Saturday, March 14, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. With a newly open economy and a powerful technology industry, India offers attractive global marketing opportunities for tech companies in California. India, the world's largest democracy, offers an important growth market for American tech companies. Investment, intellectual property, RandD and innovation are starting to flow in both directions: almost every blue chip venture capital partnership now has an Indian operation. Equally important, Indian investors such as Baring have begun looking to the US for opportunities.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: Last Customer Standing - How to Market to the Federal Government. In times of economic trouble, when private companies are cutting spending and state governments cannot pay their vendors, the U.S. Federal Government remains the world's largest customer; one that pays its bills with opportunities for startup companies and small businesses in nearly every field.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: A Comprehensive View of Social Marketing, Social Media, and Social Networks. What separates successful companies from unsuccessful ones is often marketing. With more and more consumers online though, it��s not enough to have a marketing strategy based on traditional media outlets �� you need Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social platforms can be low-cost marketing tools (great for anyone in this economic climate!) that generate buzz and drive purchasing

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum . marketing site. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. The basic

was in charge of all product management and marketing for the first year-and-a-half, that was a great learning experience with a very talented team of folks. have also attended Thursday Lunch ( thursdaylunch.com ), Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum , and Digital LA . Lou is a friend and colleague from UCLA Anderson. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum . Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller

Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- "Building a Virtually Integrated Life Sciences Company" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Big Pharma as an integrated business from basic scientific research all the way through to marketing, manufacturing, and distribution is rapidly changing as more biotechnology innovation is coming straight from the laboratories of universities and independent research institutions. Smaller companies, often startups, are also using technologies developed The traditional business model dominating the pharmaceutical industry for over 100 years is rapidly eroding under new drivers for innovation and increasing financial pressures.

Review: None Added 11/8/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Sites: www.entforum.caltech.edu , twitter.com/CaltechMITForum Self-description: " About the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum The Caltech/MIT Enterprise forum is a joint venture of Caltech's Industrial Relations Center, Caltech’s Office of Technology Transfer, the Caltech Alumni Association and the MIT Alumni Association. Mission The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Will new technologies drive market dominance or are entirely new business models required? Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- New Media Revenue Models: Growing Greenbacks in the Digital Ecosystem. The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before.

MIT Enterprise Forum of San Diego. Where are the most attractive opportunities for entrepreneurial businesses in this dynamic market? Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- Converging Technologies for Health Information: A New Venture Frontier / Entrepreneurial Opportunities: the $40 Billion Stimulus and Beyond. With billions of stimulus funding, the US government is encouraging national adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: Winemaking in Santa Barbara County - A World of Entrepreneurs. All the rest are entrepreneurial enterprises founded by winemakers, growers, gentlemen farmers, retired CEOs and others in a crazy-quilt of interconnecting relationships. What global forces, and what technological, market and demographic changes are coming? Just forty years ago, there were fewer than 200 acres of vineyards in Santa Barbara County. Since then, hundreds of wineries have sprung up and thousands of acres are