ÿþ<html> <head> <title>LA VOX March 8, 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.10</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>March 8, 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"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table width="75%" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td height="151" width="31%"><img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/hatchingegg1.jpg" width="120" height="147"></td> <td height="151" width="69%"> <div align="center"> <p><font size="5" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where does technology come from?</b></font></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Broadcom. Vitesse. Qualcomm. Just a few examples of companies that had federal support for their research and development (R&D). More than half of U.S. research and development  over $45 billion  is funded by the federal government. Although Congress has eliminated or reduced many programs, there is still a significant amount of research and development funding available. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Government, both at the Federal and State levels, has played an active role in research and development for American companies. As investment interest returns to "hard tech", LA VOX focuses this week on opportunities available to emerging technology companies from government programs that aim to commercialize R&D. </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1. <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/CalTIP/caltip.html" target="_blank">California State Matching Grants - CalTIP</a><br> </b> <font size="2">Technology companies can win up to $250,000 to bring their products to market through a program called </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">the California Technology Investment Partnership, or CalTIP</font><font size="2">. <b>larta</b> manages this grant program in Southern California, on behalf of the Division of Science, Technology & Innovation, of the State of California's Trade and Commerce Agency. <i><b>CalTIP provides up to $250,000 in California state funds to match federal technology awards.</b></i> This California seed grant helps turn cutting-edge technologies into commercial products and services. Since 1994, <b>larta</b> has administered over 75 seed grants. </font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To date almost </font><font size="2"> $10 million of CalTIP funds have been awarded to participating companies.</font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"> <b>larta </b>will be conducting workshops to help eligible companies with federal awards apply for matching state funds. For a list of workshops and locations, and for </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">more information visit </font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/CalTIP/caltip.html" target="_blank">http://www.old.larta.org/CalTIP/caltip.html</a>, or contact Lynn Foster at <a href="mailto:lfoster@old.larta.org" target="_blank">lfoster@old.larta.org</a>.</font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></font><font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2. <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/et/articles/2000FTFG.pdf%22%20http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/shop/subscribef.asp?CartNumber=999999999&amp;ProductID=2001FTFG" target="report"> Funding Sources in the 2001 Federal Technology Funding Guide</a></b></font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <b>larta</b> has compiled the most comprehensive summary on federal funding programs for research and development of technology. The Guide describes in detail <i><b>almost ninety programs for federal funding</b></i> and points you in the right direction to find even more information. You can download our current Guide to Federal Technology Funding Programs for FREE over the Internet by <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/shop/subscribef.asp?CartNumber=999999999&amp;ProductID=2001FTFG" target="report">clicking here</a>.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>3. <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2001/SSTIarticle.htm" target="_blank">Incubators: Proven Tools for Tech-based Economic Development </a><br> </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The headlines of many tech and business publications scream of massive Internet incubator layoffs, closures, and restructuring. The rapid rise and fall of these organizations has left some local tech-based economic development practitioners wondering if encouraging the growth of incubator facilities is a worthwhile strategy to pursue. Closer scrutiny of the incubator phenomenon of the last few years, however, reveals many communities and states are increasing their investments in facilities to encourage technology start-ups at the same time for-profit incubators are closing.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Whether it is called a technology incubator, business accelerator, or innovation center, the real difference seems to lie in the orientation or goals of the entity: is it intended to make money for its private investors or is it organized as a not-for-profit to encourage local technology business growth? The dire headlines and talk of incubator crashes all refer to for-profit accelerators formed in the past two years to cash in on the dot-com craze. When the craze crashed, so did many of these get-rich-quick entities.