Building a Digital
Democracy
Recent proposed legislation that attempts to aid Hollywood's
digital piracy battle has been criticized as extreme
and dangerously far reaching. Independently, these
bills may be insignificant and never see the light
of day. Yet this movement does signal a serious interest
to amend current laws, and the possible beginning
of a high stake political battle over how much reign
a studio or record label should have in protecting
its assets.
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The
Economic Impact of Venture Capital; Truth or Fallacy?
Venture
capital investment has been moribund in the second
quarter of 2002, with investments falling by 11% from
the previous quarter, to $5.7 billion. Amidst such
gloom in the venture capital industry comes an unprecedented
study conducted by WEFA, which revealed that U.S companies
originally backed by venture capital created 4.3 million
jobs in the country and generated $736 billion in
revenues in the year 2000.
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Announcements
Larta
to collaborate with Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership
Larta is pleased to announce the commencement of a collaboration
with the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Larta will
be working with the Kauffman Center on two projects:
an expanded, in-depth update to Larta's Federal Technology
Funding Guide, to be distributed by the Kauffman Center
and Larta, and the production of a comprehensive, multi-sector
manual and a video based on Larta University's classes
on Business Presentation: From Investor to Customer.
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Larta
Opens New OC Office
Larta has now officially opened its Orange County field
office. Here is the contact information:
7545
Irvine Center Drive, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92618-2934
(949) 789-1110
Larta
Open House August 15
Larta
will be celebrating its new home in historic downtown
LA with an afternoon reception and open house. This
event is open to all friends and associates of Larta,
and is free of charge. Please RSVP.
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Applications for Larta's September Venture Salon
Due this Week!
Apply to present at Larta's next Venture Salon.
Chaired by Randy Lunn of Palomar Ventures, this Salon
will showcase half a dozen technology companies in a
private event for accredited investors only. If you
are a technology company looking for funding, whether
startup or later-stage, you may apply to present at
the Venture Salon. Applications are due by August 15.
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FREE
Sand Dollar Report 2002
Help
us learn more about you by answering 4 quick and easy
questions for us. For 30 seconds of your time we'll
send you a free copy of our 2002 Sand Dollar Report:
Analysis of Venture Investing in Southern California.
Not a bad deal, huh?
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Learn
more about Larta's
Sand Dollar Report 2002: Analysis of Venture Investing
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Larta
University September Session: Intellectual Property
Intellectual
property can be the primary asset of a technology company,
and strategic management of IP can attract capital and
monetize revenue, and impact the long-term results of
a company's success. This workshop covers the most crucial
legal and business strategies any company should know
before exposing its technology to a competitive marketplace,
including: copyrighting and trade secrets, working with
an independent contractor to develop a product, and
licensing.
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~Other Announcements
VentureNet
2002 Applications Now Being Accepted
If you are an entrepreneur looking for investors, submit
your application today to make a capital presentation
at VentureNet 2002. VentureNet brings together Southern
California's most promising companies with prospective
investors and strategic partners from around the country,
including all venture capital firms in Southern California,
numerous venture capital firms from Northern California
and elsewhere in the country, angel groups, individual
angel investors, and investment bankers. Now in our
seventh year, VentureNet 2002 will showcase 12 of the
best and hottest software and information technology
companies. Prior to the conference, the 12 presenting
companies will be intensely coached by the selection
committee and other professionals.
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DARPA-like
Office Proposed for Homeland Security
A
draft report from the President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommends the Department
for Homeland Security include a centralized office for
research and technology development and the senior-level
position of undersecretary for science and technology,
according to several published reports. The final version
of Maximizing the Contribution of Science and Technology
Within the New Department of Homeland Security, which
was available on the PCAST website temporarily, is to
be given to the President next week.
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by:
Shellshocked
Web Survivors Lie Low
(Los Angeles Business Journal)
Following the demise
of so many online entertainment providers, the survivors
are lying low. The dot-com implosion has revealed an
underlying truth: being innovative doesn’t guarantee
success.
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Digital
Media:
Filming Without the Film (Los Angeles Times)
High-definition digital cameras, feared by some directors,
could end the careers of those unable to make the transition.
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Nanotech and Bioscience:
New building to house nanotechnology research at UCLA
(Small Times)
The University of California, Los Angeles, is getting
a new state-of-the-art 180,000-square-foot Nanosystems
building in the heart of the Court of Sciences. The
building, which will be built next to Boelter Hall,
will house the California Nanosystems Institute. The
institute is one of four California Institutes for Science
and Innovation first announced by Gov. Gray Davis in
December 2000.
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A
Floral Anomaly Prompts Major Advances in Science (Wall
Street Journal)
Richard Jorgensen's idea was simple enough: make bright
purple petunias by splicing into the plants an extra
copy of the gene that makes purple pigment. To his astonishment,
the flowers bloomed white. That curious outcome defied
genetic logic. After appearing on the cover of a prominent
plant journal, the puzzling result prompted a wave of
scientific inquiry. Now, more than a decade later, biologists
are starting to get a handle on what went wrong in Dr.
Jorgensen's lab and are calling the findings an important
breakthrough.
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A
Marriage of Nanotech and Biotech (Business Week)
Harvard chemistry professor George Whitesides' latest
quest is getting tiny nonliving structures to assemble
themselves
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Big
Pharma, Bad Science (The Nation)
Biomedical research has been compromised by cozy relations
with the pharmaceutical industry.
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Security
and Investment:
The
perils of penny stocks (Red Herring)
Why investing in security technology isn't necessarily
secure.
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Larta
to release Orange County Report this August
This latest research report from Larta,
due out this month, will feature economic data and interviews
with leaders from Orange County's high tech industry.
In an effort to examine the current state of the region's
health and stability, the report, Raising the Curtain:
The Technology Economy of Orange County, will examine
the obstacles that curtail its growth, and the strengths
which will help move it forward as a leading economic
and technology destination.
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