ÿþ<html> <head> <title>LA VOX July 5, 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="5" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#CCCCCC"> <b>L A &nbsp; V O X</b></font> <div align="center"><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC"><i>the voice of technology in southern california</i> <i>- v.3, n.30</i> </font></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/index.asp"><img src="../../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>July 5, 2001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td width="31%" height="82"><a href="http://www.ey.com" target="blank"><img src="../images/eylogo.gif" width="200" height="42" border="0"></a></td> <td width="37%" height="82"><a href="http://www.akingump.com/tech" target="blank"><img src="../images/Logo_akin.gif" width="98" height="88" border="0"></a></td> <td width="37%" height="82"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.missionventures.com" target="blank"><img src="../images/Logo_Mission.jpg" width="120" height="45" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td width="31%" height="82"> <div align="right"><a href="http://www.grubb-ellis.com" target="blank"> </a><a href="http://www.grubb-ellis.com" target="blank"><img src="../images/Logo_grubb.gif" width="156" height="42" border="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p></p> <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="../../images/AboutLARTA.gif" width="125" height="17"></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">Download <b>larta</b>'s <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/shop/subscribef.asp?CartNumber=999999999&amp;ProductID=2000Annual" target="_blank">Annual Report</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#000000">Download<a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/shop/subscribef.asp?CartNumber=999999999&amp;ProductID=SandDollar" target="_blank"> The Sand Dollar Report</a>: An Analysis of Venture Investing on the Digital Coast 2001</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> <p align="center"><img src="../images/managementeam.jpg" width="255" height="159" border="1"> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Larta University July 11 and 12<br> </b></font><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The Right Stuff: Building Your Management Force</font></b></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In this post-bubble market, the business of building and managing a team has become a complex process. The expectations of companies and executives are more demanding as the stakes to stay in business have been raised. <i><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/LartaU/Workshops.htm#Session3" target="_blank">The Right Stuff: Management Construction</a>,</i> the next <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/LartaU" target="_blank">Larta University</a> workshop held on July 11 and 12, will provide targeted, comprehensive information for entrepreneurs and companies seeking to build and maintain their teams.</font><br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/2001/7-5_LartaU.htm" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">click here for more information</font></a></p> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>cFour Partners/ITP Worldwide and larta present:<br> USA Senior Management Compensation Report 2001</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> cFour Partners/ITP Worldwide and <b>larta</b> have released the second annual report on executive salary trends in the technology industry: <i>USA Senior Management Compensation Report 2001</i>. The report provides compensation information covering companies in the industries of software, telecommunications, networking, Internet commerce, Internet infrastructure, and digital content, covering the calendar year of 2000.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/index.asp?MainFrameName=reports/CompensationStudy.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font size="3">Venture Salon 2001</font></b><font size="3"><br> </font>Six companies successfully pitched to a room of investors last Friday at the Venture Salon, one of <b>larta</b>'s regular events that intersects the investment community with </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> promising technology businesses</font>. <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/2001/7-5_Venture_Salon.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>Related Articles </b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><he> </he> </b><b>Inspiration, innovation and agitation: The essence of entrepreneurship<br> by Rohit Shukla, larta CEO</b></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">While we herald the return to fundamentals, the essential issues that confront entrepreneurs have to some extent stayed the same, and to some extent have changed radically. Entrepreneurial spirit is no longer restricted to small companies, nor is the entrepreneur a solitary creature toiling away in relative obscurity. <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2001/4-26_rohit_intro.htm" target="_blank">click here for the archived article</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Boutique VCs are back in vogue</b><br> New and seasoned VCS alike are trying the old-fashioned approach of smaller funds and earlier-stage investments in companies. Everyone stands to benefit from this more hands-on method. <br> <b> </b> <a href="http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&amp;channel=40000004&amp;doc_id=970019697&amp;rh_special_report_id=" target="_blank">click here for the full article from Red Herring</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>Other Articles:</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b> The e-commerce survivors</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b> <br> </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A study by The Industry Standard shows that half of all e-retailers are still alive - and an additional 16% remain in business after being acquired.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b> <br> </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27593,00.html" target="_blank">click here for the full article from Industry Standard</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b><font size="2">Ruling leaves Microsoft's ability to add new features to Windows in doubt<br> </font></b><font size="2">As the next chapter in Microsoft's antitrust battle unfolds, a lingering question is whether the company will be thwarted in efforts to integrate new features into its dominant Windows personal computer operating system.</font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b><br> </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/ms070401.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full article from Silicon Valley.com</a></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b> </b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#"><b>Napster still out of service</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><br> </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Napster entered a fourth day of a self-imposed blackout Thursday, continuing to bar file trading on its service while engineers worked to fix problems in a database intended to stop swaps of copyrighted songs. </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b><br> </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010705/tc/napster_still_out_of_service_1.html" target="_blank">click here for the full article from CNET</a></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17">Position Open<br> </font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#8E2F17"><b>Business development manager/account executive</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br> <b>larta</b> is seeking a business development manager with marketing experience. For more information, <a href="http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobs/11902527.asp?jobid=11902527&amp;CCD=my%2Emonster%2Ecom&amp;JSD=jobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom&amp;HD=company%2Emonster%2Ecom&amp;ADJ=&amp;AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Fjobsearch%2Easp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D348%26fn%3D8%26q%3Dlarta&amp;Logo=1" target="_blank">click here</a>.