Group Plans Workshop to Help Entrepreneurs

By KAREN KAPLAN

Aug. 23, 1999 12 AM PT

Venture capitalists say the Tech Coast needs more veteran entrepreneurs with experience in management and marketing, and the Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance plans to respond with a workshop series aimed at helping local start-ups make themselves more attractive to potential investors.

The “TechNet Ed” series (subtitled “What Venture Capitalists Really Want From You”) will include modules focusing on writing a business plan, raising money, building a professional management team, sales and marketing, and intellectual property issues. Attorneys, accountants and other service professionals from Ernst & Young, O’Melveny & Myers and Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey will conduct the seminars, said LARTA Program Director Cliff Numark.

Five sessions will be held on a monthly basis between October and February at a total cost of $450. For more information, contact Numark at (213) 743-4160 or cnumark@larta.org.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

Group Plans Workshop to Help Entrepreneurs

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