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Despite the huge investments, regulatory burdens, and uncertain market place, Burrill talks about how venture businesses investing in the life sciences industry make money. He stresses the importance of creating a perceived value (which is much higher than the actual value) as well as taking advantage of global arbitrage of technology having a higher value in certain parts of the world as compared to others.
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English Architecture: Making England in the Shadow of Rome, 410-1130
Gresham College / Art & Architecture
When the English nation rose out of the ruins of the Roman Province of Britannia, people remained obsessed with their Roman past. Seismic social and political change in 1066 barely upset the vision of patrons and architects and Rome remained England's cultural capital driving the imagination of its architects.
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Armen Berjikly, Founder and CEO of Experience Project, shares the basic concept behind the company: a portal for people to share experiences with others in a similar situation. He illustrates by giving an example of a young mother diagnosed with breast cancer. He notes that his portal offered her an opportunity to talk to people who had similar experiences and thereby making her journey less painful.
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The chemical mode of action of omeprazole is expected to be insensitive to its stereochemistry, making clinical trials of the proposed virtues of a chiral switch crucial. Design of the clinical trials is discussed in the context of marketing. Otolaryngologist Dr. Dianne Duffey provides a clinician's perspective on the testing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, on the FDA approval process, on clinical trial system, on off-label uses, and on ...more
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Komisar sees social entrepreneurship is taking off. There is a group of highly motivated people wanting to make a difference but who are not as concerned with making money and are creating drastic innovations in business models. There is an incredible level of commitment from these folks and hopefully a bright future ahead of them, he adds.
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Early in 2002, Musk started doing some research on space. Every other sector where technology was used had improved dramatically but he did not understand why space exploration not done so. He talks about the idea behind project Mars Oasis and his visits to Moscow to buy a Russian launch. Following his visit he put together a group of experts to study the feasibility of making lower cost launches in the US.
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Kawasaki talks about the essence of Selling the Dream, his new book. You need evangelists, those who sell your dream, he says. The way to get others to believe in your dream is to show them you're making the world a better place, he adds. Kawasaki uses Google as an example of a company that has changed the world and has evangelists supporting their cause and spreading the word.
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Mandelbaum recommends trying to meet someone that has connections in the venture capital community. It is very difficult to approach a venture firm unsolicited, but much easier with the introduction of an influential person in the community. Take advantage of opportunities to get in touch with venture capitalists, she suggests.
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Earl talks about how EA is good at figuring out early on if a game is not going to be successful and starting over before it is too late. EA brings a compliment of distribution, marketing, resources, larger teams, better technology, and high caliber designers, artists, and engineers to help increase the chances of creating a successful game, he says.
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Danger was able to break into the US market by convincing wireless carriers to adopt a fixed rate pricing scheme for the device, which is almost essential in the minds of Americans for using services like AIM and web surfing. The Asian and European markets are further ahead and calls are cheaper, making it more difficult for the Hiptop to be profitable.
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Kelley further describes his passion and what design means to him. He describes design as a process of having a combination of ideas in the head that need to be organized, while making a leap of faith about how it will be presented. It is a totally enjoyable experience, he says, there's a zen moment where time goes by and you lose track of everything. He presents a few design projects, including Personal Sky, SpyFish and weather-related in...more
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Entrepreneurs are far less successful when they are trying to make money--they are much more successful when they have a mission to change the world. No matter what you do, Khosla says, you have to be foolish to do what an entrepreneur attempts. Whatever your value proposition is, it should have the goal of making the world a better place and you should feel passionately about your contribution. If you don't have this and you run into an o...more
