Hear the stories of the well known successes like Salesforce.com and MySpace , and some not so well known; it's all part of the ongoing legacy of USC's Entrepreneurship program. My guest is Tom O'Malia, Director of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Currently rated #1 in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine , Tom has reason to brag. Get Tom's book, The Entrepreneurial Journey , through Brandywine Publishing.

Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show. Karrer graduated from Loyola Marymount University (Valedictorian), then attended USC as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo

News & World Report at #11, and USC Marshall is ranked by U.S. We just posted an interview with a company (Scripped) with a little bit of both USC and UCLA — a USC film MFA with a UCLA Anderson MBA, but they are just the latest of many, many startups we encounter here which are driven by ambitious, energetic students coming out of the local universities, and in particular, their MBA programs. People talk a lot how an area creates an environment conducive to startups and high tech entrepreneurship. One huge factor in “startup creation” here is the

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 -- "Engineering Immunity Against HIV and Other Dangerous Pathogens " IEEE. Ping Wang, USC. Dr. See [link] (mor

Thursday, October 30, 2008 -- USC Entrepreneur of the Year - Marshall School of Business. Richard Rosenblatt, Demand Media, shares his journey with a time for QandA. Email claudia.morataya@marshall.usc.edu... mor

Monday, November 10, 2008 -- "Optimizing Business Performance with Value Networks" USC CTM Speak and Spark Luncheon Discussion. As the economy turns down, every enterprise is searching for new ways to increase productivity and inspire innovation from their existing resources. The Value Network Analysis (VNA) methodology is designed to significantly and quickly improve performance across multiple value networks within an organization at low cost.

Sunday, October 5, 2008 -- 5D: The Future of Immersive Design Conference. Technologists and interactive media professionals and students will experience the very latest on the impact of immersive design through panels and sponsored workshops, with such visionary speakers as Tracey Fullerton, Habib Zargarpour and Doug Church from Electronic Arts, Scott Fisher from USC Interactive and Jordan Weisman from Smith and Tinker. Produced by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the University Art Museum of California State University at Long Beach (CSULB), this first-ever conference takes place on the CSULB campus.

Saturday, October 4, 2008 -- 5D: The Future of Immersive Design Conference. Technologists and interactive media professionals and students will experience the very latest on the impact of immersive design through panels and sponsored workshops, with such visionary speakers as Tracey Fullerton, Habib Zargarpour and Doug Church from Electronic Arts, Scott Fisher from USC Interactive and Jordan Weisman from Smith and Tinker. Produced by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the University Art Museum of California State University at Long Beach (CSULB), this first-ever conference takes place on the CSULB campus.

Friday, November 7, 2008 -- Meet the Innovator: Mr. USC. Shibulal, Co-Founder and COO of Infosys. SD Shibulal is the Chief Operating Officer and one of the seven co-founders of Infosys Technologies, Ltd. - a global consulting and software services powerhouse.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 -- Social Innovation Fast Pitch and Showcase. Los Angeles Social Venture Partners, the Social Enterprise Institute, and the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation. This event will recognize and celebrate innovative Los Angeles nonprofits that are solving urgent social problems and will serve as a catalyst to engage local business and community support. The formal program will including a keynote from Jonathan Greenblatt, entrepreneur, philanthropist, co-founder of Ethos Water and CEO of GOOD; an interactive panel discussion on high-impact, mission-driven