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Verdezyne Gains Patent

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Carlsbad-based Verdezyne , the venture backed developer of biofuels technology, said today that it has been granted a United States Patent. The firm said the patent, No. The organisms are used in converting its feedstocks into ethanol and other products. The patent was filed on March 11, 2011. According to the U.S.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

The Alliance estimates that Southern California’s tech community could be one-third the size of Silicon Valley’s by supporting or further developing the six pillars it already has for innovation to occur.

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Financing with grants, not equity or debt

Berkonomics

The company created a product that could be delivered as a service to medical clinicians anywhere in the world, enhancing their ability to understand their patents’ problems and needs in less time, using the expertise built into an AI expert system created by the best minds in many medical specialties.

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You Need A Strategic Process For Long-Term Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, in this new world of pervasive interactivity, it’s time to rethink even how to develop a strategy. Market change happens too frequently these days, and organizations need to quickly change course just to survive. Who are involved at what time, what are the roles, how is participation organized?

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10 Ways Leaders Must Change As The Business Matures

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. Organize your work before you begin. Most startups begin first, and think about organization later. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.”

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5 Steps To Locking In The Right New Venture Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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Can you finance your company with grants?

Berkonomics

The company has created a product that can be delivered as a service to medical clinicians anywhere in the world, enhancing their ability to understand their patents’ problems and needs in less time, using the expertise built into an expert system created by the best minds in many medical specialties.

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