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Helping entrepreneurs succeed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Insights and Opinions: Co-Marketing or Joint Venture? --NetZero Offers Up Free, Wireless 4G Data To Facebook Friends --OptionEase Acquired By Solium Capital --Anametrix Raises $4.4M --Life Technologies Buys Compendia Bioscience --Verenium Gets $10M In Credit Facility --ServiceNow Updates IT Automation Software --Novatel Wireless In Mobile Tracking Deal With Thrifty Car Rental --World of Warcraft Hacked By Players --Moviepilot Sets Up Office In Venice, Hires Two Execs --Green Dot Shares Hit By Amex, Walmart Deal --Elon Musk's SolarCity Files For IPO --Boingo Inks Wi-fi Sponsorship Deal With Microsoft MARKETPLACE --Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting (SSL) - October 10, San Diego --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Quality Engineer, Camarillo, OSI Electronics --Linux System Administrator, Marina del Rey, TeleSign.com --Database Administrator, Marina del Rey, TeleSign.com --Executive Director, USC Stevens Center for Innovation, Los Angeles, USC Stevens Center for Innovation RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Smithers Apex's 13th Annual LEDs Conference October 10, San Diego Book your free exhibit pass to LEDs 2012! Network with LED and solid state lighting professionals from all over the world at LEDs 2012, taking place October 11-12 at The Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa. Companies participating in the LEDs exhibit hall include American Bright Optoelectronic Corp., Bergquist Company, Cree, Gamma Scientific, Palomar Technologies, Seren Photonics Ltd, TUV SUD and many others. Exhibit hall hours are Thursday, October 11 - 10:00am - 7:30pm and Friday, October 12 - 10:00am - 2:00pm. A reception will take place in the exhibit hall on Thursday evening from 6-7:30 p.m. and is included with your exhibit pass if booked online before Wednesday, October 10. For complete information about LEDs 2012, visit http://www.ledsconference.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insights and Opinions: Co-Marketing or Joint Venture? ---- As part of our Insights and Opinions section on our site, we regularly feature advice from entrepreneurs, investors, attorneys, and many others on a variety of topics of interest to high tech companies. Today, we have an article from Greg Akselrud of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, who talks about some of his thoughts on deciding between co-marketing and a joint venture: Co-marketing arrangements present a wealth of opportunities to expand your business. They allow business owners to expand distribution and revenue while leveraging another’s strengths, all while providing a better offering to users. But at a certain point, a longer term initiative presents itself - the joint venture. Joint ventures offer many advantages to traditional co-marketing arrangements, but also bring significant disadvantages and risks. What is co-marketing? Co-marketing takes many forms. When online, co-marketing can mean two parties marketing each other’s products and services, co-branding a single product or service under a combined brand or using each party’s (Continued...) http://bit.ly/R8RxHs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Offers Up Free, Wireless 4G Data To Facebook Friends ---- Woodland Hills-based NetZero Wireless, the 4G wireless service run by United Online, announced that it has launched a campaign to give away free 4G wireless data to Facebook users. NetZero said it will offer one free gigabyte of wireless data per month to its current users to give away to their friends on Facebook, via a new "Netzero 4G Data Share" program. NetZero is offering free, 4G wireless---powered by Clearwire--with data transfer of up to 200MB/month, in addition to tiered plans starting at $9.95 for 500MB/month. The program appears to be an attempt to create virality in awareness of its service, and comes only a week after NetZero started seeing competition from another, free 4G wireless carrier--FreedomPop--down the street. OptionEase Acquired By Solium Capital ---- Mission Viejo-based OptionEase, the developer of software-as-a-service for tracking stock options and equity, as well as valuation and compliance, has been acquired by Solium Capital Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. OptionEase, which was headed by Kim Kovacs, was venture backed by the GADS Option Fund, Miramar Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, and Tech Coast Angels. Solium Capital is a developer of cloud software for equity administration, financial reporting and compliance. Anametrix Raises $4.4M ---- Anametrix, which develops cloud-based, digital analytics software, said today that it has raised $4.4M in a Series A funding round. The round came from San Diego's TVC Capital. According to Anametrix, the investment is the first out of TVC Capital's new, $75M Fund II. Steve Hammerslag of TVC Capital joins the Anametrix board as part of the investment. Anametrix develops cloud-based, business analytics software, used for web analytics, online marketing, and more. The founders of Anametrix are veterans of WebSideStory. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=45846 Life Technologies Buys Compendia Bioscience ---- Carlsbad-based life sciences equipment firm Life Technologies said Monday that it has acquired Compendia Bioscience, a developer of cancer bioinformatics products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Compendia's products are used by the pharmaceuticals industry to identify gene targets for drug discovery and development. Life Technologies said that Compendia will continue to operate under the leadership of the firm's current management team. Compendia is based in Michigan. Verenium Gets $10M In Credit Facility ---- San Diego-based industrial biotechnology company Verenium announced yesterday that it has received $10M in a revolving credit facility. The new credit line comes from Comerica Bank. Verenium said the credit facility will allow it to borrow up to $8.4M against its foreign and domestic receivables, and also covers an existing $1.6M letter of credit to its landlord. The firm said it will pay interest at the daily LIBOR plus 4.75% on the line of credit. Verenium develops enzymes used in food, fuel, and other markets. ServiceNow Updates IT Automation Software ---- San Diego-based ServiceNow has released a new version of its enterprise IT automation software, the company announced this morning. ServiceNow said its updated software now includes IT asset management features, which helps IT organizations track IT assets such as software licenses. ServiceNow said the IT asset track ing features are available to all of its users for no additional cost. The new features help enterprises track their software licenses and usage. Novatel Wireless In Mobile Tracking Deal With Thrifty Car Rental ---- San Diego-based Novatel Wireless said this morning that it has been selected by Thrifty Car Rental, to provide a mobile tracking device for the car rental company. Novatel said it will supply its mobile tracking device, the MT 2500, to Thrifty in South Africa to manage and protect that firm's rental vehicles. Financial impact and size of the win was not announced. Novatel's product is used for capturing driver behavior, including information on driver behavior such as acceleration, braking, and speed. Novatel is a manufacturer of a range of wireless communications devices. World of Warcraft Hacked By Players ---- World of Warcraft, the massively multiplayer online game run by Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, suffered an in-game hack which resulted in a mass (virtual) bloodbath, where thousand and thousands of players and characters were slaughtered over the weekend. The hack--which apparently was quickly fixed by the firm--resulted in piles and piles of skeletons across the game due to a "kill hack". Blizzard Entertainment, which is a unit of Activision Blizzard, suffered a more serious external hack back in August, which exposed Battle.net email accounts and scrambled passwords to unknown hackers. This particular hack appears to be of the sport of "game hacking", where players attempt to gain advantage by finding bugs or quirks in online games, versus one driven by criminal or financial gain. Moviepilot Sets Up Office In Venice, Hires Two Execs ---- Moviepilot, which operates an online movie discovery site, said last week that it has opened up an office on Abbot Kinney in Venice, California, as part of its expansion into Los Angeles. The firm--which has been booting up operations in LA since May--said it has hired Amy Elkins as EVP Strategy and Advertising, and Amy Smith as Director of Advertising. Elkins joins the firm from MEC, where she had run interactive media campaigns for Paramount and Dreamworks. Smith was previously at Amazon Media Group, working with IMDb, Amazon, Mobile and Kindle with entertainment accounts. Moviepilot is headed by Tobi Bauckhage, and was started in Germany; the firm took $7M in May to help it expand and build its office here in Los Angeles. The site provides recommendation and information on upcoming movie titles. Green Dot Shares Hit By Amex, Walmart Deal ---- Monrovia-based prepaid card provider Green Dot was battered in the markets Monday, after Walmart and American Express announced a deal to create a new, prepaid card called Bluebird. Walmart and Amex said the new, reloadable prepaid card will have no monthly, annual, or overdraft fees and be distributed via Walmart's stores. Green Dot--one of Southern California's startup success stories--rose to prominence via its relationship with Walmart, which has been its biggest source of customers since before its IPO. Green Dot had dropped 20 percent after the news was announced by American Express and Walmart. Before its IPO, Green Dot had been venture backed by the Tech Coast Angels and Sequoia Capital, and its IPO was the most successful exit, ever, for many of the Tech Coast Angels. Elon Musk's SolarCity Files For IPO ---- It's been a big weekend for tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, after another successful launch Sunday from his commercial spaceflight firm, SpaceX--based in Hawthorne--and, it turns out, another IPO filing for Musk. SolarCity, a Bay Area provider of solar power financing, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raised $201.25M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as SCTY. It turns out that Musk owns 31.9 percent of SolarCity, which was founded by his cousins, Lyndon and Peter Rive. Musk is no stranger to IPOs; his electric car firm, Tesla Motors, had its IPO in 2010 and he co-founded PayPal, which had its IPO in 2002. SpaceX, the commercial rocketship firm which has made Elon Musk one of Southern California's best known entrepreneurs, has long been rumored to be considering an IPO, but it appears SolarCity might beat SpaceX to market. SolarCity has