SMALL BUSINESS : Venture Seminar to Address Defense Conversion Moves
It’s a question that many Orange County businesses are asking: How can companies that once relied on government defense contracts parlay their technological resources into private sector work?
The Orange County Venture Network will address that issue Thursday night at a seminar: “Commercial Funding and Technology Opportunities in Defense Conversion.” Speakers include James Rooney, a program manager at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and Timothy J. Cooley, president of Partnership 2010, a coalition of Orange County business, government and educational leaders.
After the presentation, inventors and entrepreneurs will be given a quick chance to talk about and demonstrate their products in the organization’s monthly “One-Minute Forum.”
The Orange County Venture Network is a nonprofit corporation, associated with the U.S. Small Business Administration and Pepperdine University, that is intended to bring together new businesses and financial sources--such as investors, lenders and venture capitalists.
The program will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the University Club at UC Irvine. Admission is $30 at the door, $20 in advance, and $10 for students. For more information, call (714) 545-3117.