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>larta's upcoming events</b></font> </p> <p align="left"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><u>July </u><br> Larta University: The Right Stuff, Building Your Management Force<br> July 11 in Costa Mesa, July 12 in Santa Monica</b><br> It's no secret that good management and staff is what makes any successful company what it is. It distinguishes the "doers" from the "also-rans.&quot; But how to attract and manage that talent, often with limited resources, poses one of the toughest challenges for any company. Both investor and entrepreneur perspectives are brought into this workshop, touching on all crucial aspects of high-level recruitment and overall staff management: where the talent is, what is the right talent, creative compensation, employment law issues, and more. <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/LartaU" target="_blank">Click here for more information</a></font> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>July 19: larta premiere event: &quot;Heart of Gold: The Bioscience Industry in Southern California&quot;</b><br> Despite many indications that show strong potential for growth, the region's bioscience industry still faces challenges. According to a new research report to be released July 19 from <b>larta</b>, Southern California has many resources available that it can use to develop the industry. &quot;Heart of Gold: The Bioscience Industry in Southern California&quot; is the first ever report to define and assess the bioscience industry throughout Southern California. Please join <b>larta</b> and industry experts at the University Club in Irvine on Thursday, July 19, 6-9 p.m., program begins at 7.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/Research/reports/HeartOfGold_Launch.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><u>September</u> </b></font> <br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>larta </b>will be hosting a <b>Venture Salon</b> for bioscience companies coming this September. We are currently accepting 1-2 page executive summaries for review for the private showcase. Email executive summaries to Stefanie Chao at <a href="mailto:schao@old.larta.org" target="_blank">schao@old.larta.org</a>.</font> <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 and 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"><b>July 11 and 12: Larta University Presents &quot;The Right Stuff- Building Your Management Force&quot;<i><br> July 11 in Costa Mesa and July 12 in Santa Monica</i></b><br> Investor and entrepreneur perspectives are brought into this workshop, touching on all crucial aspects of high-level recruitment and overall staff management. <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/LartaU" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font> </p> <p align="left"><b> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">July 12: eBrew in Westwood</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> No long boring talks  no rubber chicken, just great networking, with great people, all focused on growing the high tech economy. To meet the challenge of global and economic change, eCommerce Networking Group offers an informal setting for a high quality gathering of 200+ technology executives and professionals. At this meeting, the agenda is yours. <br> <a href="http://www.gotoebrew.com/" target="_blank">Click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>July 13: Last Chance for a discount to the Growth Capital Conference on July 31st</b><br> Conference highlights include: How to find and get growth capital; Debt & equity financing available; Financing types currently funded; How to locate prospective sources; What to expect: terms, costs, schedules How to make your proposal attractive; How to close the deal. Network with: Firms Seeking Capital, Capital Sources, Advisors & Deal Makers.<br> LA VOX readers receive a $250 discount - just mention larta in the comments section.<br> <a href="http://www.gcc2000.org/index.asp" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>July 14: The Justice Ball 2001</b><br> Please join the B-52's Saturday, July 14th, 2001 at The Justice Ball. The Justice Ball has established itself as the premier summer fundraising event in Los Angeles. Last year, over 3,500 young professionals attended for a very worthy cause and watched Billy Idol perform for a great evening of music, dance and fun!!! As a premier Southern California social services organization, Bet Tzedek/ The house of Justice- provides free legal services to the poor, sick and elderly, disabled and homeless in the areas of health care, elder care, housing and consumer fraud. To order tickets please call (323) 549-5831 or by email at jennifer@etalentagency.com</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>July 19: larta premiere event: &quot;Heart of Gold: The Bioscience Industry in Southern California&quot;</b><br> &quot;Heart of Gold: The Bioscience Industry in Southern California&quot; is the first ever report to define and assess the bioscience industry throughout Southern California. Please join <b>larta</b> and industry experts at the University Club in Irvine to launch this groundbreaking new study. Thursday, July 19, 6-9 p.m., program begins at 7.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/Research/reports/HeartOfGold_Launch.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>October 18-19: FilmIT - Mark your calendars!</b><br> <b>larta</b> is proud to support the Film Information Technology Conference & Exposition (FilmIT)  it is the premier, business-to-business event that examines the convergence of the Motion Picture and Technology Industries. FilmIT creates an unparalleled program for IT and film executives to explore the impact that cutting-edge technologies have on Hollywood through an extensive, senior level conference forum, keynote presentations, case studies, workshops, networking events, and vendor demonstrations.<br> <a href="http://www.filmitevent.com/web_filmit_2001/index_ie.html" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p>&nbsp; <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="../../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></p> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.ey.com" target="_blank">Ernst and Young</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="http://www.akingump.com" target="_blank">Akin Gump Technology Ventures</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="http://www.grubb-ellis.com" target="_blank">Grubb and Ellis</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="http://www.missionventures.com" target="_blank">Mission Ventures</a> </font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><a href="http://commerce.ca.gov/" 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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