avoided the flameout of many other American solar companies by focusing on the financing--not development--of solar power installations, by providing power purchase agreements (PPAs) which help people lease back their panels and both lower their power bills and avoid the large capital costs involved with solar power installs. Boingo Inks Wi-fi Sponsorship Deal With Microsoft ---- Looking for free Wi-Fi in New York City or San Francisco? A new deal between Boingo Wireless, the Los Angeles Wi-Fi hotspot operator, and Microsoft will provide free Boingo Wi-Fi at locations in New York an San Francisco, Boingo said Monday. Boingo said the free Wi-Fi comes as part of a promotion for Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Boingo said the free access is available now, and runs through the end of the year; the deal comes thanks to Boingo's recent acquisition of Cloud Nine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting (SSL) - October 10, San Diego Chaired by Dr. “Chips” Chipalkatti, Sr. Dir. SSL & Emerging Market Initiatives for OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting (SSL) is a must-attend high-level leadership summit for anyone interested in how lighting will integrate into future infrastructures. Ecosystems for SSL will bring together companies, government, investors and clean energy advocates and others to maximize future opportunities for integrating SSL. 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Dealmaker Media. Acquiring customers is the biggest challenge facing startups today. Startups who are building companies for the first time or launching a new product struggle with focusing on the right priorities, measuring their efforts, and converting leads into customers. SEO used to dominate online customer acquisition but now a mix of owned, earned and paid efforts are proving equally effective. Today's customer acquisition strategy requires tighter integration across multiple departments and more direct-to-consumer approaches than ever. Join our panel of experts as they discuss what they've used to acquire and retain customers and grow their business. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22853 October 9, Costa Mesa -- PMI-OC October 2012 Dinner Meeting. Rachel Medrano, PMP, senior manager, Deloitte Consulting, will discuss how a top consulting firm puts the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) into project management at the Oct. 9, 2012, meeting of the Project Management Institute’s Orange County Chapter. Medrano, who coaches global technology implementation projects at Deloitte Consulting, will share how the firm leveraged PMBOK framework to create a project and quality management method that reduces risk and increases service delivery consistency. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22830 October 9, San Diego -- Apps Alliance & MEDL Mobile Mixer. This is the "got to get an invitation" event for what is shaping up to be a MOBILE Industry week in San Diego. With both MMCF & Mobile Con 2012 in town we decided to throw a little "thing" to celebrate. Who will be there: Developers, Publishers, Executives and Investors that focus on the mobile market from San Diego and abroad. What will they be talking about: Apps, deals, monetization, the bubble, udid, sdk/api, distributions, user acquisition, investment, acquisition, mobile enterprise, marketing, advertising, html 5, iOS, Windows 8, Android, AR, did we leave anything out. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22833 October 9, Santa Monica -- Venture Capitalist David Hornik of August Capital - Startups Uncensored #31. This Month's Startups Uncensored will feature a Fireside Chat with Venture Capitalist of August Capital, David Hornik and Docstoc CEO, Jason Nazar. For more than a decade, David Hornik has worked with technology startups throughout the software sector. In 2000, David joined August Capital to invest broadly in information technology companies, with a focus on enterprise application and infrastructure software, as well as consumer facing software and services. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22827 October 9, Los Angeles -- Launch U: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur. Learn about the skills and processes needed to generate an innovative business idea. Dr. Larry Cox, associate professor of entrepreneurship and award-winning educator and entrepreneur, will introduce a unique approach to the creative problem-solving process to help current business owners and those interested in owning their own business succeed even in turbulent times. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22759 October 10, San Diego -- Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting 2012. Chaired by Dr. Makarand Chipalkatti, Senior Director, SSL & Emerging Markets Initiatives, OSRAM SYLVANIA, the 2nd annual Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting 2012 will bring together companies, government, investors and clean energy advocates and others to maximize future opportunities for integrating solid state lighting (SSL). This high-level leadership summit will feature presentations from Emerald Investors, Acuity Brands, Witricity, Encellium and the U.S. Department of Energy and more covering topics like future industrial and consumer markets, investment perspectives; key enabling technologies like intelligent controls, sensors and wireless power; OLED lighting; and opportunities for solar and alternative energy sources in lighting applications. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22832 October 10, San Diego -- Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting (SSL). Chaired by Dr. “Chips” Chipalkatti, Sr. Dir. SSL & Emerging Market Initiatives for OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting (SSL) is a must-attend high-level leadership summit for anyone interested in how lighting will integrate into future infrastructures. Ecosystems for SSL will bring together companies, government, investors and clean energy advocates and others to maximize future opportunities for integrating SSL. This one-day interactive event will cover future industrial and consumer markets; investment perspectives; and key enabling technologies like intelligent controls, sensors and wireless power; OLED lighting; smart grid and power distribution; and opportunities for solar and other alternative energy sources in lighting applications. Use code SOCALTECH to save $200 off your registration. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22859 October 10, Los Angeles -- Startup Equinox. USC Ronald Tutor Center. Form your startup team at Startup Equinox! A great team has excellent technical skills, business smarts, and creative talent! If you have a startup or project idea, you too can pitch your idea on stage at Startup Equinox to build a team! Students from USC, UCLA, and Cal Tech will be attending Startup Equinox to form teams and compete in local startup and innovation competitions, such as MEPC, FLoW, the New Venture Seed Competition, LA Cleanweb Hackathon, and more...!! Participation in a competition is not a prerequisite for attending Startup Equinox. Anybody passionate about Startups and Innovation is welcome. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22842 October 10, Pomona -- Poly Founders Hosts Accelsor @ Cal Poly Pomona. Join Poly Founders as we host Hunter Owens and Mark Nadal, the co-founders of Accelsor for a night of stories, questions, and networking. As one of nine startups out of Startup UCLA's first batch, Accelsor has gained press from the likes of the Wall Street Journal for their innovative way to rapidly develop websites without code. http://polyfounders-accelsor-eorg.eventbrite.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22854 October 10, Costa Mesa -- AWT Fundraiser. Join us for AWT's Annual Fundraiser and be a part of this special occasion to celebrate the 2012 AWT Scholarship recipients and to toast the executive women who inspire us. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22826 October 10, Santa Monica -- Siemer Silicon Beach Summit. This invitation-only summit will draw more than 300 of the leading players in digital media and emerging technologies from around the world for two days of discussion, networking and celebration. Influential CEOs at tech powerhouses will engage with top level media executives, industry visionaries and private equity and venture capital investors throughout company presentations, panels, keynote speeches and breakout sessions. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22794 October 10, Irvine -- OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum. The OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum brings together the diverse: billion-dollar corporations and companies on the cusp, with the innovators: industry titans and research pioneers - all determined to fuel industry growth. This 7th annual Forum promises to be the best yet. We're bringing together an all-star line-up of speakers, companies, and topics that will get to the heart of what's driving change - good and bad - in the global medical device industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22780 October 10, Costa Mesa -- TEDx OrangeCoast. The theme for this year’s event is “Redefining Relevance.” To help lead us through the evolving definition of relevance, we have assembled a live cast of over 20 visionaries, scientific pioneers, storytellers, and provocateurs to share their vision and experience. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22765 October 11, San Diego -- LEDs 2012. LED and solid state lighting professionals will gather for a 2-day conference and exhibition featuring presentations from the US Department of Energy, Marriott, Cooper Lighting, Bridgelux, NIST, IKEA, OSRAM Sylvania, Cree and more. The keynote presentation will be delivered by Ken Honeycutt, Senior Vice President and Chief Venture Executive, LED Lighting Systems Division, Toshiba International Corporation. LEDs 2012 will provide the most up-to-date intelligence about future markets and the latest technology advances, as well as strategic connections with senior representatives from every link in the LED supply - and innovation - chain. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22803 October 11, Santa Monica -- LA Bankers Fall Networking. Join L.A.'s finance community for networking. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22839 October 11, San Diego -- Smithers Apex's 13th Annual LEDs Conference. Book your free exhibit pass to LEDs 2012! Network with LED and solid state lighting professionals from all over the world at LEDs 2012, taking place October 11-12 at The Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa. Companies participating in the LEDs exhibit hall include American Bright Optoelectronic Corp., Bergquist Company, Cree, Gamma Scientific, Palomar Technologies, Seren Photonics Ltd, TUV SUD and many others. Exhibit hall hours are Thursday, October 11 - 10:00am - 7:30pm and Friday, October 12 - 10:00am - 2:00pm. A reception will take place in the exhibit hall on Thursday evening from 6-7:30 p.m. and is included with your exhibit pass if booked online before Wednesday, October 10. For complete information about LEDs 2012, visit http://www.ledsconference.c. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22857 October 11, Santa Monica -- Siemer Silicon Beach Summit. This invitation-only summit will draw more than 300 of the leading players in digital media and emerging technologies from around the world for two days of discussion, networking and celebration. Influential CEOs at tech powerhouses will engage with top level media executives, industry visionaries and private equity and venture capital investors throughout company presentations, panels, keynote speeches and breakout sessions. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22795 October 11, Irvine -- OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum. The OCTANe Medical Device & Investor Forum brings together the diverse: billion-dollar corporations and companies on the cusp, with the innovators: industry titans and research pioneers - all determined to fuel industry growth. This 7th annual Forum promises to be the best yet. We're bringing together an all-star line-up of speakers, companies, and topics that will get to the heart of what's driving change - good and bad - in the global medical device industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22781 October 12, San Diego -- Smithers Apex's 13th Annual LEDs Conference. Book your free exhibit pass to LEDs 2012! Network with LED and solid state lighting professionals from all over the world at LEDs 2012, taking place October 11-12 at The Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa. Companies participating in the LEDs exhibit hall include American Bright Optoelectronic Corp., Bergquist Company, Cree, Gamma Scientific, Palomar Technologies, Seren Photonics Ltd, TUV SUD and many others. Exhibit hall hours are Thursday, October 11 - 10:00am - 7:30pm and Friday, October 12 - 10:00am - 2:00pm. A reception will take place in the exhibit hall on Thursday evening from 6-7:30 p.m. and is included with your exhibit pass if booked online before Wednesday, October 10. For complete information about LEDs 2012, visit http://www.ledsconference.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22858 October 17, Pomona -- Poly Founders Hosts Hypemarks @ Cal Poly Pomona. Join Poly Founders as we host Tim Sae Koo, the founder and CEO of Hypemarks for a night of stories, questions, and networking. Hypemarks is a social way to share and find content on the web. They were graduates of Start Engine's first batch and now reside at Idea Lab in Pasadena, CA after receiving 350k in seed funding. http://polyfounders-hypemarks-eorg.eventbrite.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22855 October 17, Santa Monica -- LAVA at the Beach. Please join LAVA and its friends for the fourth annual LAVA at the Beach networking event at the Marion Davies House - Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. This networking event is for the Venture community in Southern California. In attendance will be Venture Capital Partners and Angel Investors for over 20 firms. Also mix and mingle with Entrepreneurs and Start-up company representatives from over 100 companies. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22764 October 17, Los Angeles -- MacTech Conference. MacTech Conference is a 3-day, immersive, technical conference specifically designed for Apple developers, IT Pros, and Enterprise.MacTech Conference will have two separate tracks: one focused on programming / development, and the other on IT/Enterprise and consulting. Sessions will focus on both desktop and mobile, as well as OS X and iOS. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22850 October 18, San Diego -- Frontiers in Science & Technology - Special Presentation: A dramatic look into James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge. CONNECT. A dramatic look into James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge with expedition lead scientist Douglas Bartlett. During the winter and spring of 2012 the Deepsea Challenge Expedition with National Geographic Explorer in Residence, James Cameron, conducted submersible and lander operations in the New Britain Trench (down to ~8.2 km depth) and the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench (down to ~10.9 km depth). This expedition marked the first manned mission to the Challenger Deep in more than half a century. Dr. Douglas Bartlett served as the team's chief scientist and microbiologist on this headline expedition in June and is currently analyzing samples taken from this record breaking solo dive to gain greater insight into how organisms thrive in such extreme depths of the ocean. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22823 October 18, Los Angeles -- MacTech Conference. MacTech Conference is a 3-day, immersive, technical conference specifically designed for Apple developers, IT Pros, and Enterprise.MacTech Conference will have two separate tracks: one focused on programming / development, and the other on IT/Enterprise and consulting. Sessions will focus on both desktop and mobile, as well as OS X and iOS. