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CATALUNYA AND SPAIN DIFFER OVER NEW RAIL ROUTE, that would be key to Catalan commerce, and in the contentious climate of the independence movement, the Madrid position appears to have ossified irrationally. http://lnkd.in/d9KQBs View in LinkedIn

ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS TRULY ROCK! I have spent most of my adult life meeting many hundreds entrepreneurs and investors, from the US, Japan, UK, Europe, and China. These extraordinary people dream about doing the difficult, and sometimes impossible, against all contrary advice from friends and family. They create new vibrant economic engines which cumulatively are powerful. They are forces of optimism in a sea of grey pessimism, and I have been truly privileged to have the experience of this community. View in LinkedIn

ENTREPRENEURING DURING THE CRISIS. I am a contrarian because I think that the Crisis has a silver lining. It creates discipline in businesses. It jolts societies out of complacency to sometimes do the right thing. And for companies seeking capital it makes the search global not local. International partners bring fresh ideas, talent and markets. For some sectors, and especially emerging companies, unless the capital search is global, the company will die for lack of fuel. Darwinism rules by eliminating the weakest. So bah humbug to the pessimists and nay-sayers: the imaginative will survive. View in LinkedIn

GOOGLE-X IS THE SKUNK WORKS FOR THE IMPROBABLE IDEA, and has earned a reputation for delivering ideas like driverless cars and Google Glass. The difference from many Skunk Works is that it is very well financed. Except for eccentrics like J Craig Venter, most funded biological science projects tend to be orderly, logical and, for the most part, within the box thinking. Imagine a well funded Google-X for the life sciences, and what remarkable wild possibilities could emerge. Live in hope! http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-22/inside-googles-secret-lab View in LinkedIn

A FDA POSITION PAPER ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMALS. The current state of regulatory approval of GE animals. http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/GeneticEngineering/GeneticallyEngineeredAnimals/ucm113605.htm View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIALLY GROWN NEURONS AS A BIOCOMPUTER. Radical work directing the in vitro growth of neurons using infrared light. This pushes the parameters of the mind-computer interface to new levels. It also has applications in medicine for peripheral nerve repair. Exciting stuff. http://lnkd.in/QxJBkU View in LinkedIn

A TREMENDOUS GUIDE TO HOW TO NETWORK. After all, it's a big part of why we use LinkedIn, but the reality is that most of us have rather primitive networking skills, and Dale Carnegie's (ancient) book simply made it worse. Use this very helpful modern outline. http://lnkd.in/yDj6iv View in LinkedIn

A TED LECTURE SPEAKER COACH gives pithy insights about how to give a great presentation. If anybody should know the best and worst ways to present, this person does. A MUST READ. http://lnkd.in/_cCGEu View in LinkedIn

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE RATHER THAN REACTIVE MEDICINE is a must for the future, as this thoughtful article outlines. However, whether this has truly sunk in is the premise of this author who likens the current industry to the dinosaur newspaper industry, who ignored the digital future. Another analogy would be Kodak. His example of efficiencies in healthcare in Denmark are worthy of note. http://lnkd.in/Csdib3 View in LinkedIn

JUNE 3rd BIOBASH, FEATURING OLIVER ROTHSCHILD" "" "LOCATION: The Gild International, Passatge Permanayer 5, Barcelona" "DATE AND TIME: 6-9 pm; June 3" "FEE: 15€ at door" "CAVA AND TAPAS" "SPEAKER: Oliver Rothschild is ADVentura's Chairman. He is a very famous and hugely connected UK strategist and TV personality, has numerous Chairmanships and board seats including The Rockstar Group (SME mentoring) and The Innovation Warehouse (accelerator and incubator). He will give a 20 minute presentation. View in LinkedIn