The University of Southern California and the New York Times said this week that the two are partnering to provide online, continuing education courses this fall, across seven different study areas. It's been a busy week or so for local universities in the online education area; just last Thursday, crosstown rival UCLA inked a deal with a Silicon Valley company, Encore Career Insitute, to similarly take its own, adult and continuing education courses from UCLA Extension to online users. MORE

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. This one-day, 8-hour intensive course provides an overview of the SBIR and STTR funding process and helps individuals prepare to write a comprehensive grant proposal. See [link] (more MORE

The site--headed by CEO Jason Nazar--said today that it has launched a selection of expert, video courses , featuring over 100 hours of video. The new video courses include anywhere from 20 to 100 videos, organized by topic, with each video running from two to ten minutes each. MORE

Carpinteria-based online education site lynda.com has tied into a new program from LinkedIn , to highlight courses that users of both sites have completed through the online learning site. lynda online education video courses linkedin jobs resume employment MORE

For close to a decade, Tom Daniel and George Golumbeski comprised perhaps one of the best-known dealmaking duos in biopharma, striking a slew of alliances that established Summit, NJ-based Celgene as one of the more creative, nimble biotech partners in the business. “We MORE

A new, massive open online course (MOOC) from the University of California, Irvine , hopes to teach students all kinds of concepts from social science, public health, mathematics and physics--all based on material from AMC''s television show, "The Walking Dead". MORE

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Google has started a free course meant to teach people about deep learning. So what exactly is deep learning and why would Google start a free course dedicated to it? As one of the biggest tech giants out there, it makes sense for Google to devote an entire course to it. MORE

General Assembly offers up courses on everything from software coding to web design and marketing. General Assembly , the provider of technical skills training, which has an active campus in Santa Monica, says it is will be opening up a new location in Irvine. General Assembly said it has not yet finalized the precise location and opening date, but says it will start hosting events and short workshops throughout Irvine ahead of the new location. MORE

lynda.com said the new iOS app includes resizing to different size screens, offline course and video viewing, and other features. Lynda.com said both apps provide access to more than 110,000 videos from 2,600 courses. lynda mobile learning education video courses course MORE

Thursday, May 7, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase I Grant Proposal Course. This two-day course explores the ins and outs of bookkeeping and accounting procedures for government contracts and clearly defines requirements of the Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA). See [link] (more MORE

To my surprise, when I told the Dean that I was learning nothing from the Core courses, he simply asked me what I wanted to take. I have included UCSB’s catalog course numbers in the event a student is interested in learning more about a particular class. MORE

In an email to supporters, Nazar said Monday that the company is looking to partner with experts, to shoot courses around such subjects as getting customers, learning online software, marketing, raising money, and other business topics. The company said the courses can be created by users remotely, or shot at its production studio in Santa Monica--and that it would also look to pay those experts for their expertise. docstoc business video course premium documents MORE

And while his online course @Udacity is great, it’s missing the classroom experience. Tuesday, June 6, 2017 -- Steve Blank is THE person to learn from about Entrepreneurship. In his Lean LaunchPad Stanford class he makes you question: - What significant pain point is your startup addressing? Does the world urgently need the pain point to be addressed? - Do you have a unique, differentiated approach to addressing it? MORE

And even when calculated correctly often CAC’s are assumed to be constant but of course they’re not. Of course this is an imprecise science which is why you measure both methods. Of course it’s a collaborative effort — I’m just saying to involve bean counters in the discussion! MORE

But most important is your ability to stay the course. If you believe it and you stay the course, you will find your way to success. Stay the course. The post Stay the Course – Create Success with Relentless Commitment appeared first on Eric Greenspan. Patience, it’s not only a virtue, it’s a requirement for success. Rarely does anything build and become valuable over night and usually, if it does, it will fall as fast. MORE

Thursday, April 23, 2009 -- Charting Your Company's Course using Hoshin Kanri Techniques. ASP Orange County's Akhilesh Gulati introduces us to Hoshin Kanri, a systematic quality approach to planning, executing, auditing and managing corporate visions and business strategies on a companywide basis. At this session you will learn what Hoshin Kanri planning is, how it relates to six sigma, the FADIR methodology and related 7MP tools. See [link] (more MORE

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced this morning that it has released a number of online training courses, to coincide with the release of Microsoft's Office 2013 and Office 365. video software course training office microsoft lynda MORE

