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  • We are frequently cited as an authority on the business of innovation.

    "... like a mini-MBA course."
    - The Wall Street Journal

    "About 500 venture capitalists and aspiring entrepreneurs thronged a conference of the Larta Institute."
    - The Los Angeles Times

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    Larta Institute is frequently cited in newspapers, magazines, and journals, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. The following is a partial archive. A more complete list is on file.

    05/23/05 8 Minutes for a Million-Dollar Pitch (Los Angeles Times)
    04/26/05 Indian Outsourcing Boom Just Starting (E-Commerce Times)
    03/03/05 I Got My M.B.A. in the Israeli Army (New York Times)
    09/17/04 Apogee 'seeing the fruits of our labor, finally' (Triangle Business Journal)
    08/08/04 Spoils of War (Los Angeles Times)
    07/12/04 Technology Veteran Stephen Rizzone Appointed Chairman to Troika Networks Board of Directors (Yahoo Finance)
    07/07/04 Venturing Close to Home (Los Angeles Times)
    07/06/04 Canberra companies making mark overseas (Asia Intelligence Wire)
    06/15/04 Voice Genesis Raises $650K In Bridge Financing, To Launch Product (VentureWire)
    4/05/04 Latin Lessons (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    4/04/04 Foreign Funding Blooms for Tech in U.S. (Los Angeles Times)
    4/04/04 Angeles Financieros (La Opinion)
    2/24/04 Network T2 Launches With Southern California Universities and Nonprofit Research Institutions (Hoovers Online)
    2/9/04 Larta Publishes New 2004 Federal Technology Funding Guide - Free Survey Designed to Help Companies Land Government Contracts (Optionetics)
    2/9/04 Larta Publishes New 2004 Federal Technology Funding Guide (Hoovers)
    12/01/03 Non-profit 'think tank' aims to test international waters (IndUS Business Journal)
    10/22/03 Rohit Shukla Interviewed on Nanotechnology (Bio Tech Today)
    8/05/03 Green Technology: Froth or Foundation? (Land Development Today)
    7/24/03 Larta Names Best In Nano Republic (Small Times)
    7/07/03 Sumitomo Corporation Subsidiary Engages Fidelys LLC to Research, Analyze and Identify Promising Nanotechnology Companies (Nano Investor News)
    7/01/03 Budget Reckoning: Don't take away CAlTIP's Seed Money (Sacramento Bee)
    6/30/03 Fidelys LLC, New Corporate Advisory and Investment Banking Firm, To Focus on Overlooked Middle-Market Companies (Charlotte Oberver)
    6/30/03 Fidelys LLC, New Corporate Advisory and Investment Banking Firm, To Focus on Overlooked Middle-Market Companies (Dallas Morning News)
    6/30/03 Fidelys LLC, New Corporate Advisory and Investment Banking Firm, To Focus on Overlooked Middle-Market Companies (NBC6.com)
    6/09/03 Green Technology: Froth or Foundation? (GreenBiz.com)
    4/22/03 Innovation is His ISP (Times of India)
    4/13/03 Columbia probing examines Boeing Job Moves (Los Angeles Times)
    4/06/03 Mercados bajos, oportunidad de inversión (La Opinion)
    2/19/03 For Family Firms, Equity Capital Hard to Come By (Los Angeles Times)

