ÿþ<html> <head> <title>LA VOX November 5, 2001</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor"#FFFFFF" text= "#000000"> <table width="640" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" bordercolorlight="#999999" bordercolor="#000000" bordercolordark="#666666"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.old.larta.org"><img src="../images/lavox_top_bar.jpg" width="640" height="71" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle" bordercolor="2"> <td> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="19%"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.akingump.com/tech" target="blank"><img src="../images/Logo_Akin.jpg" border="0" width="60" height="60"></a></div> </td> <td width="23%"><a href="http://www.missionventures.com" target="blank"><img src="../images/Logo_Mission.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="45"></a></td> <td width="23%"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.grubb-ellis.com" target="blank"><img src="../images/Logo_Grubb.jpg" width="120" height="30" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td width="28%"> <div align="center"><a href="%20http://commerce.ca.gov/" target="_blank"><img src="../images/Logo_CalTTCA.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="28"></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <div align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>October 22, 2001 ~ v.3, n.47</b></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2301"> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr align="left"> <td height="2227"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div align="center"><img src="../images/syagenprofile.jpg" width="470" height="235"></div> </td> <td width="26%" valign="top"> <div align="right"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.old.larta.org"><img src="../images/Logo_larta.gif" border="0" width="110" height="47"></a></font></b></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <table width="120" border="0" align="right" bgcolor="#FF6633"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width=120 bordercolorlight="#999999" align="right"> <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <td> <p align="center"><img src="../images/Aboutlarta.gif" width="125" height="17"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#000000"><b><br> larta </b>is a trusted advisor to the 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"><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/lartau" target="_blank"> Sign up</a> for <b>Larta </b>University: The Bootcamp for Serious Entrepreneurs. 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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></p> <p> </td> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b><font size="3">Company Profile: Syagen</font></b><br> As bio warfare has gone from a potential threat to an actual one in a matter of weeks, Orange County-based Syagen's chemical detection technology is one of many options on the table to counter potential dangers facing the public at large. Yet improving and deploying effective methods to deal with these dangerous and unpredictable attacks is sure to be a long and complex struggle.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/2001/11-5_syagen.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full article</a></font></p> <p align="left"><b> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Financing For The New Era</font></b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> Don't miss this week's <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/LartaU" target="_blank">Larta University</a> workshop, <i><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/lartau/Workshops.htm#Session6" target="_blank">Presenting Your Financials and Valuation</a></i></font><i>, </i><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">featuring relevant and timely information for startup companies on many aspects of fiscal accountability in an challenged economic era. <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/2001/11-5_financeworkshop.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#8E2F17"><b><font color="0" size="3">Free BioDefense Forum at Caltech This Wednesday<br> <i>Biodefense: Scenarios, Science, and Security</i></font><font color="8E2F17" size="3"><i><br> </i></font></b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#8E2F17"><font color="#0">At this time of great public concern and fear about biological terrorism, this forum will present a realistic picture of society's vulnerabilities to bioterrorism, a sense of the science underlying the associated problems and solutions, and some of the steps that local, state, and federal agencies are, or should be, taking.<br> <a href="http://www.events.caltech.edu/0102/se.011107.shtml" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#8E2F17"><b> Contributed articles:</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font size="3" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"> Company Profile: AisQube<br> </font></b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Having long been a much-coveted goal in the artificial intelligence community, face recognition by computers was, when it arrived a few years ago, not as much of a breakthrough as it had always seemed it would be. A rediscovery of interest in airport security and the desire to secure all kinds of locations, events, and systems in the wake of terrorist attacks brought an explosion of interest in the products of companies in this market segment, and their stock took off while they scrambled to hire staff to fill orders. Though leading companies in face recognition are located in Massachusetts and New Jersey, a small, privately held, southern California company called AisQube [pronounced &quot;ice cube&quot;] is rapidly emerging as a competitor. <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/2001/11-5_facialrecognition.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full article</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"> </font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b><font color="#8E2F17">A new publication from larta: <br> <i>2002 Federal Technology Funding Guide</i></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#000000"><b><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/fedfundingcover_SMALL.jpg" width="251" height="170" border="1" align="left"></b>The 2002 <i>Federal Technology Funding Guide</i> is <b>larta</b>'s annual update of the nation's leading compendium of technology funding sources from the federal government. The Guide provides clear, current, and useable information for technology based companies. The information included is a crucial tool to h</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><font color="#0">elp businesses choose which federal funding program is most suitable in assisting them in technology development and deployment. This year's report</font><b><font color="#8E2F17"> </font></b><font color="#8E2F17"><font color="#0">includes information on programs that assist companies working in counter-terrorism technologies</font></font><b><font color="#8E2F17">.<br> </font></b><font color="#8E2F17"> <font color="#0"><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/index.asp?MainFrameName=reports/ftfg.