Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25a00416-7fe8-41fd-92fd-4cd6d21cbc5e Date 10/21/2013 Company Name Arcturus Therapeutics Mailing Address 3210 Merryfield Row San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Arcturus Therapeutics is poised to become an industry leader in the application of RNAi technologies for the treatment of disease and improved quality of life. The company’s aim is to develop breakthrough technology and … Continue reading “Arcturus Therapeutics Garners $5,000,000 Series A Round”
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Please, Keep Paying $80 a Month for Cable So I Can Enjoy Cheap TV
Dear Cable TV Subscriber, I don’t think I’ve ever told you how grateful I am. I haven’t paid a cent for cable television since 2009. Yet I have on-demand access via the Internet to a growing cornucopia of great shows like Game of Thrones, Homeland, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad, at reasonable à la carte … Continue reading “Please, Keep Paying $80 a Month for Cable So I Can Enjoy Cheap TV”
San Diego Bucks U.S. Trend in VC Funding, & Top 20 Area Deals
In contrast to the trend nationwide, more than two-thirds of the venture capital deployed in San Diego during the third quarter went into life sciences startups, according to data released today as part of the MoneyTree Report. Venture funding for life sciences startups has been shrinking nationally, while software is booming. VC firms invested almost … Continue reading “San Diego Bucks U.S. Trend in VC Funding, & Top 20 Area Deals”
VC Funding for Software Jumps in MoneyTree Report, and Top 10 Deals
Venture capital firms invested $7.8 billion in 1,005 deals throughout the United States during the three months that ended September 30, according to the MoneyTree Report being released today. It was a 12 percent increase in dollars and a 5 percent rise in deals compared to the second quarter of 2013, when VCs invested close … Continue reading “VC Funding for Software Jumps in MoneyTree Report, and Top 10 Deals”
TextPower Secures $525,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b4f6589-5798-4170-934f-047771f15dea Date 10/18/2013 Company Name TextPower Mailing Address 27134-A Paseo Espada San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Company Description TextPower, Inc., was formed by two veteran entrepreneurs with deep experience in the wireless industry. We believe that there is a significant role to be played in the connectivity between people and machines that … Continue reading “TextPower Secures $525,000 Series A Financing Round”
MediaShift Obtains $157,500 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af7babe4-8927-4758-b2e1-7cca84c1592a Date 10/18/2013 Company Name MediaShift Mailing Address 20062 S.W. Birch Street Newport Beach, CA 92660 Company Description We are marketers & technologists — a powerful combination that’s changing the landscape for advertisers, publishers, & Internet network providers. MediaShift is a digital advertising technology company that monetizes private Internet networks while offering … Continue reading “MediaShift Obtains $157,500 New Financing”
Seragon Pharmaceuticals Obtains $30,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f8b7d45-d909-483f-ab39-96b14135c38a Date 10/18/2013 Company Name Seragon Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 12780 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description Seragon Pharmaceuticals is developing small-molecule drugs for the treatment of estrogen receptor dependent breast cancer. Website http://www.seragonpharm.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes This financing provides … Continue reading “Seragon Pharmaceuticals Obtains $30,000,000 Series A Financing”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: IPOs, Illumina, KFx Medical, & More
The surge in U.S. initial public offerings has continued. According to the IPO experts at Renaissance Capital, there have been 44 healthcare IPOs across the country so far this year—the most in any sector. By my tally, at least 10 San Diego companies have filed for IPOs. Details on the latest filings are here, along … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: IPOs, Illumina, KFx Medical, & More”
Oblong Industries Lands $8,781,638 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=af1ff6ea-096a-48a5-adb9-23d7edd7e587 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Oblong Industries Mailing Address 923 E Third St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Company Description Oblong’s technology platform brings data sets, workspaces, and communications channels to life across multiple screens. It allows interaction from any number or type of input devices simultaneously, including touch screens, phones, and tablets. … Continue reading “Oblong Industries Lands $8,781,638 New Funding Round”
SourceAudio Secures $1,200,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94cf4f93-99f3-4114-a497-c87435470c88 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name SourceAudio Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90004 Company Description SourceAudio is a SaaS platform that solves all search and distribution issues inherent in the music licensing business today. They have partnered with more than 70 production music libraries, catalogs, labels and composers to launch the largest … Continue reading “SourceAudio Secures $1,200,000 Seed Funding”