    12/16/02

    Changing Careers (Wall Street Journal)
    11/18/02 Syncor Rebounds But Credibility Issues Remain (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    9/18/02 Tech needs to look in the mirror (OC Register)
    8/27/02 O.C. tech community, universities must strengthen ties, study says (Orange County Register)
    8/12/02 Shellshocked Web Survivors Lie Low (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    8/09/02 What can small tech do for its country? Just ask, says top soldier (Small Times)
    7/29/02 L.A. Venture Funding Way Down in Second Quarter (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    7/26/02 VCs are more talk than action in funding nano, experts say (Small Times)
    7/21/02 IBM y las mujeres del futuro (La Opinion)
    7/21/02 Nanotecnología: la grandeza de lo pequeño (La Opinion)
    7/19/02 The Nano Circuit: California Puts Its Nano Foot Forward (Nanotech Planet)
    7/08/02 Fading: Xdrive officials denied closure rumors (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    6/30/02 Internautas activos (La Opinion)
    6/13/02 So, You Want to Be a Biotech Hotbed? (Business Week)
    4/20/02 Genefluidics counts on glass to break into nano biomarket (Small Times)
    4/19/02 Ramo: Full speed ahead for VOD (Variety)
    4/15/02 Investor Traffic Heavy on 101 Corridor (Los Angeles Times)
    3/31//02 Cuestión capital (La Opinion)
    3/30/02 Better, Faster, Smaller: Nanotechnology Takes off in San Diego (San Diego Metropolitan)
    3/14/02 Despite slump, venture capital thrives
    (North County Times)
    2/25/02 2001 Meltdown Strengthened VC Survivors, Larta Says (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    2/25/02 Japan sees nanotech as key to rebuilding its economy (Small Times)
    2/25/02 Nano-East Meets Nano-West at JETRO LA (Nanotech Bulletin)
    2/22/02 Enron and On (Downtown News)
    2/20/02 Nanofinancing 2002 Conference: Lies, Hype and Inspired Entrepreneurship (Small Times)
    1/28/02 Who's going to pay for the digital evolution? (Hollywood Reporter)
    1/28/02 California Nanosystems Institute Shuffles Management (Small Times.com)
    1/22/02 Technicolor Funds Limited Rollout of Digital Cinema (Los Angeles Business Journal
    12/17/01 Congressional Bill Might Endanger ISPs (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    11/11/01 LA May Avoid Recession's Worst (Los Angeles Times)
    11/2/01 The Titan of Tech (Los Angeles Downtown News)
    10/22/01 Secure Business (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    10/19/01 So Cal's Technological Moment in the Sun (Los Angeles Downtown News)
    10/17/01 Tech Advantage:Area’s small companies can play big role in new national mission (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    10/7/01 The Enemy Within (Los Angeles Downtown News)
    9/28/01 "Southern California Nanotechnology gathering held at UCLA earlier in September" (Nanotech Planet.com)
    9/27/01

    "Angelenos' Divide With New York Vanishes" (New York Times)

