Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=292a9850-b1ca-40cd-b23c-9211f42f4837&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name mOasis Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description mOasis develops mOasisgel TM, which is a non-toxic, low-cost water storage material for the high-value crop market in California. mOasisgel increases crop yields and reduces water and water-related energy use to enable California farmers to grow more … Continue reading “mOasis Lands New Financing”
Threadflip Lands $6,500,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c1b3f8b9-4712-4ae7-87c4-9c528b305787&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Threadflip Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description The company operates an online social marketplace for clothing. Website http://www.threadflip.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The company will add a mobile app and enhance its signature services and … Continue reading “Threadflip Lands $6,500,000 Series A Financing”
InSite Medical Technologies Obtains $705,066 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd4f07d1-4197-4a91-9c89-ba0ff622360d&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name InSite Medical Technologies Mailing Address 19639 Farwell Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 Company Description The company manufactures medical devices used to deliver epidural anesthesia. Website http://www.insitemedtech.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $705,066 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing-amended. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “InSite Medical Technologies Obtains $705,066 New Funding”
Universal Health Services Acquires AscendHealth for $500,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78b52411-2398-475c-8c62-40d1f758e9d6&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name AscendHealth Mailing Address 280 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Company Description The AscendHealth Corporation is a newly established behavioral healthcare company whose President and CEO, Richard Kresch, M. D., has maintained a successful 30 year leadership and entrepreneurial record in both the not-for-profit and proprietary sectors. … Continue reading “Universal Health Services Acquires AscendHealth for $500,000,000”
HotelTonight Receives $23,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8406a414-4b4a-4947-8cea-91bee65d925e&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name HotelTonight Mailing Address 144 2nd Ave. Third Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description HotelTonight is the only hotel booking application that is made for mobile from the ground up. Available for free in the App Store for those with Apple iOS devices – the iPhone, iPod … Continue reading “HotelTonight Receives $23,000,000 Series C Financing”
JOYUS Acquires Foodzie for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0db6d26b-d34d-4558-bf65-457d4be4d120&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Foodzie Mailing Address 580 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company operates an online marketplace for food. Website http://www.foodzie.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Undisclosed
Loosecubes Garners $7,800,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=39f24576-cccc-49a2-84fb-868e1cb41201&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Loosecubes Mailing Address 20 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Company Description Loosecubes is a global office sharing community. We connect people who have great workspace with people who need it. Website http://www.loosecubes.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,800,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Loosecubes Garners $7,800,000 Series A Financing”
Oracle Acquires Collective Intellect for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b062dc77-51e7-4d1e-a17c-78b760abf618&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Collective Intellect Mailing Address 2040 14th St. Boulder, CO 80302 Company Description Business Intelligence expertise transferred to Media IntelligenceCollective Intellect, Inc. specializes in comprehensively tracking, filtering and ranking media content for the Fortune 500. The founders have worked in Business Intelligence for years, creating tools to solve … Continue reading “Oracle Acquires Collective Intellect for Undisclosed Sum”
Alert Logic Obtains $12,200,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64f7d095-d4b4-4bfe-a4cb-0ecfc461cee3&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Alert Logic Mailing Address 1776 Yorktown 7th Floor Houston, TX 77056 Company Description Alert Logic is the security industry’s leading provider of on-demand internal network security solutions designed to protect networks from threats that bypass perimeter, desktop, and server defenses. Website http://www.alertlogic.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Alert Logic Obtains $12,200,000 New Round”