<br> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2001/SSTIarticle.htm" target="_blank">click here for the full story from SSTI</a></font></p> </div> </div> <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"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html" target="_blank"><b>March 9: T</b></a></font><b><a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">own Hall Presents Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, Commission of the European Union</font></a></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br> The global technology explosion, while unleashing tremendous potential, introduces new challenges that must be met. How does the approach of Europe differ from that of the U.S. when addressing issues such as peer to peer technology, privacy and security? Erkki Liikanen, responsible for overseeing digital economy initiatives (e-commerce, innovation, high tech start-ups, risk capital, telecommunications regulation), and the author of the recently drafted "eEurope Initiative", will address these issues.<br> <a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html" target="_blank"><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">March 12: Town Hall Tech Talk Live Featuring Thomas Middelhoff</font></b></a><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Thomas Middelhoff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bertelsmann AG, will discuss "A Look at the Media Industry as it Enters the Digital Age". What does the digital age hold in store for the media industry? Under Thomas Middelhoff s leadership, global media company Bertelsmann is not waiting around to find out. Its publishers, music companies, and film and television companies began integrating the Internet into their businesses long before it became fashionable. In 1994, Mr. Middelhoff initiated a strategic investment in a fledgling company called America Online. Last fall, he took another risk, striking a partnership with upstart Internet file-sharing service Napster. He will present his vision of adapting new technologies to traditional core businesses as a path to thriving in the digital age. <br> <a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html" 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> <br> <br> <b><a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/%7Eentfor/current.htm" target="_blank">March 17: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum - Emerging Opportunities in Biotechnology and Medicine: Can Your Start-up be a Winner? </a></b><br> With the areas of biotechnology, genomics, and medicine growing hotter than ever, a seasoned keynote speaker and a panel of experts will help us explore where the opportunities lie for the entrepreneur and small company, and review the plans and progress of two successful companies. This event will feature: Dr. Nathaniel David, Founder &amp; Director of Business Development, Syrrx, Inc.; Dr. Roger Crossley, President and CEO, GalvaniX; Dr. Yu-Chong Tai, Caltech Professor of Electrical Engineering; Mr. Alex Suh, Managing Director, California Technology Ventures; Mr. Larry Sousa, Former Senior Vice-President of Research, Amgen, Inc., and Founder Protein Pathways; Dr. Amit Kumar, VP Life Sciences, Acacia Research Corporation; and a Keynote by Dr. Kwang-I Yu, Founder, President and CEO, PARACEL, a Celera company<br> <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/%7Eentfor/current.htm" 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/" target="_blank"><b>March 20-21: Milken Institute's Global Conference</b></a><br> Join 1500 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/" target="_blank">click here for more information</a><br> <a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html" target="_blank"><b><br> March 21: Town Hall Tech Talk Live Featuring Michael Dell</b></a><br> Michael S. Dell, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Dell Computer Corporation, will discuss "Global Success in the Internet Age". The Internet has helped foster a worldwide "direct mentality," bringing information and services directly to end users in unprecedented ways. The Dell Corporation s philosophy is that its global success will always be a result of how well they listen to, adapt with, integrate and understand their customers, and the Internet provides that ultimate connection. Michael Dell, founder of the world s leading direct computer company, will share his ideas for global progress. <br> <a href="http://www.townhall-la.org/Upcoming/WEBCOP03-2C.html" target="_blank">click here for more information</a><br> <b><a href="http://www.layofflounge.com/" target="_blank"><br> March 21: The Layoff Lounge </a></b><br> It's 2001. Are you a victim of the dot com shakeout? A recent layoff have you down? Don't worry. There's light at the end of the tunnel. You just need to know where to find it. Introducing The Layoff Lounge...your online and offline destination for a new start in the new economy. Thousands of professionals like yourself have been stranded by the plague of new economy layoffs. The Layoff Lounge is here to provide an online resource center in combination with innovative offline networking events to ease your transition. This event will feature a keynote address by Rohit Shukla, President &amp; CEO of <b>larta</b>.<br> <a href="http://www.layofflounge.com/" 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.TheVentureForum.com" target="_blank"><b>April 17: 7th Annual Southern California Technology Venture Forum</b></a><br> This is the epicenter of emerging markets! The Venture Forum is the premier venture capital event of its kind in Southern California. The Venture Forum has jump-started nearly $400 million of financing for cutting-edge technology companies since its inception. Join top venture capitalists, such as Paul Nadel from East West Venture Group, Todd Springer from Trident Capital, and Joel Balbien from Smart Technology Ventures. Past technologies have included: optical networking, wireless broadband, telecommunications, nanotechnology, micro-electro-mechanical systems, biosciences, storage area networks, and information technologies. <br> <a href="http://www.theventureforum.com/" target="_blank">click here for more information</a></font></p> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </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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