InvestCloud Secures $8,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=669f6684-f4fe-4976-bc78-2a60e101af0f Date 10/16/2013 Company Name InvestCloud Mailing Address 8800 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Company Description InvestCloud intuitive design is focused on usability and the interaction between the computer and the user for financial tasks. The result is a clean and obvious result that has been designed by users for users. … Continue reading “InvestCloud Secures $8,000,000 New Funding Round”
BlueYield Receives Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e954f70-8674-464a-84e3-500561da2b7b Date 10/16/2013 Company Name BlueYield Mailing Address 15 Enterprise Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Company Description BlueYield facilitates an automotive financial community that serves the interests of lenders, lead sources, affinity groups and consumers. Our objective is to bring efficiency and order to the direct auto finance marketplace allowing all participants to … Continue reading “BlueYield Receives Series A Funding Round”
Sofie BioSciences Lands $5,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7a1f9539-65b0-4951-b433-729334c4c17e Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Sofie BioSciences Mailing Address 6162 Bristol Pkwy. Culver City, CA 90230 Company Description By empowering a wide array of researchers with valuable, translational imaging tools, we are removing the dependency, cost, and complexity from PET. Website http://www.sofiebio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Sofie BioSciences Lands $5,000,000 Series A Round”
Exagen Diagnostics Obtains $5,016,977 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=daa0ffd1-13de-40a6-b273-ca2663f43b30 Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Exagen Diagnostics Mailing Address 1261 Liberty Way Vista, CA 92081 Company Description Exagen Diagnostics Inc. discovers, validates and commercializes small sets of genomic markers, providing prognostic reagents for commercial laboratory testing and for pharmaceutical use in clinical trials. In leading the development of a new class of … Continue reading “Exagen Diagnostics Obtains $5,016,977 New Funding”
Two California Startups Create BitDazzle to Take Bitcoin Mainstream
Cashie Commerce, a San Diego startup that provides a purchasing platform for online merchants, has partnered with San Francisco-based Coinbase to create BitDazzle, a new online marketplace that accepts the digital currency Bitcoin. The move comes just weeks after the feds shut down the illicit trafficking website Silk Road—where all transactions were conducted using Bitcoins—and … Continue reading “Two California Startups Create BitDazzle to Take Bitcoin Mainstream”
JOBS Act Fallout: Do New Rules Mean Don’t Talk Money on Demo Day?
What started off as the usual demo day for the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in New York quickly showed how the JOBS Act’s new rules on fundraising have clamped down the way startups pitch—or have they? Over and over, the audience at last month’s ERA demo day was told the companies on stage were not seeking funding, … Continue reading “JOBS Act Fallout: Do New Rules Mean Don’t Talk Money on Demo Day?”
Embarke Garners $1,250,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f7791050-7510-4e18-992c-f9f7ec9cd942 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Embarke Mailing Address 600 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description Embarke increases engagement and revenue for marketers by automatically improving how they message with their customers. Improve communications between Marketers and their Customers, benefiting BOTH sides. Website http://www.embarke.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,250,000 … Continue reading “Embarke Garners $1,250,000 Seed Funding”
GoDaddy Acquires Media Temple for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e21e9428-2d6b-424c-8a2f-94d05162daf9 Date 10/15/2013 Company Name Media Temple Mailing Address 8520 National Blvd Bldg A Culver City, CA 90232 Company Description Media Temple, Inc. is an industry-leading, privately held, profitable web hosting and software application services company based in California. Since 1998, our company has provided businesses worldwide with reliable, professional-class network environments … Continue reading “GoDaddy Acquires Media Temple for Undisclosed Sum”
The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are
[Updated: 1:15 pm PT 11/10/13] People love to rank U.S. biotech clusters. Most of these reports are full of data on venture financing, patents, jobs, and NIH funding. But many are riddled with flawed and biased methodology, and are usually designed to push a political agenda. These rankings, which many people take at face value, … Continue reading “The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are”
Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen
If you wanted to build a central information hub for the kitchen—connecting consumers with recipe ideas, ingredient lists, shopping assistance, and cooking instructions—you’d probably break the problem down into a few steps. First you’d build the world’s most powerful recipe search engine. Then you’d add filters to help people discover dishes they like, and avoid … Continue reading “Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen”
AnaptysBio Secures $2,022,117 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d658caf-87b7-4ae1-87d7-21c6e9130ab3 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name AnaptysBio Mailing Address 10421 Pacific Center Court San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Founded in 2005, AnaptysBio is a privately-held therapeutic antibody company and the leader in the use of somatic hypermutation, or SHM, for antibody discovery and optimization. SHM is the body’s natural process for generating … Continue reading “AnaptysBio Secures $2,022,117 New Financing Round”
DanceOn Lands $4,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2293cde7-e3f4-4e4a-9ee6-c44ecdfec537 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name DanceOn Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90049 Company Description DanceOn is the next generation of dance entertainment, creating premium programming ranging from original dance videos, reality competition shows, docu-series, scripted content, and bringing you the latest dance trends. We make our content accessible through all digital … Continue reading “DanceOn Lands $4,000,000 New Round”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Tandem Diabetes, Ligand, and More
The IPO market for life sciences startups in San Diego and elsewhere remains hot, and diabetes device maker Tandem Diabetes Care joined the local parade of IPOs. We’ve got the overview, along with a wrap-up of the rest of San Diego’s life sciences news. —San Diego-based Tandem Diabetes Care filed for a $100 million IPO, … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Tandem Diabetes, Ligand, and More”
Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High
Venture deal activity hit a 12-year high during the third quarter, and big VC investments in Uber, Kymeta, and Flipboard helped push venture funding for U.S. mobile startups over $1 billion for the first time, according to a report today from CB Insights. The New York financial data firm says the 857 venture deals nationwide … Continue reading “Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High”
DogVacay Lands $15,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7e063d24-4f8a-49fc-aba0-04fe174d6657 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name DogVacay Mailing Address 225 Arizona Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Our company motto is ‘Why should humans have all the fun?’ because creating positive experiences for dogs is our mission. Dog Vacay is a community where dog lovers can connect with one another to find … Continue reading “DogVacay Lands $15,000,000 Series B Financing”
GreenWave Reality Lands $19,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=846344f6-1893-4fde-bab7-20c7119faf2b Date 10/10/2013 Company Name GreenWave Reality Mailing Address 39 Parker Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description GreenWave Reality is a global innovator in the emerging Home Energy Management market. Website http://www.greenwavereality.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $19,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes GreenWave will use the funding to accelerate the … Continue reading “GreenWave Reality Lands $19,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Achates Power Refuels with $35M for Cleaner, Fuel-Efficient Engine
San Diego’s Achates Power says today it has raised $35.2 million in a Series C round of venture financing to advance its opposed-piston engine, saying its cleaner and more fuel-efficient design is gaining traction throughout the automotive industry. Although details about the company’s work with automakers remains under wraps, Achates CEO David Johnson says the … Continue reading “Achates Power Refuels with $35M for Cleaner, Fuel-Efficient Engine”
Startups Thrive on Competition, Not Non-Competes
It’s time to stop pretending that people are DVDs. It’s time to get rid of employee non-competes. A DVD is a simple piece of plastic that only has value because someone (often a company) filled it with useful information, like a movie or a computer program. A blank DVD isn’t very valuable, but a DVD … Continue reading “Startups Thrive on Competition, Not Non-Competes”
Steve Blank’s UCSF Class Tests “Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship”
Conventional wisdom says the techniques that help today’s technology startups get to market fast—or, just as likely, fail fast, freeing the founders to start over—don’t work in the life sciences. Rapid product iteration based on agile software development methods; continuous business-model adjustments using customer feedback; cloud outsourcing to increase capital efficiency—all these strategies are seen … Continue reading “Steve Blank’s UCSF Class Tests “Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship””
Dollar Shave Club Garners $12,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=153173bc-76e2-4707-ad4c-44fb885cdd9d Date 10/9/2013 Company Name Dollar Shave Club Mailing Address P.O. Box 5481 Santa Monica, CA 90409 Company Description The company offers a monthly subscription service for grooming supplies. Website http://www.dollarshaveclub.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to expand … Continue reading “Dollar Shave Club Garners $12,000,000 Series B Round”