MapMyFitness Garners $9,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e11942c4-ea8d-4548-9cff-686c427d75e0&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name MapMyFitness Mailing Address 610 West 5th Street Austin, TX 78701 Company Description We target players across the health and fitness spectrum, including healthy and active individuals, race and event directors, and fitness and wellness oriented community groups and clubs. Our sites provide over 2,400,000 runners, cyclists, walkers, … Continue reading “MapMyFitness Garners $9,000,000 Series B Financing”
Google Acquires Quickoffice for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=267594fd-e5a4-48ab-87a8-800dacb4edb9&Preview=1 Date 6/5/2012 Company Name Quickoffice Mailing Address 4965 Preston Park Blvd Plano, TX 75093 Company Description Quickoffice is a world leader in providing mobile office document software for smartphones. The company’s flagship product, Quickoffice Premier, continues to receive awards and recognition from industry analysts, the media and users alike. The software … Continue reading “Google Acquires Quickoffice for Undisclosed Sum”
Awarepoint Adds $14M to Fund its Continuing Expansion
San Diego-based Awarepoint, which raised $27 million in a Series F financing round last August, says today it’s raised $14 million in additional financing, with the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund putting up $7.5 million of the total. A spokeswoman for Awarepoint says the new funding is not part of last year’s Series F funding, so … Continue reading “Awarepoint Adds $14M to Fund its Continuing Expansion”
Entrepreneurship for the 99 Percent
As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. Berkeley. This is a three-day program for entrepreneurship faculty from around the world to learn how to teach entrepreneurship via the Lean LaunchPad approach (business … Continue reading “Entrepreneurship for the 99 Percent”
Student-Led Wolverine Venture Fund Invests in Sonitus Medical
The Wolverine Venture Fund, a $5.5 million fund led by students at the University of Michigan, announced last week that it joined Arboretum Ventures in a $25 million Series A investment in Sonitus Medical, a California-based medical device company. This is the second time the Wolverine Venture Fund has invested in Sonitus Medical. This time around, the … Continue reading “Student-Led Wolverine Venture Fund Invests in Sonitus Medical”
Leftronic Turns Any Startup Office into a Command Center
Walk into a network operations center for an electrical utility or an ISP, or the command center for a space or military agency, and what do you see? Displays. Lots and lots of displays, showing all sorts of data visualizations. The people who design command centers obviously think this data is mission-critical, or they wouldn’t … Continue reading “Leftronic Turns Any Startup Office into a Command Center”
MTLC Seminar: Taking your Agile Development to the Next Level—Best Practices and Methodologies
Developers from companies like Constant Contact and Zynga will shed light on their strategies implementing different development techniques at this MTLC event. Breakout discussions will follow the interactive panel, so sign up here to get in on the action.
MTLC Breakfast Seminar: Business Decisions and Models from the CFO
Chief financial officers from startups like LogMeIn, EnterpriseDB, and Zuora will discuss their methods for scaling software-as-a-service businesses and the spending decisions that come along the way. Register here.
Barclaycard Acquires Social Couponing Startup Analog Analytics
Analog Analytics, the Solana Beach, CA-based entry in the online social coupon business, got its own deal of the day. Founder Ken Kalb says in a recent email to local business leaders that Barclaycard, a member of the Barclays global financial services giant, has acquired the four-year-old company. As I reported a year ago, Analog … Continue reading “Barclaycard Acquires Social Couponing Startup Analog Analytics”
Salesforce.com Buys Buddy Media for $690M, Plans to Augment Radian6
In an effort to beef up its cloud-based social marketing services, San Francisco’s Salesforce.com (NYSE: [[ticker:CRM]]) announced today it acquired New York’s Buddy Media for nearly $690 million in cash, stock, and options. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said during a conference call the deal is the largest acquisition to date for his company and is expected to … Continue reading “Salesforce.com Buys Buddy Media for $690M, Plans to Augment Radian6”
Gemvara Gets $25M More, Goes Big in Online Jewelry
Gemvara continues to raise more venture capital in its quest to become the world’s preeminent jeweler. The Boston-based Web company said today it has raised a $25 million Series D round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Previous investors Highland Capital Partners, Canaan Partners, and Balderton Capital also participated in the round, which brings Gemvara’s total … Continue reading “Gemvara Gets $25M More, Goes Big in Online Jewelry”
Legal Things You Need to Know
Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation present the latest installment of Riverside Chats speaker series, focusing on what life sciences entrepreneurs need to know about everything from founders issues to term sheets. Featured speakers Jennifer Berrent and Lia Der Marderosian of WilmerHale will cover those issues and more. Register here.
