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Strong education about technology remains woefully behind. You are required to study language, society, history, culture, and the arts. But you are not required to study technology-- not a single course is required. So each year a huge population of college students still graduate with barely a clue about the technology concepts and languages that will powerfully shape their work, their play, and their lives. Here's a stark example: To graduate with a Letters, Arts, and Sciences degree from the UC system (or most colleges), you are required to takes courses in physical and life sciences.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 -- City of Los Angeles Technology and Education Summit. The purpose of the City of Los Angeles Technology and Education Summit is to support education, economic development, and the proliferation of information technology. See [link] (mor

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. He graduated from Rhodes College and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA). Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 -- City of Los Angeles Technology and Education Summit. It is spearheaded by Randi Levin the city��s CTO and IT General Manager, and is the city��s one and only annual technology event. The purpose of the conference is to provide purchasing opportunities for mid-level and senior-level IT buyers from government, education, and corporate. The event features a full day of presentations, networking and exhibits. See [link] (mor

Technology transfer and academic spinouts, despite their deep technology roots and barriers to entry, are notoriously difficult to get funded and spun out of universities. Tags: technology university venture capital transfer educatio The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation , the effort of the University of Southern California to foster innovation within its campus and the community, has been turning an eye to how to more effectively spin out academic efforts into companies. The institute said today that it has just published a white paper focused on helping universities

Irvine-based eGuardian , a provider of service aimed at protecting children on the web, has partnered with safety education firm i-SAFE, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. eGuardian develops technology for verifying the age, gender, and location of children on web sites. SAFE is a nonprofit which educates consumers about Internet safety. i-SAFE As part of the deal, i-SAFE will offer eGuardian's products as part of its educational program for schools from kindergarten to 12th grade.

But how do you convince millions of people that need to be educated that they have a document management problems to upload their documents in the first place? Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capita On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs.  After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. 

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , a developer of Wi-Fi networking devices which provide higher bandwidth and coverage than standard Wi-Fi access points, reported this week that it has deployed its Wi-Fi arrays at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan. The win at the university is the latest in a long string of educational wins for Xirrus. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. The firm said it will provide coverage throughout the University's campus, covering 11 buildings and supporting 4,300 students.

The firm's web site now lists Menlo Park as its headquarters, after it raised funding from Battery Ventures, Western Technology Investment, and angel Gokul Rajaram. Tags: edufire education video venture capita eduFire , an startup which offers online video classes, apparently has relocated to Menlo Park from Santa Monica, after raising $1.3M in a Series A funding.