Orange County's effort to boost startup and high tech companies, OCTANe, is losing its President and CEO, Gary Augusta, and has retained an executive search firm to find a replacement, the group said Thursday. In a letter to OCTANe's mailing list, Augusta said that the organization has started a search for his successor, and retained Spencer Stuart to run a formal search. Augusta will continue to serve as CEO until a new CEO is found. According to Augusta, he is looking to leave because OCTANe has moved out of the "start-up" phase, and that he wanted to "pursue new potential

Orange County's nonprofit effort to support the technology industry, OCTANe , announced this morning that it has located a replacement for outgoing president and CEO, Gary Augusta. According to OCTANe, it has named Matthew Jenusaitis as the next president and CEO of the group. Jenusaitis was most recently at ConcepTx, a medical firm developing new technologies and companies. Jenusaitis also has served at ev3 Neurovascular, Boston Scientific Corp., and Baxter Healthcare.

Friday, December 5, 2008 -- OCTANe Entrepreneurs Forum- Interview. Each lunch features a faculty or staff member from UC Irvine or within the UC System who will share their experiences and advice on the technology transfer process and starting companies. The Entrepreneurs Forum at UC Irvine provides an intimate and informative setting for faculty and researchers who are interested in the entrepreneurial process. Attendees will have the opportunity to actively participate in a spirited Q and A session with each speaker.

Thursday, April 23, 2009 -- OCVG/OCTANe Digital Media Mix. How Hot Players are Building Cool Companies. OCVG teams up with OCTANe for our first evening event of '09. Learn from some of the quickest minds in Digital Media how they're challenging the powers that be, raising BIG $$$ from VC's and creating some of the coolest companies on planet earth. As an added bonus, this mega networking event will be hosted at [seven- degrees] in Laguna Beach -- one of the hottest venues in Orange County.Don't miss out. See [link] (mor

I run a company called OCTANe in “a near nirvana neverland” called Orange County, CA. We are driven to help create, grow, support, staff and fund more biomedical and hi-tech companies. More companies created. These unique, high value added companies and sectors produce the And it begins...volume volume 1, chapter 1, section 1, edition 1 etc.

Thursday, March 11, 2010 -- OCTANe Capital Series: Meet RCT Bioventures. Paul is interested in meeting with early-stage medical device companies seeking start-up financing, medical device entrepreneurs, and inventors. Join us as we meet Paul Grand from RCT BioVentures. See [link] (mor

I look forward to seeing our OCTANe "Family" for our Holiday Party on Dec 2 nd . Top 10 reasons OCTANe did not cancel its Holiday Party." (In It is a FREE reception for our members, partners, supporters who have been working with us for years to develop OCTANe into a true, national "innovation development" best practice that continues to grow and get results. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and beginning to the Holiday season. However I have gotten a few comments on "why aren't you cancelling your party given this environment."

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- So you want to start a company... Essentials of Company Formation. OCTANe. Kaye Schoonhoven, UCI professor of organization and management, will discuss "Essential Steps in Company Formation,” focusing on the corporate and management team perspective. If you've ever thought about becoming an entrepreneur, this program is for you. Learn what it takes to start your own business.

Then he parlayed that fame into appearances on major TV shows and ownership stakes in several internet companies. Gary Vaynerchuk came to Mixergy and talk about how he launched and grew Wine Library TV, his high-octane, online show about wine. You’re a wine guy and you get this better than our $400 million company.” This is the story of a guy who plugged a video camera into his computer and made himself into an internet celebrity. The FULL program

It was CardioNet , which is a great company Jim Sweeney started/runs down in San Diego (and participated in OCTANe's CA Medical Device Forum in 2006) at the intersection of health care and wireless data. (Congrats, Is an IPO not a real relevant option for VCs anymore and companies are being "built to be sold; not built to prosper?" I was reading the daily Venture Wire blurb last Friday. Usually these are "quick reads" and sort of a mix between a story in the LA Times and Food and Wine, but the content in this one was particularly fascinating and alarming at the