Cirro Garners $8,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ff36c67-202d-4404-afa1-e81a97efe937 Date 10/9/2013 Company Name Cirro Mailing Address 31920 Del Obispo San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Company Description In the world of distributed data, cloud computing and big data there is a need to access any data, anywhere, at any time without having to be a programmer or DBA. Cirro is disrupting … Continue reading “Cirro Garners $8,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
Achates Power Receives $35,200,000 Series C Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dd3a81bf-7487-4554-9138-ad7307899f61 Date 10/9/2013 Company Name Achates Power Mailing Address 4060 Sorrento Valley Boulevard San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description With a focus on first principles, the Achates Power team, consisting of carefully selected Engineers and Scientists from the world’s leading companies, places great emphasis on analytical modeling calibrated with empirical test results. … Continue reading “Achates Power Receives $35,200,000 Series C Funding”
Insulin Pump Maker Tandem Diabetes Plans to Raise $100M Through IPO
Joining a procession of life sciences IPOs, San Diego’s Tandem Diabetes Care has registered to raise about $100 million through an initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing yesterday. The company plans to trade on the Nasdaq market under ticker symbol TNDM. Tandem Diabetes, founded in 2006 to develop an innovative insulin pump designed … Continue reading “Insulin Pump Maker Tandem Diabetes Plans to Raise $100M Through IPO”
Science: The Missing Ingredient in the GMO Food Labeling Debate
Residents of Washington State are currently being buried in an avalanche of ads regarding a citizen’s initiative that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods sold in grocery stores. Estimates for the percentage of items that contain genetically engineered ingredients in a grocery store range from 60 percent to 70 percent (most of those … Continue reading “Science: The Missing Ingredient in the GMO Food Labeling Debate”
PharmAkea Therapeutics Receives $45,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c944bc2c-9fb2-44a1-bf0f-7fd5d2d8226d Date 10/8/2013 Company Name PharmAkea Therapeutics Mailing Address 12780 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 Company Description PharmAkea is a biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, CA. The company is developing high-quality, small molecule drug candidates against protein targets involved in fibroproliferative diseases. Website http://www.pharmakea.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “PharmAkea Therapeutics Receives $45,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
IRIS.TV Lands $1,700,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c15b50f8-a3c8-4a71-8414-efa952cf89f7 Date 10/8/2013 Company Name IRIS.TV Mailing Address 453 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Company Description Our mission is to help video publishers reimagine television for the digital world. Online video is clearly the new frontier of entertainment discovery and consumption. But despite online video’s success in finding an audience, … Continue reading “IRIS.TV Lands $1,700,000 Seed Round”
DG Acquires Republic Project for $1,400,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ca97afa-d2cd-4f91-9fd2-ff78e9a35d92 Date 10/8/2013 Company Name Republic Project Mailing Address 216 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90291 Company Description Republic Project is a cloud-based ad platform that enables agencies and brands to improve brand engagement and purchasing behavior. Website http://www.republicproject.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $1,400,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The … Continue reading “DG Acquires Republic Project for $1,400,000”
San Diego’s PharmAkea Raises Capital, Forms Alliance with Celgene
San Diego-based PharmAkea Therapeutics, founded last year by key scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals, said it has raised $10 million in Series A funding from San Francisco’s Bay City Capital. PharmAkea, founded by John Hutchinson, Jilly Evans, and Kevin Holme, also secured a $35 million commitment from Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) as part of a three-year collaboration … Continue reading “San Diego’s PharmAkea Raises Capital, Forms Alliance with Celgene”
Tax Revolt by California Entrepreneurs Ends in Victory
Taxes aren’t usually the stuff of high drama. But a story that began last year when a California state appeals court unexpectedly struck down an old tax incentive for small-business investors—and that unfolded, in part, here in the pages of Xconomy—has, after numerous twists and turns, reached its end. On Friday California Governor Jerry Brown … Continue reading “Tax Revolt by California Entrepreneurs Ends in Victory”
How We Overturned the Retroactive Tax on Startup Founders