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b><font color="#8E2F17" size="3">Other resources for current federal funding programs:</font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"> <b>Pentagon seeks proposals for new anti-terrorism technologies</b><br> In a &quot;Broad Agency Announcement&quot; (BAA) issued last month, the Pentagon acknowledged that it was seeking relatively short-term technologies that could be deployed in the next 12 to 18 months to &quot;help in combating terrorism, defeating difficult targets, conducting protracted operations in remote areas and developing countermeasures to weapons of m ass destruction.&quot; <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/pl/NewsArticles/28Oct01NYTimes.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a><br> <a href="http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/news/combat_terrorism.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information from The Department of Defense</a><br> <a href="https://www.bids.tswg.gov/tswg/bids.nsf/DownloadBAAs/02-Q-4655/$FILE/ATL+BAA+Package2.pdf" target="_blank">click here to download the PDF of the entire BAA</a></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font size="3" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#8E2F17">Small Businesses across the country can apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans in wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks </font><font size="3" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br> </font></b><font size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Prompted by the widespread economic impact of the terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, the U.S. Small Business Administration has widened access to Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to small businesses across the country.<br> <a href="http://www.sba.gov/news/current01/01-53.txt" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <table width="65%" border="1" align="center" bordercolor="#003399" height="209" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td height="135"> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/tradeandcommerce.jpg" width="180" height="49" border="1" align="middle"> <font size="3" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><br> </b></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><font size="3">Survey of California&#146;s Technology-Based Economy </font></b><br> Due to the September 11 tragedy, The California Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency is conducting a survey to identify how your concerns about the state's technology-based economy may have changed.</font><br> <a href="http://134.186.62.37/dsti/survey.html" target="_blank"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">click here to complete this survey</font></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>larta Announcements</b></font></p> <table width="100" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> <tr> <td colspan="2"><font size="2"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/LartaU_seal.gif" width="100" height="100" border="0" vspace="1" hspace="1"></font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b><font size="3">November 7 and 8: Presenting Your Financials and Valuation -Finance Workshop</font></b><br> This workshop covers key points in the company valuation process. Investors discuss market analysis, developing realistic financial assessments, the problems with financial forecasting, budgeting, and more. Speakers include: Alain Rothstein (Kline Hawkes), Mike Partsch (Versant Ventures), David McKenzie (Ernst &amp; Young LLP), Greg Campanella (Ernst &amp; Young LLP), Shirin Noghreian (Ernst &amp; Young LLP), Eli Eisenberg (Straight Line Management), Karl Hardesty (Tatum CFO), Jeff Fadley (Tatum CFO), Lance Stuart (Workwell), Jeff Lawrence (Trillium/Intel Communications).</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/lartau/Workshops.htm#Session6" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b><font color="#8E2F17">Research Economist/Policy Associate position open at larta</font><br> </b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>As our Research Economist / Policy Associate, you will:</b><br> * Possess a current and strong knowledge of the technology economy, and a working knowledge of the overall economy, and associated and relevant public policy issues,<br> * Maintain the collection of data, and develop relevant analysis; <br> * Oversee, plan, research, and prepare <b>larta</b>&#146;s reports on the technology economy, including updates of past reports <br> * Communicate information and knowledge to key influencers (media, investors/sponsors, public officials) and a lay audience <br> <a href="http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobs/12957864.asp?jobid=12957864&CCD=my%2Emonster%2Ecom&JSD=jobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom&HD=company%2Emonster%2Ecom&ADJ=&AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Fjobsearch%2Easp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D348%26q%3Dresearch%2Beconomist&Logo=1" target="_blank">click here for more information on this job opportunity</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>larta in the news</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>Secure Business</b><br> Area companies are at the nation&#146;s front lines of defense against terrorism by making products guarding the safety of the U.S. populace<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/pl/NewsArticles/22Oct01_LABJ.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full article from <i>The Los Angeles Business Journal</i></a></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b>How Not Going Hollywood Made Rohit Shukla<br> </b>When Rohit Shukla arrived in Los Angeles in 1979 he had his sights set on becoming a Hollywood producer. So he tucked away his Masters degree in economics and political science from Cambridge University in England and enrolled at Loyola Marymount, where he studied film and television. Had the television show that was considering one of Shukla's class assignments as a potential script not been canceled, the 45-year-old Bombay native might well be working today for a Hollywood studio. As it stands, he's busy trying to figure out, as head of a Downtown-based tech networking group, how the studios are reacting to the rapid proliferation of new digital technologies. <br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/pl/NewsArticles/2Nov01_LADowntownNews.