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Reid Hoffman, CEO and Founder of LinkedIn has some ideas for how to fix the economy, calling for “massive entrepreneurship and innovation to create new jobs through new products and services.”
To read Reid’s ideas, click here.
Lisa Kurek, Managing Partner at BBC Etc., provides you high-level overview of SBIR and STTR grants in the 8 minute video interview.
According to a recent survey of more than 700 health care executives conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Industries Group, 76 percent indicated that the information gathered in electronic health records (EHRs) will be their biggest asset in the next five years. Unfortunately, as is discussed in a January 27, 2010 article in Advance for Health Information Executives, “few organizations are establishing processes to effectively use the massive amount of data being collected.
When it comes to starting and building a life science company, founders and early employees are often focused exclusively on research and development and the next round of funding. They have a firm understanding of their product vision, what that product will do, who it will help and the market they are trying to reach. Unfortunately, few understand the importance, effort and costs associated with commercialization, or getting a finished product to market. All too often, they approach the commercialization process with a false sense of confidence, taking the Field of Dreams approach, “If I build it, they will come.”