    9/14/01 "Wall Street's Relocation Worries Return" (The Street.com)
    9/7/01 "September Merrill Lynch report bullish on nanotech investment"(Small Times.com)
    8/6/01 "Dormant city fiber-optic plans revived in cable contract" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    8/3/01 "Nano Yellow Pages Are Blueprint for Southern California's Future" (SmallTimes)
    7/30/01 "CABLE -- L.A. Cable Battle A Ways Off" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    7/30/01 "VENTURE -- VC Firm to Target Poorer Areas With Aid for Businesses" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    7/23/01 "Local Decoder Teams Up with Napster" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    7/20/01 LA’s new mayor zeroes in on biotechnology at USC (USC Today)
    7/18/01 Placing a Call to Middle Earth (Wired)
    7/16/01 "Greater LA Still Lags Behind in Biomedical Field" (Los Angeles Times)
    7/4/01 "Liberty Media’s Post-Production Foray Proves Costly" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    6/4/01 "Liberty Media’s Post-Production Foray Proves Costly" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    6/4/01 "Big Blue Ramps Up for Digital Assault on Hollywood" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    5/21/01 "High-Profile Failures Often Impede Road to Success" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    5/14/01 "Seeking Answers in Slatkin Puzzle" (Los Angeles Times)
    4/24/01 "A New Brand of Tech Cities (profiling the 101 Corridor)" (Newsweek)
    4/23/01 "Domain Blossoms" (Wall Street Journal)
    4/16/01 "Idealab Capital Partners Morphs Into Clearstone Venture Partners" (Digital Coast Daily)
    4/10/01 "State's Economic Strength Has Shifted to the Southland" (Los Angeles Times)
    4/9/01 "Think Tank Hires Experts With Power to Solve Problems During Energy Crisis" (Los Angeles Times)
    3/19/01 "Broad Economic Base Creates Options, Cushions Drop" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    3/19/01 "Lack of Core Industry in L.A. May Be Area's Blessing" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    3/19/01 "Corporate Venture Funds Focus on Core Technologies" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    3/19/01 "Venture Groups Giving Tech Transfer a Closer Look" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    3/19/01 "Investors Still Doing Early-Stage Deals" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    3/19/01 "Management Shortage Hinders Startups’ Prospects" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    3/15/01 "Tech Dollars ... in Hollywood?" (Industry Standard)
    3/5/01 "Keylime to Present at Premier Los Angeles Technology Conference" (PR Newswire)
    2/19/01 "Stock Plummets But Hopes Remain High at Tech Firm Issue" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    2/5/01 "Industry Giants Slyly Dominate L.A. Wireless Auction" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    1/23/01 "Silicon Valley Better Business Bureau Announces Speakers for Ethics in E-Business Summit; Oracle, Propel Executives to Headline 'Building Your Online Reputation' Event" (Business Wire)
    1/21/01 "Defense Giants Launch Anew Into Commercial Market Issue" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    1/9/01 "GenesisIntermedia.com Ends Year With Share Price Up 195%" (Los Angeles Times)
    1/8/01 "New Tech Stars Rise to Fill Void Left by E-Tailers" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    1/4/01 "CMP Media Expands Its CT Expo in L.A. With Leading Industry Associations" (PR Newswire)
    1/3/01 "Ding!" (Entrepreneur Magazine)
    1/2/01 "Money Sits on Sidelines as Venture Capitalists Recoup" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    1/1/01 "Strategies for Finding Venture Funding in 2001" (Los Angeles Times)
    1/1/01 "Closed Encounters of the 3G Kind" (Wired Magazine)
    12/27/00 "L.A. Companies Get Into Act on Latest Technological Trend By Bringing Software and Dozens of Services to Market" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    12/12/00 "AngelSociety Invites You to Join Its Webcast from the Angel Society Forum/eBusiness Expo" (PR Newswire)
    12/4/00 "Big Fund Bets on UCLA Prof " (Los Angeles Times)
    12/4/00 "Mortar Board Aims to Get Technology Research Into the Marketplace" (Los Angeles Times)
    11/00 "New Media Ventures - larta's Hollywood Unstrung" (Reporter TV)
    11/28/00 "SoCal Not Mickey Mouse When It Comes To Tech" (Investor's Business Daily)
    11/27/00 "Who's (Going to Be) Boss?" (Wall Street Journal)
    11/27/00 "LAYOFFS---Layoff Toll Keeps Climbing at Troubled L.A. Dot-Coms" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    11/21/00 "Chatter" (Orange County Register)
    11/10/00 "Chatsworth Seeing Local Emergence of Fiber-Optic Firms" (Los Angeles Times)
    11/8/00 "L.A. Officials Mull Scaling Back Limits on Downtown Telco Hotels" (Wall Street Journal)