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full article from <i>The Los Angeles Downtown News </i></a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b>Other Articles</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b> <font color="#0">(<i><font size="2">Wired Online </font></i><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">covers <a href="http://www.eteam.com" target="_blank">E Team</a>, a 1997 recipient of the<b> larta</b>-managed CalTIP award and <br> [the company was <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/2001/10-15_techterrorism.htm" target="_blank">profiled in a recent issue</a> of <b>LA VOX</b>]):</font></font> <br> <font color="#0" size="2">Getting Aid to WTC Workers</font><br> </b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" color="#000000">The city (of New York) had purchased E Team emergency management software in August. The system was set to launch on Sept. 17. But even if it had gone live a week earlier, it wouldn't have helped. The software had been installed on computers in the city's emergency command center on the 23rd floor of 7 World Trade Center (WTC). Seven WTC became unstable and was evacuated soon after the Twin Towers collapsed. Then, at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, 7 WTC also collapsed. </font><br> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><font color="#0" size="2"><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48073,00.html" target="_blank">click here for the full article from <i>Wired Online</i></a></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b> <font color="#0" size="2">ACLU: Face recognition systems ineffective <br> </font></b><font color="#0" size="2">The American Civil Liberties Union says it knows how to foil the high-tech face recognition systems that have been proposed for airports in Boston and other cities as part of the effort to catch suspected terrorists. <br> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/11/02/rec.face.recognition.ap/index.asp" target="_blank">click here for the full article from <i>CNN.com</i></a></font></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">FAA looking at ways to prescreen frequent flyers</font></b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> Airline passengers who volunteer for background checks could bypass long lines at security checkpoints under a plan being considered by the Transportation Department. <br> <a href="http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/10/30/airline.security.ap/" target="_blank">click here for the full article from <i>Associated Press</i></a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><pmg_text_only></pmg_text_only><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#8E2F17"><b><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/whatsnew.asp#Calendar"><img src="../images/eventscalendar_bar.jpg" width="360" height="77" border="0"></a></b></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"> This events calendar 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 face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>November 5-6: British American Business Council's<i> Harnessing Business Innovation</i></b><br> Join the BABC, the largest transatlantic business organization, with a global network of 20,000 member companies from North America, U.K., Europe, and Asia as they meet, develop and strengthen business relations between Californian enterprises and the UK and beyond.<i> Harnessing Business Innovation</i>, on<i> </i>November 6, features some of the world's leading practitioners on technology transfer from UK and California universities. This session highlights what is being done in California and the UK to take innovative research from the world's top universities and develop it into commercially-viable ideas that increase productivity and drive economic growth. The UK participants will speak generally about the status of university innovation in their regions, building into a more focused discussion of how they are approaching technology transfer issues at their institutions. The three California participants--UC, Caltech, and USC--will provide their perspectives on technology transfer and emerging opportunities in California, with specific examples and case studies from California's universities. <br> <a href="http://www.babc.org" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">November 6: Milken Institute's State of the State Conference</font></b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> Where California s business and financial leaders meet. The Milken Institute s State of the State Conference convenes the best and the brightest of California s business executives, financial industry leaders and public policy makers to offer in-depth objective analysis of trends and data that impact your businesses and organizations.<br> <a href="http://www.milkeninstitute.org/sos2001/index.asp" target="_blank">click for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>November 7 &amp; 8: Larta U Finance and Valuation workshop</b><br> This workshop covers key points in the company valuation process. Investors discuss market analysis, developing realistic financial assessments, the problems with financial forecasting, budgeting, and more. </font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Speakers Include: Klaus Koch (Kline Hawkes), Mike Partsch (Versant Ventures), Carolyn Arabatzis (Ernst &amp; Young LLP), Juliette Meunier (Ernst &amp; Young LLP), Todd Moody (Ernst &amp; Young LLP), Eli Eisenberg (Straight Line Management), Lance Stuart (Workwell), and Jeff Lawrence (Trillium/Intel Communications)</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/lartau/Workshops.htm#Session6" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>November 13: Life Science Innovation Conference</b><br> IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE IN LIFE SCIENCE: Whether you are looking for funding for feasibility, or proof of concept, or trying to weather the drought until FDA approvals are made, the Life Science Innovation Conference (rescheduled to November 13, 2001 at UCI) can help. Please join us at this one-of-a-kind conference. AeA, NAWBO, UCI and Venture Point all collaborate to present it. 8 a.m.. to 6:45 p.m. <br> <a href="http://www.lsic.org" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>November 14: SDRTA's TechNetEd</b><br> The Killer Product-will drill down how to develop strategies to protect, and enhance your product as well as how to build additional market barriers to widen your competitive position. The seminar will cover Issues such as commercializing your new technology ,a fundable business model, importance of partnerships, licensing your technology and finding the right investors.<br> <a href="http://www.sdrta.org/killerproduct.htm" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b>November 15-16: </b></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><font size="2"> Law Seminars International Present &quot;Local Telecommunications Infrastructure&quot;<br> </font></b><font size="2">It explores issues from both legal and practical perspectives and from the viewpoint of both local officials and key industry players. Those of us involved with local telecommunications have some very interesting times ahead. This distinguished group of experts from around the country will help you stay on the cutting edge of key local telecommunication issues." Speakers include <b>larta</b> CEO Rohit Shukla. <br> <a href="http://www.lawseminars.com/" target="_blank">click for more information</a></font></font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><br> </font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/whatsnew.asp#calendar" target="_blank">Click here for larta's full event calendar</a></b></font></p> <p align="center"><img src="../images/masthead.jpg" width="432" height="144" border="2"></p> <p align="left"> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Copyright © 2001 <b>larta</b>. All rights reserved. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to those who may be interested. Permission to quote any proprietary part of this material is granted given proper credit. 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