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IN M&A NEGOTIATIONS, VALUATION IS USUALLY A HOT TOPIC. You may elect to avoid the topic entirely by structuring your deal as an EARN-OUT. This structure is silent on valuation, except implicitly in the percentage allocations, but a small percent of a large future sum is often more palatable than a tiny valuation at the start. View in LinkedIn

PROGRESS IN FORMING THE NEW RUSSIAN SILICON VALLEY. Russia has invested heavily in an effort to create technology clusters and a critical mass, and by all accounts is making exciting progress. There have been similar efforts all over the world, and new ones keep emerging, ranging from Spain, Taiwan, China, India, Singapore, the UK, Japan, and UAE, to name but a few. This investment in infrastructure is all about creating the next big economic engine and source of well paying jobs in these societies. http://lnkd.in/MPe96q View in LinkedIn

BRILLIANT! THE HULT PRIZE for clever ideas to change the world. This is a humanitarian contribution that bring brains to big global problems and finds exciting solutions. http://lnkd.in/k8wi9J View in LinkedIn

HEALTH ACCELERATORS: a thoughtful overview worth reading. http://lnkd.in/T39yBu View in LinkedIn

ADVENTURA CAPITAL SL IS BEING LAUNCHED AT Barcelona's BioSpring conference March11-13 at the BioCat booth. Chaired by UK celebrity mentor Oliver Rothschild, it is a new portal for Spanish tech companies (Healthcare, IT, and GreenTech) to find partners and capital through international mentors and experts. View in LinkedIn

MARCH 11-13. BARCELONA BIOSPRING CONFERENCE BARCELONA" "" "BREAKING NEWS! As a result of this very helpful working group (thank you all), we are launching a new venture at BioSpring (see BioCat's booth). ADVENTURA CAPITAL is a new Barcelona portal to international partnering and capital. Chaired by the renowned UK Mentor, Oliver Rothschild, we want to add something missing in Catalunyan tech companies: access to foreign capital and partners through international experts and mentors. We will work collaboratively with existing agencies in Spain, not duplicate services. We have teamed up with three law firms (IP, Tech Transfer, and Corporate Law and Tax) to help emerging biopharma, IT, and GreenTech companies. More to follow.. View in LinkedIn

A HUMOROUS PRIMER OF THE WORLD OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TODAY. The root of the ironic humor lies in the fact that so many specialty studies are emerging in the interface of genetic, protein, and other information overloads. These interacting subspecialties are pushing the boundaries of both diving deeper and making a greater connection between the parts. http://lnkd.in/_7urrY View in LinkedIn

ONLINE VERSUS RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION: the debate is defined. But more than that, this conference by Harvard and MIT are challenging the way teaching occurs, making it more interactive, less didactic. This appears to be in response to what students want (and pay for). Back in my day, we were the first medical school to adopt the case study method, and at Harvard College I got the students to teach the class on the molecular basis of disease. Now even all that seems perhaps a bit passé. If these students are being taught differently, they surely will need a different work environment and ethos. http://lnkd.in/P6phae View in LinkedIn

DO YOUNG EMPLOYEES NEED A DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STYLE? This author believes it is the case that Old School leadership is mot what works on the under 35 staffers. Top-down, authoritarian, rigid, very stratified in need to know, secretive and non-inclusive: all classic Old School. But beyond a disastrous era of dot-bomb CEOs with skateboards and pingpong tables, we have not come to terms with a new style of bringing out the best of our young people. And it has to be more than endless praise and total lack of structure. http://www.forbes.com/sites/karlmoore/2011/03/28/porter-or-mintzberg-whose-view-of-strategy-is-the-most-relevant-today/ View in LinkedIn

CHINA AND INDIA will change our planet by 2020, according to BCG. A fascinating report predicting the impact of a rising consumer class in these two great societies on limited resources. Emerging markets, new opportunities, and significant challenges for the coming decades. http://lnkd.in/eu7wTs View in LinkedIn