TiE Angels Boston, Now in Second Year, Looks to Make More Deals
“Some angel groups tend to have more executives who are high net worth. We tend to have a more entrepreneurial bent,” says Abhishek Jain, chairman of TiE Angels Boston. That sure is an understatement. The “entrepreneurial bent” he refers to includes a couple of inventors extraordinaire who invest as part of the angel group. Like … Continue reading “TiE Angels Boston, Now in Second Year, Looks to Make More Deals”
Building Bridges in a New Global Health Landscape
[Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a speech given at PATH’s annual Breakfast for Global Health on May 22, 2012.] Today I begin a new chapter in my life as president and CEO of the global health organization PATH. Why has this business and social entrepreneur, IP attorney, and human rights activist made this … Continue reading “Building Bridges in a New Global Health Landscape”
Why Would a Biotech Company Go the Trouble of Changing Its Name?
[Updated 1:26 pm PT with survey results] If you’re trying to figure out what the heck a certain biotech company does, the last place to look is usually the company name. Names often don’t mean much, or at least it isn’t obvious. But sometimes you actually can learn a lot about what makes a company … Continue reading “Why Would a Biotech Company Go the Trouble of Changing Its Name?”
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Garners $9,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43fcab10-5811-4856-aa8b-82b65e8dd713&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 855 Boylston Street, 11th Floor Boston, MA 02116 Company Description Rhythm is a biotechnology company developing peptide therapeutics that address unmet needs in metabolic diseases. Website http://www.rhythmtx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Garners $9,500,000 New Financing Round”
Gemvara Receives $25,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b9085cdf-72c0-4a8c-9e46-8523be244ff8&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Gemvara Mailing Address 92 Hayden Avenue Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description The term Gemvara is inspired by the ancient Sanskrit word for wish, vara. Every beautiful piece of jewelry that Gemvara sells is available as you wish: customized to suit your style. Website http://www.gemvara.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Gemvara Receives $25,000,000 Series D Round”
BioBehavioral Diagnostics Secures $5,159,058 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=62fc772e-72da-4b84-b4bc-9994332ec0f3&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name BioBehavioral Diagnostics Mailing Address 239 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 Company Description BioBehavioral Diagnostics Company (BioBDx) is a privately held company whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and market proprietary diagnostic systems for the quantitative assessment of behavioral disorders, including the measurement of medication response and the … Continue reading “BioBehavioral Diagnostics Secures $5,159,058 New Round”
Allozyne Lands $2,002,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91237d40-a9f6-4a3f-bec6-25fa6fa5a7c0&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Allozyne Mailing Address 1600 Fairview Ave E Seattle, WA 98102 Company Description Allozyne, Inc., is a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development and manufacture of protein therapeutics. These technologies will enable the company to improve the efficacy of protein-based therapeutics. Website http://www.allozyne.com Transaction Type Debt … Continue reading “Allozyne Lands $2,002,000 New Financing Round”
Acylin Therapeutics Receives $2,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=51fe9757-8b1c-4c44-ba70-98aa456cab01&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Acylin Therapeutics Mailing Address 1616 Eastlake Ave Seattle, WA 98102 Company Description The company develops cancer, metabolic and disease therapies. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “Acylin Therapeutics Receives $2,000,000 Series A Financing”
Eventup Secures $1,800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e8649d5-bf88-492b-9d9e-d33b1bc57623&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Eventup Mailing Address 1410 2nd St Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Eventup is a marketplace that connects people who are looking to find and book the perfect venue for their event with venue owners who are looking to rent out their space. We give people access … Continue reading “Eventup Secures $1,800,000 New Financing”
