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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Britain’s Apax Partners in cooperation with Baltimore, Maryland’s JMI Equity has purchased the US-Israeli software company Paradigm for $1 billion. Global sales in 2011 were $2.76 Stanley intends to use the 200 employees of AeroScout to establish an R&D center in Israel built around the existing AeroScout framework.

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak" "America Fails the Marshmallow Test" , Paul Krugman Professor Yuen, Kwok-Yung Natasha Martin , UCSD Bacteriophage Therapy Transcript for Out of the Crisis #16, Dr. Robert Schooley Eric Ries : My name is Eric Ries, this is Out of the Crisis. Why are we still not ready?