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22851 October 18, Los Angeles -- Access to Capital Conference for Small Businesses. D&B Credibility. This event, which will be held at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, is designed to help qualify businesses for credit and match them with a variety of lenders, including alternative and non-traditional crowdfunding sources. This conference will provide over 400 small business attendees with a full day of panels of leading lenders, investors, small business experts and successful entrepreneurs.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22792 October 19, Los Angeles -- MacTech Conference. MacTech Conference is a 3-day, immersive, technical conference specifically designed for Apple developers, IT Pros, and Enterprise.MacTech Conference will have two separate tracks: one focused on programming / development, and the other on IT/Enterprise and consulting. Sessions will focus on both desktop and mobile, as well as OS X and iOS. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22852 October 20, Orange -- Cross-Border Entrepreneurship Conference, a unique event to learn how to fund expansion of your business into Mexico. TECMA and Chapman University. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22786 October 22, Garden Grove -- Renesas DevCon 2012. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22798 October 22, Anaheim -- Renesas DevCon. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22742 October 23, San Diego -- The San Diego Tech Coast Angels present Early-Stage Valuation. Program Overview: This interactive workshop educates and empowers angel investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in access to capital on a variety of ways to value pre-revenue companies. It will explain three valuation methodologies: the Venture Capital Method, the Scorecard Method and the Risk Factor Summation Method. In addition, attendees explore the importance of approaches and the roles of returns and portfolio strategies to angel groups and to your next deal. Attendees also put these methods to work with interactive case studies. Email li...@techcoastangels.co. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22816 October 24, Irvine -- 10th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference & Exhibit. The Conference provides an outstanding platform for sharing and disseminating ground-breaking research, innovative product announcements, and informative technical tutorials, and it has established itself as the forum for debating emerging challenges and possibilities in System-on-Chip, ASIC, EDA, IP, analog design & integration, NoC, SiP, embedded CPUs & DSPs, embedded memories, testing, verifications, MEMS, multicore design and software development, and much, much more.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22160 October 24, Newport Beach -- Doing Business In and With China. OCTANe. Join Clara Tang and C.Y. Wang from Ernst and Young’s Transaction Advisory Services department on October 24th as they discuss Doing Business In and With China. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22782 October 25, Irvine -- 10th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference & Exhibit. The Conference provides an outstanding platform for sharing and disseminating ground-breaking research, innovative product announcements, and informative technical tutorials, and it has established itself as the forum for debating emerging challenges and possibilities in System-on-Chip, ASIC, EDA, IP, analog design & integration, NoC, SiP, embedded CPUs & DSPs, embedded memories, testing, verifications, MEMS, multicore design and software development, and much, much more.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22161 October 25, Santa Monica -- Eat. Drink. Connect with Los Angeles hottest startups on Thursday, October 25th at the WOKCANO in Santa Monica. Come mix and mingle up close and personal with some of the hottest startups in LA. Check out what they’re doing now, what the future holds and how they’re setting the trends. Whether you are looking for investors, a mentor, advice or just simply connecting for opportunities - this event is for you. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22743 October 27, Los Angeles -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases atttractive firms needing growth capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22737 November 1, Newport Beach -- OCTANe Firsty. Join the OCTANe community and the Anteater network at Tamarind of London for Firsty on November 1. Network with over 200 people and meet members of the organization that focuses on fueling innovation in the OC and local UCI alumni. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22783 November 2, Santa Barbara -- Startup Weekend Santa Babara. Startup Weekend Santa Barbara is a 54 hour event where entrepreneurs, designers, developers come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Santa Barbara's second Startup Weekend will be held at Citrix Online. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22834 November 2, Los Angeles -- Marketing ME: Building your book of business by developing YOUR personal Brand . Broads Circle. Join us for this hands-on breakfast workshop specifically geared towards attorneys and accountants to create your strategy for success. Our expert panelists will walk you through crafting your unique message and provide you with tools for implementing your plan. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22822 November 5, Santa Clarita -- Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk. SCV Meetup. 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