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Business Week Report on “Radical Future of R&D” Misses Critical Capital Markets Link in Innovation Ecosystem

Pascal's View

But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. Publicly traded emerging growth companies are the most rapid job creation engine in America, and successfully harvesting the long-term economic growth fruits from basic scientific research is tethered to this post-IPO job creation engine. In the 1990s the U.S.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. I took this picture of Rob, Michael Galpert, and Danny Wen of Harvest. He was an interesting guy and I watched him throughout a bunch of interesting projects, like a complete open source business where all the employees got to make the decisions.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The motivation to empower others to take control of their food source, to understand the process from seed to plate, and to experience the fulfillment of harvesting their produce was the driving force behind Urban Organic Yield. Thanks to Lindsey Hyland, Urban Organic Yield ! #7- Thanks to Nick Brose, Titan Media Collective ! #12-

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Working Remotely: Is work From Home Good for Everyone?

Transformify

I started working remotely as a freelancer back in 2007, and then became a digital nomad in 2012, traveling to/living in over 120 cities in 50 countries since then. At Nampora, we use Harvest to track our billable hours and generate invoices. Neville, lots of people dream of becoming digital nomads but few make the move.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

crowdSPRING Blog

Since 2007 it’s helped find, fund, and nurture technology companies out of its 65,000 square foot workspace in downtown’s Lyric Opera building. Daily passes are $30, but you can harvest an entire month’s worth of visits for $310. 20 N Upper Wacker Dr #1200. Merchandise Mart Plaza. Suite 1212.

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The 10 Best Brick-And-Mortar Store Experiences

YoungUpstarts

Customers can do everything — from having their own peanut butter freshly ground to stocking up on olives from an olive bar to getting a sustainably-harvested piece of salmon cut and marinated. Macy’s also has a notable store in downtown Chicago, which it took over from Marshall Fields in 2007.

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Thoughts for New Angels - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

» July 20, 2007. It is a never ending process of innovation, Identification of opportunity; marshalling resources; action/exploitation; and, harvesting. It is a never ending process of innovation, Identification of opportunity; marshalling resources; action/exploitation; and, harvesting. Thoughts for New Angels.

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