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Never Stop Learning in the Digital Age - (The story of how lynda.com harnessed the internet for education)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:00PM

Learning in the Digital Age

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Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) - $160 Billion Market Opportunity
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:00PM


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Living by the Numbers: - Using Personal Technology to Improve Your Health and Wellness
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:00PM


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The Convergence of Mobile Devices - with the Physical World
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:00PM


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21st Century Space Operations: - Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:00PM


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From University Labs to the Marketplace: - Technology Transfer - An Engine of Innovation
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:00PM


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Track Phone Calls Like Mouse Clicks: - RingRevenue is Bridging the Gap
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:00PM


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Can US Industry Maintain an Innovation Edge? - The Changing Landscape of Industrial Research
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:00PM

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Marketing Through Social Media and Social Networks - .....
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:00PM


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Winemaking in Santa Barbara County - - A World of Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:00PM


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The Music Industry is Moving and Shaking!!! - Featuring Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:00PM


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Last Customer Standing - How to Market to the Federal Government
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:00PM


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Bootstrapping Your Start-Up - Lessons Learned from Building a Business During a Recession
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:00PM


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Still Funding the Web - Web Based Companies Worth the Investment
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:00PM

Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center, Santa Barbara1118 E. Cabrillo Boulevard Santa Barbara, CA 93103

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Building the Bionic Human: - Implantable Devices and Cyber Prosthetics
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:00PM

Building the Bionic Human: Implantable Devices and Cyber Prosthetics - Plugging Technology into the Human Body

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Clean and Green: Entrepreneurship and the Environment - .
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:00PM

Opportunities for CleanTech and environmentally aware “Green” ventures have been evolving rapidly – this is your opportunity to learn from seasoned entrepreneurs and industry insiders to find out what makes building a Green company different.

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Technology Space* The Final Frontier for Growth of Companies in Santa Barbara? -
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:00PM


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Technology Space* The Final Frontier for Growth of Companies in Santa Barbara? -
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:00PM

Have you ever come up against a wall when trying to find “technology space” in the Santa Barbara region? Are you thinking about starting a company and want to know about facilities in the area? Do you have out-of-the-box thoughts on how to resolve our tec

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Social Networking: Adding Value to Your Organization -
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:00PM


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What's new in the news business in Santa Barbara -
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:00PM

Disruptive technology is changing the face of the local news business. Speakers will include Tim Gallagher, former publisher and editor of Ventura County Star; Bill Macfadyen, Founder and Publisher of Noozhawk.com; Jeramy Gordon, Foun

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The Healthcare World Has Finally Changed! ... with Opportunities for Innovation Everywhere -
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:00PM

Escalating healthcare costs are a huge concern to both employers and employees. Employers are reacting by promoting preventative healthcare and allocating budgets for wellness programs in the workplace. Employees are reacting to the increasing portion of

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Building a Successful Startup Team - How Eight Santa Barbara Startups Did It -
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:00PM

How do entrepreneurs cope with the challenges of building a well-rounded startup team and attracting and retaining talent? Learn how to fill the gaps in your startup team, build on your own strengths, recruit an advisory board of experienced professionals

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ABCs of StartUp Marketing -
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:00PM

The ABC's of Start-up Marketing: How do you let the world know about your breakthrough technology or innovative product? Marketing! Learn about the importance of branding and how to integrate marketing into your start-up or niche business, or improve mark

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Core Oncology - a Management Buyout in Medical Devices -
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:00PM

What do you do when the new parent company of your division decides it does not fit the corporate strategy? This was the situation facing the management of Mentor Urology Division’s cancer radiation therapy business after Mentor sold that division to Co

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Digital Technology in Filmmaking: Ready to Kick the Can? -
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:00PM

Speakers:
Jeff Barnes, CEO of CafeFX, Co-Founder of The Computer Café Group
Andrew Davis, Director ("The Fugitive")
Douglas Hersh, Dean of Educational Programs–Technology, SBCC
Richard Corwin, CEO Vital-Signz
David Davis, Managing P

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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:30PM


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“Biotechnology - New Fuels & New Opportunities” -
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:15PM

NOTE: Nov 14 is a week earlier than normal. Mr. Richard Flavell, the Chief Scientific Officer from Ceres Inc. in Westlake Village, the “Energy Crop Company”, will discuss his company's progress in genetically modifying crops such as switchgrass, to ma

