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BLOGGING & ONLINE MEDIA: CRACKING THE CODE
By Julia Zamorska, Ruder Finn/West
Online media and social networking sites have evolved into essential components of a successful communications strategy for technology companies of all sizes. While there has been much hype and even some confusion around how to tap online and social media sites most effectively to benefit your business, technology companies should take solace in the fact that they do not need to spend millions of dollars to be successful in this arena.
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LEADERSHIP FROM EARLY STAGE TO IPO OR BUYOUT
By Mike Schoettle, member Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles Executive Committee and former partner at Heidrick & Struggles
Recently a Southern California organization recognized nine successful technology companies in early stage to ramp up that had revenues from under one million to over eight million dollars. The motivation of the leaders of these companies was striking. Why? All of them were passionate about the value they were delivering to their customers. It wasn’t the money. It was the contribution that was most significant. This perspective is too often overlooked, and yet it is often a major factor in the success of a business.
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5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR PRICING
By Rafi Mohammed, founder, Culture of Profit LLC
Are you charging the “right price” for your product? This is a question that every company I’ve met struggles with and for good reason. After all of the hard work, stress, and money you’ve invested to bring a product or service to market, your pay-off depends on the prices you set
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Greg Lebsack of ASP Global Services
By Steve Stallman
There are many mysteries in life, such as where is my missing sock or what is the meaning of life itself. One company has found a way to help. Although you will have to look elsewhere for the meaning of life, they can help you find and track almost everything else. That company is called ASP Global Services and they have the answers to what many companies desire. Total visibility across a wide platform of the supply chain, including Order Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and EDI.
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PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESSES - ADDITIONAL TAX DISCLOSURES AHEAD
By Carl H. Sasaki, Partner, Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP
All business owners would like to pay the least amount of tax legally possible and often implement tax strategies to accomplish that goal. Because today’s tax laws are so complex and conclusions among practitioners and tax authorities vary, taxpayers can no longer be assured that a tax position will be sustained if challenged.
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Q1 CORPORATE REAL ESTATE TENANT’S GUIDE
By Dave Toomey, Principal, CRESA Partners
Los Angeles Overview
The class A office leasing market in Los Angeles showed further signs of slowing in the first quarter of 2008. Net absorption of class A product was a negative 1.1 million square feet, pushing the countywide vacancy rate to 10.2%. This is the first negative absorption since the fourth quarter of 2003 and the first time the class A vacancy rate has topped 10% since the fourth quarter of 2005. Quoted rents were up 13% from a year earlier, but up only 1.6% from the fourth quarter of 2007.
Orange County Overview
For the fourth consecutive quarter, vacancy rates have increased in Orange County from 11.2% in fourth quarter of 2007 to 12.5% in the first quarter of 2008. The increase can be attributed to the negative absorption of 1,201,923 square feet and the 46 class A and B office buildings delivered this quarter totaling 948,054 square feet.
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