article thumbnail

Tech Focus: Pressure to Improve Drug Development Drives Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Many academic labs are less interested in market trends and largely ignore competitive landscape and market demands. Born in Syria, Dr. Hanna began his surgical residency at the Aleppo University Medical Center and continued his studies in the United States with the intent to return to Syria to practice surgery.

article thumbnail

Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Tapping into global markets – There are talented people in the world who can’t earn a “global market rate” for their services but when you open them up to global demand – boom! Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. An obvious example of this is oDesk. It is open and empowering. And rebellion.

Syria 361
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions.

article thumbnail

Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions.

article thumbnail

5 Visual Storytelling Trends That are Shaping The Future of Communication

Duct Tape Marketing

In line with this demand, visual stories will increasingly run parallel to our real lives. Or in the Project Syria experience, viewers can feel what it’s like to live in a Syrian refugee camp and sit alongside grieving families as they hear deafening gunfire and rockets overhead. Social Impact Storytelling. Social Impact Storytelling.

Syria 28
article thumbnail

Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

I mean you hope you don't have to deal with it, but I mean if you live in Syria. To talk to other manufacturers and say, "Why don't we organize together and release information about what our daily production is, what our daily deliveries are, what our order rates are, so we reflect demand. It's either leave or die.

Dallas 68
article thumbnail

[INTERVIEW] Kris Thorkelson, Entrepreneur And Business Leader

YoungUpstarts

There are points in their development, especially in the early years, when they demand all of your energy. We understand that you support several worthy causes, including groups that sponsor families immigrating to Canada from war-torn countries like Syria. Kris Thorkelson: Businesses are like children.

Canada 100