Start-Ups Get Started with UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) March 24, 2006 -- How does new technology make it from the drawing board to the customer? How do start-ups start up? Technology Innovators Forum, a new UCLA Extension course designed for working software programmers, IT engineers and aspiring Internet entrepreneurs, aims to demystify the process for everyone with a good idea -- but no idea how to start a high-tech company.Each week, the forum presents different guest speakers who have successfully started their own high-tech companies. Combined with a customer-oriented business model developed by instructor Daniel Curran, the forum gives participants the know-how they need to start a company with little or no outside funding, while employed elsewhere. As they learn about everything from the customer value proposition to patents, forum participants develop their own IT or Internet start-up launch plans and presentations.Guest speakers (subject to availability) include:Afshin Behnia, CEO of workflow software company Mitratech; Dan Conners, founder and CEO of online gaming company Telltale Games; Romeo Elias, founder and CEO of Interneer, an Internet SAAS business; Monty Ferdowsi, CEO of online communications systems provider Nextcom, and founder and CEO of VOIP systems integrator Broadcore; Jon Kraft, founder and former CEO of database software company Stanford Technology Group and online radio station provider Pandora; Lauren Lackey, founder and former CEO of Aii, a hard drive manufacturing equipment provider; Greg Moore, founder and CEO of Claimstream, a SAAS provider for the healthcare industry; John Morris, chairman, and Bill Collins, president, Los Angeles Tech Coast Angels Network; Bill Reichert managing director of venture capital fund Garage Technology Ventures; and Ibrahim Surani, founder and CTO of mortgage software firm Astera.Course instructor Daniel Curran, M.S., is CEO of DC CyberCom, a management consulting firm for high-tech start-ups; a Wall Street technology hedge fund consultant for Standard & Poors and others; CEO of AlaStor Networks; former VP and acting COO of Western Digitals Silicon Valley Connex and SA Navigator subsidiaries; and former CEO of USLab. Technology Innovators Forum meets Mondays, 7-9 p.m., April 3-June 19 in Dodd Hall Room 121, UCLA. The fee is $375. For more information, call (310) 206-1548.
For complete course description and to enroll online, visit www.uclaextension.edu..
Plan to Attend the Second Annual Great Lakes Tax Institute
Cleveland, OH (ContentDesk) May 4, 2006 -- Need to brush up on your taxes and estate planning knowledge?
Plan to attend a seminar sponsored by FirstMerit Bank, Walter & Haverfield LLP, and Lorman Education Services, May 11th and 12th at the Cleveland Marriott East in Cleveland, Ohio.In this comprehensive two-day seminar, professionals will learn about tax issues surrounding starting a business and forming partnerships.
Speakers will also discuss estate plans, planning techniques, and charitable gift planning.
After completing the conference, attendees will be able to perform cutting edge planning techniques for closely held family businesses and their owner/operators and identify current income and estate planning ideas and techniques.
Speakers for this seminar include renowned tax and estate planning experts from the most knowledgeable law firms, consultants, and business professionals, providing up-to-the-minute information professionals in the industry...
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Home Theater Explained ? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
So you're in the market for a new home theater system?
Why not?
Everyone you know either has one or wants one.
Are you sick of having to go to your buddy's place to watch the game on the big screen?
Have you been playing that SNES system, circa 1995, since, well, 1995?
Is your prized movie collection in laserdisc format?
Maybe it is time to invest in a new home theater.
The first thing you ought to do is establish a budget.
You could spend thousands of dollars on your new system, so give some consideration to what you are able to spend.
There's no point spending your rent money on a TV, if you will not have an apartment to watch it in.
Once you have decided what you are able to spend, draft a wish list of components you would like.
Big screen TV or LCD projector?
X-Box or Playstation?
What about surround sound?
5:1?
6:1?
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Tackling Tough Transitions in Homeschooling
West Monroe, LA (ContentDesk) May 18, 2006 -- Exit Strategies and distinguished guests headline the second annual Kingdom Education Summit on June 14th in Greensboro, NC. The annual conference hosted by the Southern Baptist Church and Home Education Association (SBCHEA) tackles the two tough transitions of homeschooling; exiting from public school and the exit from homeschool into higher education. Over the course of the event, scheduled to coincide with the 2006 SBC Annual Meeting, pastors, parents and other guests will hear from distinguished guest speakers including Nathan Finn of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Russell Moore of Southern Seminary, and Dr. Gregory Alan Thornbury of Union University.Nathan Finn is an associate archivist at the Seminary as well as a Baptist historian and writer.
His support of homeschooling has been documented through several articles including a feature in Baptist Press in which he stated "The good news is, there are some encouraging...
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GamePro Magazine Awards Turtle Beach Editor's Choice for Ear Force HPA Surround Sound Headphones
(ContentDesk) July 28, 2005 -- Turtle Beach today announced that IDG Entertainment's GamePro Magazine has awarded its Ear Force HPA headphones their Editor's Choice honor, referring to them as "the ultimate gaming and movie experience."These amplified headphones feature four discrete speakers contained within each earcup, handling the front, center, rear and sub-woofer channels
as well as individual channel volume control. "When you're playing games, the HPA headphones let you hear your opponents before you see them ?giving you an advantage over your competitors as well as creating a more immersive gaming environment," said Seth Dotterer, Director of Marketing of Turtle Beach. "When watching DVDs, these surround sound headphones let you experience home theater quality audio without disturbing family members or neighbors."In addition to the surround sound headphones, the HPA is shipped with a removable microphone for online chat or voice recording and a 5.1 splitter cable for...
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Wirefly Highlights Top Cell Phone Design Trends
WASHINGTON, DC (ContentDesk) March 24, 2006 -- Wirefly, (http://www.wirefly.com), an online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones and wireless service plans, today released its list of popular design trends for cellular phones. As the cell phone market nears saturation, cell phone companies are increasingly appealing to the consumer's sense of style as a way to drive sales."Cell phone manufacturers understand that consumers...
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No Fax Payday Loans?a paperless wonder
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How to Buy an Inexpensive LCD TV
Is it possible to buy an expensive LCD TV?
Liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) technology has come a long way in recent years. The implementation of thin file transistor (TFT) technology has removed many of the angular resolution and ghosting problems previously associated with cheap LCD televisions.
It is now possible to buy an inexpensive LCD TV that has state-of-the-art features and superior picture quality.
What is an LCD TV...
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