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| VENTURENET 2002 UPDATE | ||||||||||||||||||||
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CEO Perspectives |
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How To Staff For Startups By Jim Stedt, President Hartley & Associates Software startup companies go through stages of growth and often seek recruiting support along the way. In the beginning, the founders draw on trusted colleagues and contacts. As the software startups grow, the demands for employees exceed the internal network of available talent. The companies need to look outward for recruiting support. But where? Evaluating
the various recruiting methods can be difficult. Even more difficult
is finding consulting recruiting help that can do the job, on time and
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Member
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Will Internet Radio Die? By Timothy Everingham, CEO, Timothy Everingham Consulting With the recent CARP(federal government copyright arbitration panel made up of nongovernmental lawyers) decision that would cost Internet radio broadcasters to pay royalties on a cost per stream(listener) basis and have large costly reporting requirements, it looked like Internet Radio was dead. Since the ruling would have caused Internet radio broadcasters to pay years of back royalties, it would have bankrupted them too. This was even though many of them had been paying the same music licensing fees that regular radio stations had been paying. The Internet radio community felt that the major record companies had maneuvered to trick the arbitration panel into making a decision to kill Internet radio because the major record companies considered Internet radio was something they could not control or influence as well as the regular radio and played a lot of music from small record labels and independents. To do away with Internet radio would eliminate a good source of promoting the major record companies' competitors' products. With little time to try to overturn the ruling of the arbitration board and no one with enough clout to stand by the Internet radio broadcasters to do it, a depression fell upon the Internet radio community; thinking it was just a mater of time before Internet radio would die. more... |
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SOFTWARE INDUSTRY - COMPENSATION SURVEY CRITA
Partners with William M. Mercer, Incorporated http://imercer.com/us/Surveys/SurveyInfo.asp?SurveyID=1109 The Council of Regional Information Technology Associations (CRITA), of which the Software Council is a member, has partnered with William M. Mercer, Incorporated (Mercer) a premier global human resources consulting company to produce the 2002 Software/Information Technology Industry Compensation Survey. This survey promises to be an invaluable tool to determine competitive pay levels for almost 200 jobs in our industry, including key executive positions. The survey provides information on base pay, as well as:
UCLA and Software Council Of Southern California's Regional Software Industry Survey This survey is
aimed at gaining a better understanding of how information and resources
are shared The survey will benchmark the overall strength of the industry in the region, and bring to light some shared opportunities and challenges of firms doing business in Southern California.
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| SCSC NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS | ||||||||||||||||||||
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SCSC is excited to welcome the following new and returning members to the Council. |
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PREFERRED PROVIDER NETWORK |
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Spotlight: E-marcom, Inc. E-marcom, Inc. is an interactive agency specializing in digital marketing including multimedia programming, e-mail marketing, CD/DVD production and CD tracking. We provide cost-effective training, marketing and communication solutions. Local clients include BMC Software, SageTree, Allergan, Mitsubishi, Hoag Hospital and First American Title. We are a Preferred
Provider of the Software Council of Southern California and as such offer
10% off our standard service rates to SCSC members. Please give us a call
at (800) 815-7578 to discuss your marketing needs (Ask for Cathy or e-mail
cathy@e-marcom.net). |
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| STARTUP STRATEGIES: 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Friends
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| TECH COAST FUNDING DIRECTORY | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Available June 2002 Be part of the principal funding reference for Southern California!
Go to www.techcoast.org to be listed in BOTH the printed listing and the online searchable versions. Advertising - Call
714-505-6493 and ask about the opportunities. |
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| SCSC SCRIBE ONLINE AUTHORS | ||||||||||||||||||||
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If you are a SCSC member, we need you to share your
business experiences. Please contribute articles on relevant management,
finance/funding, sales and marketing as well as organization development
issues that drive software and Internet companies. For ideas and inspiration,
contact scribe@scsc.org
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| SCSC Overview and Mission | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Software Council of Southern California (www.scsc.org) is a non-profit industry trade association, comprised of software development organizations as well as those businesses that provide support and services to Southern California's software industry. The organization's mission is to bring people and information together to promote industry economic growth, encourage new technologies and enhance software and Internet entrepreneurship |
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Gruver, Director of Programming, catrina@scsc.org Kristen Messineo, Program Coordinator, kristen@scsc.org Software
Council of Southern California Phone: (310)
328-0043 To Subscribe to the
SCSC Mailing List Click Here |
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