></b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br> Growthink's 70+ page report includes profiles of the more than 250 LA-based private ventures that received funding last year (representing $3.8 billion in investments) and the 40 most prolific investor firms that backed them.<br> <a href="http://www.growthink.com/reports/lareport2000/lareport2000.html" target="_blank">click here for Growthink's PDF report</a></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>3. The Sand Dollar Report<br> An Analysis of Venture Investing on the Digital Coast 2001 by larta</b></font></p> </div> </div> <table width=480 border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" align="left"> <tr> <td height="152" width="136"> <div align="left"><img src="../images/sand%20dollar1.jpg" width="135" height="125"></div> </td> <td height="152" width="329"> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There is much to celebrate and perhaps even more to ponder according to the findings in <b>larta's </b><i><br> <b>Sand Dollar Report 2001</b>.</i><br> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Available March 2, 2001 at <a href="http://www.old.larta.org" target="_blank">www.old.larta.org</a></font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="left"><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="2"> Sneak Preview:</font></b><font size="2"><br> - Greater Los Angeles now has the most diverse venture capital investments of any comparable region in the country.</font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">-<i><b> </b>The Sand Dollar Report</i> benchmarks a number of variables to other regions, including the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley; Austin, Texas; the state of Massachusetts; and the New York metropolitan area.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> - A 181 percent increase in the number of venture capital investments has occured in Greater Los Angeles from 1997 to 2000.</font></p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" bordercolordark="#996633"> <tr bordercolor="#CC9966" bgcolor="#FFCC99"> <td height="28"> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font color="#8E2F17" size="4">"The Silicon Valley people would love to invest here."<br> - Brad Jones, Redpoint Ventures</font></b></font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Sand Dollar Report will be available March 2, 2001 - <br> Download it FREE at <a href="http://www.old.larta.org" target="_blank">www.old.larta.org</a></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font size="3">4. Legal and Financial Foundations of Venture Success</font></b><br> Produced by the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, this program looks at the hi-tech venture from a legal and financial perspective, providing both aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs with a working knowledge of critical issues that can have a major impact on venture success. It offers real-world lessons and practical training from experienced CFOs, business executives, attorneys and accountants, presenting a balanced view of traditional and cutting-edge business practices.<br> <a href="http://event3.inetevents.com/event/public/event.cfm?event_id=108" target="_blank">click here for more information and to register</a></font><br> </p> <hr width="75%"> <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 <b>larta</b> 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"><a href="http://www.sdrta.org/sdrta/aboutsdrta/bigeschmooze.htm" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>March 1: San Diego's eSchmooze</b></font></a><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> With all the craziness of today's technology climate, wouldn't it be nice to unwind and make some business connections while having a Swanky* time? Isn't it great to meet potential employees, customers and partners while having fun? <br> <a href="http://www.sdrta.org/sdrta/aboutsdrta/bigeschmooze.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="../www.gotoebrew.com%20" target="_blank"><b>March 1: eBrew</b></a><br> To meet the Internet's challenge of global change, eCommerce Networking Group offers an informal setting for a high-quality gathering of 200+ high-technology professionals. There are no long boring talks and no rubber chicken - just great networking, with great people, all focused on growing eCommerce. At this meeting, the agenda is yours.<br> <a href="../www.gotoebrew.com%20" 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> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="http://www.jetro.org/losangeles/hitech.htm" target="_blank"><b>March 8: Wireless and Broadband - Communication for the New Internet Era</b></a><br> This event is produced by the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) and features speakers Rohit Shukla, President &amp; CEO of larta, and Masaki Yoshikawa, President and CEO of NTT DoCoMo. Industry leaders give their insight into the current and future outlook for wireless and broadband technology. Also panel discussion on money sources from Japan (JAFCO, Mitsubishi Capital, Hitachi Capital, Funai Electric). <br> <a href="http://www.jetro.org/losangeles/hitech.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.lava.org" target="_blank">March 14: LAVA's Investment Capital Conference 2001</a></b><br> Sources of Capital for Growth Companies - this conference is on investment capital for emerging growth and middle market companies! The ICC 2001 is sponsored by over 65 organizations that are leaders in the investment capital field. Featured are over 65 speakers whose firms provide financing in public and private, debt and equity transactions ranging in size from under $500 Thousand to over $500 Million. <br> <a href="http://www.lava.org" 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.milkeninstitute.org/globalconference/index.asp" target="_blank"><b>March 20-21: Milken Institute's Global Conference</b></a><br> Join 1,500 of your colleagues representing the world s leading business and financial institutions for two days of thoughtful, insightful discussions on the U.S. and global economy at the Milken Institute 2001 Global Conference. This conference now has more than 100 panelists on 27 sessions participating in this extraordinary event. <br> <a href="http://www.milkeninstitute.org/globalconference/index.asp" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div align="left"></div> <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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