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RIGHTSCALE, An On-Line Service Company -
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:15PM

NEW PLATFORMS IN CLOUD COMPUTING: PANEL REVIEW OF RIGHTSCALE Learn how to harness the capabilities of a new technology. RightScale provides a platform and expertise that enables companies to create scalable web applications running on the new cloud comput

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How to Access the Largest "Venture Capital" Fund in the U.S. -
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:30PM

When it comes to securing startup funding, most technology entrepreneurs focus on three key sources: friends and family, sophisticated ‘Angel’ investors and traditional venture capital firms. Very few tech entrepreneurs realize that one of the largest

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Revolutionizing the Process of Healing -
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:15PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum is hosting an event on June 20, 2007 highlighting new, innovative advances in medical technologies. Local entrepreneurs and industry experts will give an overview of new developments in the fields of biopharma and bi

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Teaming with a Medical Device Incubator -
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:15PM

HAVE A MEDICAL DEVICE IDEA? Teaming with a medical device incubator can give you the advantage of a rapid start, business experience, and knowledge of the regulatory processes. Featuring keynote speaker Mike Henson, who has taken 7 medical device companie

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CleanTech: Entrepreneurship and the evolving landscape of environmentally aware ventures -
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:15PM

*We have added two speakers to the program: Gary Barsley of SolarWorld Industries and Dr. Daniel Colbert of NGEN Partners. As well as another sponsor, Mission Ventures (www.missionventures.com).

Opportunities for Clean

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Idea Factory: Starting a Company with Technology from a University -
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:15PM

START YOUR COMPANY NOW! Are you an entrepreneur seeking an idea for a company or a professor or student seeking to commercialize the results of your research? Learn from veteran scientist-entrepreneurs, a corporate leader, and an investor how to successfu

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From the Cradle to the Market: Turning a Promising Idea Into a Profitable One -
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:30PM

Presented in partnership with the UCSB Technology Management Program, the program will begin with Keynote Speaker Kathy Odell, who with the 3 founders of Inogen, Byron Myers, Alison Perry and Brenton Taylor, will share their experiences building technolog

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Shopatron, Inc. -
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:15PM

Shopatron, Inc. (formerly FirePoppy) Channel conflict has always been a problem for manufacturers and retailers. Small manufacturers especially don’t want to “go direct” and compete with their own retailers. These manufacturers’ websites won’t s

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BioMEMS: From the Lab to the Market -
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:15PM

The powerful technologies for fabricating chips with millions of transistors have evolved to enable the fabrication of micro-electromechanical systems. These so-called MEMS devices incorporate mechanical motion and have found applications in digital light

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The Long Tail: Web Enabled Niche Marketing & Services -
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:15PM

The Long Tail: Web Enabled Niche Marketing & Services Long Tail Markets are centered around an aggregation of products with low demand or low sales volume that can collectively make up a market share which rivals or exceeds the volume of the relatively fe

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SONOS -
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:15PM

SONOS is a leading WiFi digital audio company. Founder and CEO John MacFarlane will present SONOS's business plan before a panel of experts. Panel: Kerry Schwartz, Home entertainment & automation consulting Eric Robison, President, IdeaTrek, Inc.

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InTouch Technologies -
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:15PM

Yulun Wang, founder & CEO of InTouch Technologies (formerly InTouch Health), will present his company's business plan before a panel of experts. InTouch Technologies is producing and selling a remote controlled robotic platform which enables an expert to

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Machine Talker -
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:15PM

Roland Bryan, CEO of Machine Talker, will present his company's business plan before a panel of experts (TBA). MachineTalker, Inc. was founded in 2002, to develop the concept of using intelligent wireless network nodes for sensing, processing and acting u

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Celerus: Automated Pathology Testing -
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:15PM

Celerus Diagnostics produces an automated slide preparation system for anatomical pathology laboratories. The system reduces prep time from more than a day to less than 20 minutes. What impact could this have on surgical procedures? Page Erickson, founder

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HDTV - Nearing the Takeoff Point? -
Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:30PM

Iconix Video, a Santa Barbara startup, has developed the world’s most affordable professional quality HD video camera – and it is smaller than a tennis ball. How will this affect demand in the broadcast and security and surveillance markets? Keynote b

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Bootstrapping: How to Successfully Build Your Company Without Venture Capital -
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:30PM

Raising venture capital from traditional venture firms is not the only way to build a company. Three company founders/ principals will share their stories of building a company without professional venture capital and the advantages and pitfalls of taking

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The Power of Revolutionary Thinking -
Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:30PM

This program is most noteworthy because it presents some of the potentially disruptive technological work currently being supported by NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts. This is “Out Of The Box” stuff.