WaterSmart Software Lands $944,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fdc442eb-a5de-4fc2-9d7a-740a9bb716e5&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name WaterSmart Software Mailing Address 1550 G Tiburon Blvd. Tiburon, CA 94920 Company Description The mission of WaterSmart Software is to help water utilities make it easier for their customers to save water and save money. Using our software and services, our utility partners make sure each consumer … Continue reading “WaterSmart Software Lands $944,999 New Round”
Popdust Secures $4,500,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2ec876fa-f094-496d-913e-1027b68c957b&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Popdust Mailing Address 49 W. 24th St. New York, NY 10010 Company Description The company operates a celebrity news website. Website http://www.Popdust.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,500,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The new funds will support Popdust’s expanding editorial efforts and other strategic … Continue reading “Popdust Secures $4,500,000 Series A Financing Round”
CMP.LY Secures $2,400,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=122605c9-c190-4963-a63e-7bd3c5db0d62&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name CMP.LY Mailing Address 419 Park Ave South 2nd Floor New York, NY 10016 Company Description CMP.LY — the standard for making disclosures in social and digital media — helps brands and agencies fulfill regulatory obligations while improving the effectiveness of their marketing and corporate communications programs. Website … Continue reading “CMP.LY Secures $2,400,000 Series A Financing Round”
Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=47ffe0f4-22d6-4cd8-8246-e117990d91d4&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Buddy Media Mailing Address 1845 Broadway New York, NY 10023 Company Description Buddy Media is a leading developer of applications for social media sites, including Facebook and MySpace. Buddy Media owns and operates more than 15 applications that have been added by more than 7 million Facebook … Continue reading “Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689,000,000”
Google Acquires meebo for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4234ccbf-6ea5-44c5-9bc1-423ac15061af&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name meebo Mailing Address 215 Castro Street 3rd Floor Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description meebo is the first all-in-one, Web browser-based instant messaging service. Website http://www.meebo.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by … Continue reading “Google Acquires meebo for Undisclosed Sum”
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Secures $25,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43fcab10-5811-4856-aa8b-82b65e8dd713&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 855 Boylston Street, 11th Floor Boston, MA 02116 Company Description Rhythm is a biotechnology company developing peptide therapeutics that address unmet needs in metabolic diseases. Website http://www.rhythmtx.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Rhythm will use … Continue reading “Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Secures $25,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Xtreme Power Solutions Lands $10,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6c7d8d2-7365-4b31-aebd-94d282d27cec&Preview=1 Date 6/4/2012 Company Name Xtreme Power Solutions Mailing Address 1120 Goforth Road Kyle, TX 78640 Company Description Xtreme Power is a Power Systems company with sophisticated technology to deliver efficient solutions. Xtreme Power Solutions is a manufacturer of power systems from the small sized, (2kW) generator replacement, through large scale Megawatt … Continue reading “Xtreme Power Solutions Lands $10,000,000 New Round”
J&J Prostate Cancer Trial Shouldn’t Have Been Stopped Early
One of the more anticipated clinical trials at this year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting was for Johnson & Johnson’s abiraterone (Zytiga) in prostate cancer patients. This study, known as COU-AA-302, was stopped early because independent monitors said the drug was clearly effective. But that decision to stop the trial early is questionable, … Continue reading “J&J Prostate Cancer Trial Shouldn’t Have Been Stopped Early”
Genentech, ImmunoGen ‘Smart Bomb’ for Breast Cancer Blazes New Trail
Genentech has spent more than a decade developing a souped-up version of its multi-billion dollar breast cancer drug, and today it is delivering hard evidence on cancer R&D’s biggest stage that it works. The South San Francisco-based biotech company, a unit of Roche, has shown that its experimental drug trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) hit its main … Continue reading “Genentech, ImmunoGen ‘Smart Bomb’ for Breast Cancer Blazes New Trail”
