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Register Now! SPEAKERS Joe Kelly Victor Hwang Chell Chelliah Ron Logan, Ph.D. Mark Bucklin MODERATORS Scott Alderton Ali Saleh LOCATION AND TIME California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Beckman Institute Auditorium Saturday morning, March 2, 2002 Registration
and Continental Breakfast: 8:00am-9am, Program: 9:00am -
12 Noon Networking: 12 Noon
- 1pm COST: $65.00 per person (free to Caltech students and faculty). PRE-REGISTRATION AND PRE-PAYMENT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT. You can register for the event at iNetEvents - http://events.inetevents.com/spotlight For further event information:
FOR INFORMATION ON THE CALTECH/MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM: Caltech/MIT
Enterprise Forum The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum provides information on the forums by e-mail only. Forward your e-mail address to us at entfor@caltech.edu or via our on-line mailing list sign up.
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Spotlight on... Hi-Tech in Down Times: Survival Strategies Jointly
Sponsored and Produced by: These are tough times for all businesses, and especially for emerging high-tech companies. With tighter capital markets, lower valuations and higher hurdles, entrepreneurs are struggling to get an audience with private investors and venture capitalists. Even potential customers are reluctant to part with their cash, buying fewer capital assets and new products based on emerging technologies. But it is not all bad news for emerging high-tech companies. All companies might try to maximize cash flow, reduce costs and identify the legal and fiduciary exposure in customer contracts, investor covenants and employee relationships. But unlike other firms, emerging high-tech companies have a few additional survival tools. Reposition intellectual property with licensing agreements and use them as capital in joint ventures and strategic alliances. Continue to grow products and intellectual property by providing highly specialized technical services and contract research to firms who may eventually become strategic partners and long-term customers. In this special Spotlight program, with the guidance of Akin Gump Technology Ventures and Deloitte & Touche, the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum takes a deep look at how emerging high-tech companies can survive the economic downturn and use these times to strengthen their prospects for growth. In particular, this Spotlight program will examine:
We look at these issues in a three-hour Saturday workshop featuring presentations by legal and accounting experts and panel discussions from entrepreneurs and business advisors who have turned down times into growth opportunities. The program also features an early continental breakfast, and networking with speakers and peers, and refreshments at the close of the program. REGISTRATION To register for this program go to iNetEvents at http://events.inetevents.com/spotlight DIRECTIONS Click Here , for directions to the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Spotlight Event. EVENT SPONSORS Akin Gump Technology Ventures Akin Gump Technology Ventures provides legal, business and financing solutions to technology firms and venture funding sources across the globe. With more than 200 technology professionals in more than a dozen offices worldwide, Akin Gump offers depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to their clients. Whether a garage start-up seeking first-round financing, an emerging growth company negotiating a strategic joint venture, an institutional investor raising its next venture fund or a major multinational in need of sophisticated counsel with global reach, Akin Gump delivers solutions. Deloitte & Touche Deloitte & Touche, one of the largest professional business services firms in the nation, provides accounting, audit, tax and business consulting services to high technology companies. The firms Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group serves technology companies at all levels of their life cycle - from their pre-seed to their post-IPO stage. We assist companies with a variety of issues including, raising capital, building infrastructure, compensation, benefits planning, and stock options, among others.
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