    11/6/00 "AMGEN - Nation’s Premier Firm Fails to Spark a Biotech Boom" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    11/6/00 "HOOPS - Hoop Scouts Plugging Into New Gadget" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    11/5/00 "Hollywood Horror Story: L.A. To Lose $2 Billion A Month If Actors And Writers Strike" (Daily News)
    11/1/00 "Less Is More" (Wall Street Journal)
    10/26/00 "Study Finds Tech Impact in Region Hurt by Sprawl" (Los Angeles Times)
    10/25/00 "Hollywood Unstrung: Larta Looks at Digital Entertainment" (iStreet.com)
    10/23/00 "Funds drying up for 'rich media'" (Hollywood Reporter)
    10/23/00 "Tech Talk - Location Is Everything for Developing Tech Hot Spots" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    10/23/00 "Week in Review" (Los Angeles Times)
    10/20/00 "Digital entertainment outpacing Hollywood?" (LocalBusiness.com)
    10/19/00 "IXIA IPO Off To Big Start In Trading" (Daily News)
    10/19/00 "larta 'Hollywood Unstrung' Study Shows Little Convergence of Entertainment and Technology" (Hollywood Industry)
    10/19/00 "Study: What Convergence?" (Broadcast Engineering)
    9/21/00 "2 High-Tech Campuses Are Going Up in East County" (Los Angeles Times)
    9/20/00 "Area's High-Tech Success Praised" (Daily Breeze)
    9/19/00 "'Digital Coast' Forum Tackles Issues of Technology, Regional Identity,
    And Public Policy; Candle Chairman Offers Optimism
    " (PR Newswire)
    9/15/00 "The Times Poll" (Los Angeles Times)
    9/12/00 "The Business Beat - Camarillo Reaps High-Tech Harvest" (Los Angeles Times)
    9/12/00 "Fast-Growing Tech Companies - Forging Ahead" (Los Angeles Times)
    9/12/00 "Expert Takes an Analytical Look at Area's Transformation" (Los Angeles Times)
    9/6/00 "CSUN Hybrid New Major Plugs Students In" (Daily News)
    9/4/00 "L.A. Technology Companies Win Marketing Grants" (Los Angeles Business Jounal)
    8/24/00 Industry Standard's Retraction
    8/23/00 Industry Standard's Media Grok picks up quote
    8/23/00 "Dancing on 'Dot-Com' Graves" (Los Angeles Times)
    8/15/00 "Start-Ups Slow to Make Valley Connection, Experts Say" (Los Angeles Times)
    8/14/00 "Day Care Cameras Go Online" (Daily News)
    8/13/00 "A Diversifying Area Economy" (Los Angeles Times)
    8/7/00 "How Many Magazines About the Net Is Too Much?" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    8/2/00 "L.A. Looks To Limit Telco Hotels" (Wall Street Journal)
    8/1/00 "Area Houses 21 of 50 Top Growth Firms" (Daily News)
    7/30/00 "Public Forum Rapid Transit" (Daily News)
    7/28/00 "LA mirrors national concerns of entrepreneurs" (dBusiness.com)
    7/26/00 "Ventura Tech" (Wall Street Journal)
    7/26/00 "Before Going Online to Sell Groceries, Shop for Data" (Los Angeles Times)
    7/25/00 "Ventura Freeway Corridor Tech Firms Employ 115,000" (Daily News)
    7/24/00 "Tech Corridor Is Growing but Still Faces Roadblocks" (San Fernando Valley Business Journal and Los Angeles Business Journal)
    7/5/00 "Southland's Tech Expertise a Draw for European Firms" (Los Angeles Times)
    6/12/00 "AMGEN --- Red-Carpet Recruiting" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    6/12/00 "Downturns Aren't Deterring New Incubators" (Los Angeles Times)
    6/5/00 "Big Goals, Big Questions at Business.com's Birth" (Los Angeles Times)
    6/5/00 "Big Brother" (Daily Journal)
    5/29/00 "Irate Residents Sending Message About Internet Boxes" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    5/22/00 "Big Goals, Big Questions at Business.com's Birth" (Los Angeles Times)
    5/17/00 "Theatre Works' Future is Online" (Los Angeles Times)
    5/15/00 "Good News, Bad News on L.A. Venture Capital Deals" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    4/24/00 "U.S. High-Tech Jobs Going Abroad" (Los Angeles Times)
    4/23/00 "Grass-Roots Business: A City With Few Pillars Looks to Its Bricks" (New York Times)
    4/00 "Will L.A. Ever Join The Big Leagues?" (Column in ZONE News)
    3/20/00 "Incubator Shelter Ventures Makes Debut" (Los Angeles Times)
    2/28/00 "$3-Billion Lucent Deal Sign of L.A.'s Strength" (Los Angeles Times)
    1/24/00 "...While Web 'Portal' Site Aims at Minority Audience" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    1/24/00 "City Loses Millions on Fiber-Optic Network" (Los Angeles Business Journal)
    1/5/00 "Los Angeles Gets Back Its Groove as the Web Discovers Hollywood" (The Wall Street Journal)
    1/00

    "When Worlds Collide" (Column in ZONE News)

    4/12/99 "The Tech Coast 10" (Los Angeles Times)
    4/12/99 "Young CEOs Sharpen Funds Pitch Before Venture Forum" (Los Angeles Times)
    3/11/99 "Area's Technology Coming of Age" (Daily Breeze)

    2/22/99

    "Venture Capital Survey Finds Area Lacks Veteran Entrepreneurs" (Los Angeles Times)
    8/12/98 "Technology's Effect on L.A. Firms to Be Focus of Session" (Los Angeles Times)
    6/16/98 "The Sky's the Limit; New Opportunities Beckon Region's Aerospace Industry" (Los Angeles Times)

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