A new, Santa Barbara-based startup, Schoolofbookkeeping.com , launched this week, offering up online courses for bookkeepers, accountants, business owners, and accounting students. The online site offers up a catalog of online, video courses, around such topics as using QuickBooks and basics of bookkeeping, with an initial course focused on the bookkeeping fundamentals using QuickBooks. MORE

And of course fudging never produces world-class results, so many companies suffer from mediocrity. And while leaders set direction, of course it is teams that deliver results. Lead — It’s hard to be a real leader. Decisions are never black or white, so most people fudge. MORE

Carpinteria-based online education provider lynda.com said late Friday that it is expanding out its library of courses, with a new set of programming courses aimed at accelerating web development. Accrding to lynda.com, it has launched a new set of courses covering everything from technology like CoffeeScript and AngulusJS, to teaching coding to children. lynda development courses learning class education MORE

Of course all lives matter. She asks those who agree to stand and of course nobody stands, to which she rightly says … “That says very plainly, you know what’s happening, you know you don’t want it for you, I want to know why you’re so willing to accept it or to allow it to happen for others.” MORE

Of course YouTube has huge traffic, but it’s different. So of course I want to publish on Snapchat! Of course I fund people outside of that age range but statistically startup founders of VC-backed tech companies are more likely in that range. MORE

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 -- SBIR/STTR Phase II Grant Proposal Course. This one-day, 8-hour course will help individuals understand the SBIR/STTR Phase II grant proposal process and will give participants key tools to use in preparing their proposal. See [link] (more MORE

More simply put, it’s an online portal to access university level arts and creative courses. There are also a three tiers of membership to suit specific student needs: Free: Enroll in any available course, watch video lectures, participate in forums. Premiun: Submit assignments, receive grades, build and share portfolio and resume, receive discounts in the Kadenze bookstore, and take courses for credit. I don’t like when people say: “I’m just not creative”. MORE

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San Diego-based Origin Code Academy , a coding shcool operator, said this morning that it has launched evening courses for students in San Diego. The company said it is offering up programmer training courses in the evening, to accomodate those individuals hoping to make a career shift but who can't abandon their current daytime schedule. origin code academy coding school programming language courses MORE

Encore explained that its offerings will be based on UCLA Extension's content and courses. capital venture startup career poizner steve courses college education hollywood entertainment ucla learning online encoreA new, venture backed online education company, Encore Career Institute , headed by Steve Poizner, said today that it has linked with the UCLA Extension to offer up professional certificates and career counseling online. MORE

Silicon Beach Startup 101 Course. A comprehensive course on how to build a successful startup from A to Z. Course Costs: 5 Days – $599 (Early Bird till July 26). Overview: Over the course of 5 days, you will learn not only what an MVP, proof of concept, go-to-market strategy, and user experience design are, but also learn to pitch, meet with real investors and mentors and learn from already successful startups. Where technology meets the beach. MORE

2tor , the provider of online, graduate program and courses which has strong links to the University of Southern California , has scored a $10M revolving line of credit, the firm said today. 2tor education venture capital credit line finance online school coursesAccording to 2tor, the credit line comes from Comerica Bank, and will be used to fund growth and its strategic initiatives. MORE

Artificial intelligence is a booming business in 2017, but one that also comes with significant baggage in the form of public misunderstanding, potential job losses, and fear. Last fall, A.I. competitors Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, and Google banded together to form the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society , an industry-led attempt to get ahead of the many social, ethical, and economic issues presented by the advent of technology with increasingly human-like capabilities. MORE

But of course customers will have to do some technical work to migrate products and will lose DataSift functionality that Twitter / Gnip does not possess directly. Of course we’re also showing them the power and size of Facebook data along with our dozens of other sources. MORE

The two said the new online course an be completed part time, and will take around six months to complete. alteryx predictive data analytics software school course education udacityIrvine-based analytics software developer Alteryx said on Wednesday that it has linked up with online education provider Udacity, to offer up a "nanodegree" focused on data science. MORE

Hold it! These are confusing terms. When does a budget become obsolete? Do we rely upon constant changes and call it a forecast? So, let’s spend a few moments defining this sometimes-confusing set of terms. MORE

Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the online music startup of former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said today that the firm has inked a deal with Berkleemusic.com, the online continuing education division of the Berklee College of Music, to partner on a set of online music courses. According to Topspin, the two will work together to develop online music courses designed to teach artists, managers and labels on effective use of Topspin's platform. MORE