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Clean Technologies: Sustainable Energy and Fuels -
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:30PM


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Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation (an MIT Global broadcast) -
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:30PM


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Nano Meets Bio: Nanotech Ventures in Diagnostics and Therapeutics -
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:30PM


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RFID: Wirelessly Tracking Objects From Cradle to Grave -
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:30PM


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Medical Imaging: 3-D Visualization and Beyond -
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:30PM


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Network Security: History, Challenges and Opportunities -
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:30PM


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Open Source Software: Leveling the Playing Field? -
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:30PM

The program will focus on Open Source software development and will highlight a Keynote Speaker and an emerging growth company based in Open Source software market.

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Technology and the Future Warrior: Protecting Soldiers in the 21st Century -
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:30PM


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PLACING YOUR BETS: WHERE WILL THE SMART MONEY LAND -
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:30PM


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Personal Networking vs. Social Networking in Southern California's High Tech Economy -
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:30PM


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Wireless Transactions: From Games and Ring Tones to Operating Systems and Embedded Applications -
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:30PM


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Growing and Harvesting a Startup: Strategies for success from capitalization to liquidity -
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:30PM


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Innovation at the Interface: Technological Fusion at MIT (broadcast via satellite) -
Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:30PM


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Strategic Partnerships: Are they integral to the success of a technology start-up?

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Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:30PM

PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE

Los Robles Greens Golf Course, 299 South Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks

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Building a Software Company: Maximizing Value From Start-up Through Liquidation -
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:30PM

The evening will open with a keynote address entitled “Trends and Valuations in the Software Industry” by Doug Burke, Managing Director of Montgomery & Co. and Louis Columbus, Senior Research Analyst with AMR Research. Immediately thereafter, Mike Wilson,

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Venture Capital and Federal Grants: Finding the Right Combination -
Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:30PM

31943 Agoura Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361, 818-889-0230 - The evening will open with a keynote address entitled “Winning Federal Grants” by Lynn Foster, Federal Resource Analyst, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Lynn will discuss the grant application

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New Trends in Wireless Applications: Coming to America? -
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 5:30PM

Join us on the beautiful campus of California State University Channel Islands for our final program until the Fall season. This will be a unique opportunity to visit the newest addition to the California State University system and hear the latest from s

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Voice Over the Internet is here - with major cost savings and expanded capabilities -
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:30PM

CrystalVoice Communications of Santa Barbara is the first company to enable quality voice communication over the public, unmanaged Internet. The Company's "Voice Over Internet" technology is currently being used in business and consumer communications in

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Software Startup: A Success Story from the Trenches -
Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:30PM

Dan O'Dowd, 45, who founded Green Hills Software in 1982 and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception, will relate his inspiring story of entrepreneurship and business savvy. Incorporated in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc.,

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Taking Chemical Reactions to New Levels -
Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:30PM

The evening's keynote speaker will be Tony Cheetham, PhD, who will provide an insider’s look at the Materials Research Laboratory on the UCSB Campus. Shortly thereafter, Phil Lichtenberger of Holl Technologies, a local Camarillo-based emerging growth comp

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Security Software -- -
Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Forum will present an informative program focused on two companies in the enterprise security software industry. The program will take place on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Westlake Inn in Westlake V

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NEW TEST THREE -
Friday, January 03, 2003 5:30PM

BRIEF DESC THREE

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Wednesday, January 01, 2003 5:30PM


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Image Searching Software--More than Meets the Eye? -
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:30PM

This program will examine a newly patented technology to search for images on the Web. The evening will open with a keynote address by Neil Edwards, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of United Online. Mr. Edwards will be followed by Michael Crandell,

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Biotechnology: Cracking the Code for Continued Industry Growth -
Wednesday, October 16, 2002 5:30PM

This program will examine the improving state of the biotechnology industry as investors continue funding at a record pace. The evening will open with a keynote address by Pablo Valencia, Director, Office of Technology Transfer, University of Southern Cal

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MIT Enterprise Forum Satellite Broadcast: -
Wednesday, September 18, 2002 4:00PM

