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

Pascal's View

capital markets are essential and intimately linked to new funding commitments to basic scientific research. But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. Now, the mistake: “Venture capitalists are sitting on plenty of cash and are good at bringing startups to the market. In the 1990s the U.S.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Starting a business requires a strong motivation to solve a problem or fill a gap in the market. 5- To fill a niche in the market Photo Credit: John Murphy I started eBike Generation because of my burning desire for change. Entrepreneurs often have a vision and a passion for their ideas, products, or services.

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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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Working Remotely: Is work From Home Good for Everyone?

Transformify

Our guest today is Neville Mehra who runs Nampora , an all-remote digital marketing and strategy firm. 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. How does it feel to work and travel?

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The 10 Best Brick-And-Mortar Store Experiences

YoungUpstarts

The store offers an amazing customer experience, creating an enormous indoor market that offers up products that may not be widely available and encourages shoppers to slow down and enjoy the scenery rather than rushing through errands. 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

« A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited | Main. | » July 20, 2007. It is more important to prove that a market exists and that a product works than it is to build infrastructure. It is more important to prove that a market exists and that a product works than it is to build infrastructure. April 2013.

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Transcript of Monetize Your Expertise and Thrive

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of Monetize Your Expertise and Thrive written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. Dorie Clark: Particularly if you want to crack the international market, answer these 88 questions, you’ll be good to go.

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