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THE VA CENTER FOR INNOVATION has engaged in Open Source innovation in search of new ideas (yes, even in Washington!). It appears to have become innovative (really) and multidisciplinary. Worth investigating for public- private collaborative projects. http://lnkd.in/JeYYXb View in LinkedIn

TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS HOW WE LEARN, for sure, as this article amply points out. Mobile Apps enhance our geographical and historical awareness, and Distance Learning is becoming an alternative to classrooms. Perhaps the day is approaching when learning content is tailored to an individual's learning style. Beyond the reach of traditional classrooms, this would be an exciting development. http://m.fastcoexist.com/?m=fastcoexist/node/1681507&url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681507/the-future-of-education-eliminates-the-classroom-because-the-world-is-your-class View in LinkedIn

WHEN PARTNERING OVERSEAS, spend tine selecting the right in-country consultant to help with all levels of the project. Allow time, as it will not occur quickly. Do your homework on second or third tier targets with an interest in your therapeutic category. View in LinkedIn

NANOPHARMACEUTICALS have been at the bench level for decades, despite often compelling data about lower dosing, solving insoluble API issues, getting increased dissolution, and higher bioavailability. As Elan's dominant nano IP has been expiring, and which launched the most marketed nano drugs, there are no obvious contenders in this space today. Elan's business model had fees that excluded all early stage Biopharma companies. There is room for a new entrant with a different model. http://lnkd.in/--VJGn View in LinkedIn

A NICE HISTORY OF THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN B SCHOOLS. Most B Schools have been surprisingly slow adopters of these changes, but once a few key schools were charging, the floodgates opened up. In a world so dominated by social media, no credible school could be without a program today. This history lets you see the early innovators vs the late adopters, and may inform your choice of B School. http://lnkd.in/pdW2mi View in LinkedIn

MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY OPTIMISTIC IN LARGE SURVEY. This is a good sign for the healthcare sector. I am waiting to see more confluence between devices and drugs, and devices and diagnostics in the coming two years. There are great opportunities to use the tremendous advanced in handheld iPhone devices to marry with a range of diagnostic applications. One small Barcelona company has a cancer breath test, that uses a small plug-in to the iPhone to analyze the data; and a TED series entrepreneur developed a urine analyte iPhone readout system. Watch this space, as I am wont to say. http://lnkd.in/BQEwC7 View in LinkedIn

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN POOR COUNTRIES, is a worthy task, here undertaken by an MIT group. Not all brain power needs to be applied to tough first world issues. There are enough really challenging business problems that need solving in the developing world. Please keep us posted! http://lnkd.in/X_hzcj View in LinkedIn

PICTOGRAPHIC OF SURVEY OF 3.000 EARLY STAGE COMPANIES and reasons why they fail. Quite a useful read to see data on failure. Worth studying carefully, with the provision that it's hard to mix tech companies and non-tech companies. http://lnkd.in/XGdZWa View in LinkedIn

TEXAN CANCER AGENCY FUNDING FREEZE THAWS, one more small cumulative signal of an economic recovery in the US. I was in San Francisco last week, and the bay area is showing no signs of the Crisis (except the underclass, whose woes have deepened), with 25% increases in house prices in Marin, restaurants with lines outside, and shopping Malls at capacity parking. Little by little, it is starting. http://lnkd.in/JziZCi View in LinkedIn

IT IS TIME FOR EARLY STAGE BIOPHARMA TO THINK GLOBALLY, since there is an appetite in developing countries to use this economic jumpstart to stimulate their job growth and wealth creation. View in LinkedIn