An examination of today's economic environment: "Entrepreneurship in a Global Economy" featuring MIT Sloan School Professor Lester Thurow *** This event has been SOLD OUT and online registration has been shut off. You may still try to attend the event but

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What’s That Made of, Part 2? -
Wednesday, June 19, 2002 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum will present a dynamic program focusing on nanotechnology, entitled “What’s That Made of, Part 2?” The evening will open with a dynamic presentation by representatives of Larta, the think tank for technology business

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Robotics: from toys to operating rooms -
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 5:30PM

The evening will open with a dynamic presentation by Yulun Wang, PhD, addressing the latest trends and advances in medical robotics. Shortly thereafter, management members of ThinGap™ Motor Technologies, Inc, a local Santa Barbara start-up, will present t

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Who’s listening in on my wi-LAN? -
Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:30PM

The evening will open with a dynamic presentation by Dr. Kevin Almeroth, addressing the latest trends and advances in wireless networking. Shortly thereafter, Communication Machinery Corporation, a local Santa Barbara start-up, will present their business

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Is 3G necessary, or will 2.5G give us what we want? -
Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:30PM

The evening will open with a dynamic presentation by Ann Mueller, Managing Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Technology Center, addressing the latest trends and advances in 3G or Third Generation Wireless technologies. Shortly thereafter, InnovIC

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What’s that made of? -
Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:30PM

The evening will open with a dynamic presentation by NextGen Partners, addressing the latest trends and advances in Materials Sciences and Enabling Technologies. Shortly thereafter, Agile Materials and Technologies Inc., a local Santa Barbara start-up, wi

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Technology Transfer: Turning Swords into Plowshares -
Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:30PM

Jim Latty, Director of Business Development at Rockwell Technologies Research Center, will address the challenges companies face when they reposition aerospace/defense technologies for the commercial marketplace. Then, Lucix, Inc., a Camarillo-based emerg

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Who’s in control of your thermostat? -
Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:30PM

The evening will open with a dynamic presentation by Steve Rawski, a Senior Account Executive for the Southern California Gas Company, addressing the challenges we Californians have faced during the recent energy crisis and what’s on the horizon. Shortly

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Save the Date! -
Wednesday, September 19, 2001 5:30PM


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Nuts and Bolts of Technology: an Insider’s Perspective -
Wednesday, May 16, 2001 5:30PM

This program focuses on the trials and tribulations of developing an integrated hardware and software business from the ground up.

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Angels, are they still hovering? -
Wednesday, April 25, 2001 5:30PM

The entire evening of this month’s MIT Enterprise Forum will be dedicated to the topic of the Angel Investing and what it means during and after the market correction. The evening is scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th at 5:30 p.m. at the Cabrillo Pavilio

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Peer-to-Peer Networking, Pervasive Serverless Storage -
Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum will dedicate an evening at the Westlake Village Inn focusing on the topic of Peer-to-Peer networks and explore the nuances of the subject to see if it is as disruptive as it sounds. ** On-line registration for this

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Internet Marketing: Opt-in, Viral & Everything in Between -
Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:30PM

The forum focuses on the challenges of raising capital and growing a start-up business, with quality networking opportunities for entrepreneurs and business professionals alike.

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Entrepreneurs: What it Takes to be Successful -
Wednesday, January 17, 2001 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "Entrepreneurs: What it Takes to be Successful, " at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Westlake Village Inn.

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Entrepreneurs: What it Takes to be Successful -
Wednesday, November 15, 2000 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "Entrepreneurs: What it Takes to be Successful," at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 2000 at the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center.

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Finding Yourself in a Wireless World -
Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "Finding Yourself in a Wireless World" at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 18, 2000 at the Westlake Village Inn.

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Raising Money in Uncertain Times -
Wednesday, September 20, 2000 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "Raising Money in Uncertain Times," at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 2000 at the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center, Santa Barbara.

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Going Abroad: How Internet Companies Penetrate an International Market -
Wednesday, June 21, 2000 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "Going Abroad: How Internet Companies Penetrate an International Market," at 5:30 p.m. June 21, 2000 at the Westlake Village Inn.

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Healthcare in the Age of the Internet -
Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "Healthcare in the Age of the Internet," at 5:30 p.m. May 17, 2000 at the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center, Santa Barbara.

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eCommerce: A Market For Digital Media -
Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:30PM

The Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum hosts "eCommerce: A Market For Digital Media," at 5:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel, Agoura Hills.

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