The call came at 1:15 pm this past Friday, as I was driving home from a client meeting. “Mr. Overstreet?” questioned the voice on the other end of the line. “I’m calling from Governor Brown’s office. We wanted you to be the first to know that the Governor signed your bill into law.” And just … Continue reading “How We Overturned the Retroactive Tax on Startup Founders”
Harvard’s Verdine Blazing Trail for Scientific Entrepreneurs
If you’re a tenured biomedical researcher at a university today, and you have a big idea for what could be a new drug or diagnostic test, you can do a couple things. Hand it off to someone else at a startup, keep your day job, dabble as an advisor for a couple hours a week … Continue reading “Harvard’s Verdine Blazing Trail for Scientific Entrepreneurs”
Four Reasons to Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks
The economic downturn and subsequent market volatility have made risk into a four-letter word. Employees, in particular, are growing increasingly risk-averse, afraid of layoffs and the prospect of extended unemployment. Many of them opt to be cautious rather than brave, to stick to the status quo, and to keep their heads down, rather than challenge … Continue reading “Four Reasons to Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks”
The Winds of the Future: 5 Ways San Francisco Stays Innovative
In 1920, the San Francisco Bulletin, which was then one of the city’s major newspapers, published a poem by George Sterling, a figure in the city’s Bohemian arts circles. It read in part: The winds of the Future wait At the iron walls of her Gate, And the western ocean breaks in thunder, And the … Continue reading “The Winds of the Future: 5 Ways San Francisco Stays Innovative”
San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Fate, Ligand, BioNano, and More
The fate of Fate Therapeutics’ IPO has stirred speculation that the IPO window for life sciences companies may be closing. Forward Ventures’ Standish Fleming also offered some thoughts on biotech IPOs, and we have the rest of San Diego’s life sciences news here. —San Diego’s Fate Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:FATE]]) made its debut as a public … Continue reading “San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Fate, Ligand, BioNano, and More”
VG Life Sciences Secures $2,235,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7a74d390-f094-47ce-b9ed-4c821b2c8da6 Date 10/4/2013 Company Name VG Life Sciences Mailing Address 121 Gray Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Company Description VG Life Sciences Inc. is a drug discovery and development company researching two core technologies: Targeted Peptides and Metabolic Disruption.The Company is researching the use of these technologies in the treatment of cancer, … Continue reading “VG Life Sciences Secures $2,235,000 New Round”
Join Xconomy for Profiles in Biotech Perseverance in SF Dec. 9
Drugs don’t just roll out of anybody’s lab by next Tuesday, and then keep popping out on some exponential curve. The biotech industry depends on investors who are willing to speculate on hot ideas in science, and wait years to see a payoff that may never come. That notion, which has been with the industry … Continue reading “Join Xconomy for Profiles in Biotech Perseverance in SF Dec. 9”
Sanitas Introduces Online Program for Population Health Management
Sanitas, a San Diego health IT startup operating a social networking system for the chronically ill, is rolling out free online program today that is intended to help ordinary people predict their future health risks. The system, called Family Healthware, uses personal and family health histories to identify a user’s genetic predisposition to chronic health … Continue reading “Sanitas Introduces Online Program for Population Health Management”
Growth and Branding Ideas from Birchbox, Batali, Chevy, Qualcomm
It is not often that startups, big companies, and a celebrity chef come together to talk growth strategies, but that was the scene at the annual Executive Marketing Summit at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Offering tips on brand development—and how to choose the best tomatoes each season—television personality and chef Mario Batali … Continue reading “Growth and Branding Ideas from Birchbox, Batali, Chevy, Qualcomm”
The Human Genome Project Wasn’t Overhyped. The Payoff Just Took Time
[This post was co-authored by Sean Harper, Amgen’s executive vice president of R&D.] People in the tech industry often like to say that we overestimate the short-term impact of new technology and underestimate the longer-term value. The human genome project is a superb example of this truism. Overpromise was indeed rampant during the interval around … Continue reading “The Human Genome Project Wasn’t Overhyped. The Payoff Just Took Time”
With $30M in Tank, UAV Maker 3D Robotics Gets Ready for Take-Off
After raising $30 million in a Series B round of venture funding announced last week, 3D Robotics is ready to really get its drone business off the ground. The four-year-old startup, based in San Diego (headquarters and engineering), Berkeley, CA, (business and sales), and Tijuana (manufacturing), designs and manufactures aircraft that use open source software … Continue reading “With $30M in Tank, UAV Maker 3D Robotics Gets Ready for Take-Off”