Ford Increases Focus on Outside Innovation With Two New Programs
Bill Coughlin, the CEO of Ford Global Technologies (which manages the intellectual property portfolio belonging to the Ford Motor Company), recently paid a visit to a group of students at Lawrence Technological University in metro Detroit. While there, a student showed Coughlin his design for a self-cleaning wheel. Coughlin says the concept was not only … Continue reading “Ford Increases Focus on Outside Innovation With Two New Programs”
Venture Forward 2012
This full-day conference will bring together entrepreneurs, VCs, and startup experts for discussions on a range of topics, including funding sources, crowdfunding legislation, and secondary markets. Speakers include David Hornik of August Capital, author of VentureBlogand founder of The Lobby Conference; Dave Berkus, best-selling author of Berkonomics and angel investor; and Joe Bartlett, chair of the Legislative … Continue reading “Venture Forward 2012”
Cancer Immunotherapy: A Long-Awaited Reality
This one-day conference unites researchers, clinicians, business leaders, investors and other stakeholders in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Speakers include Jedd Wolchok, associate attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as representatives from biotech companies such as Agenus, Dendreon, and Idera. Register here.
Marina Biotech Runs Out of Cash, Axes 90% of Staff
Bothell, WA-based Marina Biotech ran dangerously low on cash several times over the past few years, but now it appears to have finally run out of gas. The company (OTCQX: [[ticker:MRNA]]), a developer of RNA interference-based medicines, said today it has laid off 90 percent of its remaining workers to preserve the cash it still … Continue reading “Marina Biotech Runs Out of Cash, Axes 90% of Staff”
Life Sciences Angel Network “Second Opinion”
LSAN presents the first in a series of discussions on entrepreneurship in healthcare. This event will feature an informal Q&A with Benjamin Wolin, founder of Everyday Health, and Thomas Lee, founder of One Medical Group, who will share their insights on how they turned their ideas into strong healthcare businesses. Register here.
The $1000 Genome Revolution
This luncheon presentation will feature expert opinions on the impact of the genomic revolution, and the implications of low-cost genetic testing. Speakers include Nancy Kelley, executive director of the New York Genome Center, David Darst, biotechnology analyst for OrbiMed, and David Ferreiro, executive director and senior life science analyst for Oppenheimer. Register here.
New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’
[Corrected 6/5/12, 10:05 pm. See below.] Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor. … Continue reading “New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’”
NYC Business Networking Mixer
New York Entrepreneurs Business Network presents an evening of networking, with two separate tracks for established businesses and startups. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to meet with professionals in a number of industries, including banking, advertising, and media. Register here.
Secrets of Digital Success in the Big Apple
MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC and New York Technology Council present the first in a series of panel discussions on NYC’s emerging technology scene. This event will feature local entrepreneurs discussing issues such as the causes of early pivots, how business models evolved, and what obstacles they overcame. Speakers include Rafat Ali, founder and former CEO of paidContent, … Continue reading “Secrets of Digital Success in the Big Apple”
The Pace of Re-Imagination: We All Live in Dog Years Now
My dog Rhody, an Australian Shepherd, turned 15 a few weeks ago. He’s a living refutation of the old myth that dogs age as much in one year as humans do in seven. By that formula he’d be acting like a doddering 105-year-old, but if you met him you’d agree that he doesn’t seem a … Continue reading “The Pace of Re-Imagination: We All Live in Dog Years Now”
IDRI Makes Move From Old First Hill Digs to Shiny New SLU
The Infectious Disease Research Institute is probably the least-visible global health organization in Seattle, but now it’s moving its growing staff to a place where all the cool kids in global health can’t miss it—South Lake Union. IDRI, the nonprofit global health R&D center, said this week it is moving from its long-term home on … Continue reading “IDRI Makes Move From Old First Hill Digs to Shiny New SLU”