Wednesday, November 7, 2012 -- How to Grow your Business in Tough Economic Times. Celebrate after Election Day at our Clean Technology Council workshop. Our keynote speaker is Ken Norland. His organization helped create 67,098 new jobs in 2011. Ken will present break though strategies in business planning, staffing and funding?powerful MORE >>

Club W , the personalized wine subscription service at AmplifyLA, has doubled down with accelerators, and is part of a new class of startups announced by 500Startups earlier this week. 500Startups said that ClubW--founded by Xander Oxman, Mark Lynn, Geoff McFarlane--was selected as part of its fifth class of accelerator companies. READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Lots of people do or will depend upon your leadership in driving growth, stability, and profitability. There will always be times when salespersons or associates provide you with projections for future sales that reflect their inherent optimism. Some of us who’ve had extensive experience in senior management have lived by a rule of the 50’s.  MORE >>

San Diego-based wireless communications module developer On-Ramp Wireless announced Wednesday that Kevin Hell, the former CEO of DivX, has joined the company as President and CEO. Hell headed by DivX until its acquisition by Sonic Solutions in October of 2010, and most recently was chairman of the EvoNexus startup incubator run by CommNexus. MORE >>

Sherman Oaks, CA – November 1, 2012 -Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP announced that it advised IRIS International, Inc. NASDAQ: IRIS) in the completion of its acquisition by Danaher Corporation.  per share.  Upon completion of the merger, IRIS has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danaher. To view the full press release, click here. MORE >>