neilandbarbara

Published in UT San Diego, May 4, 2015 All good things must come to an end — and every ending is also a beginning. This is the last column that my husband, Neil, and I will write together. Starting next Monday, the column will be Neil’s sole responsibility as I start a new chapter in […]

Published in UT San Diego, April 20, 2015 Most biotech entrepreneurs are not known for their quick wit and humor. But I know one who could easily sit in for Jon Stewart or Jimmy Fallon any day of the week. Meet Jerry Caulder. Often referred to as the father of agricultural biotechnology, he is without […]

Published in UT San Diego, April 13, 2015 Second chances. Politics, finance, marriage, careers. America thinks of itself as the land of redemption, rebirth and reinvention. As regular readers know, I have spoken several times about entrepreneurship to inmates at the Miramar Brig. This adventure started two years ago when Marshea, the fiancée of one […]

Published in UT San Diego, April 6, 2015 I need some advice. OK, that’s what you say you need, but are you willing to listen, will you know good advice when you get it, will it be given by someone who actually knows what he is talking about, can that person deliver it in a […]

Published in UT San Diego, March 30, 2015 What is a culture and how do you create one? It has been said that culture is “a complex whole, which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law and custom.” OK, I’ll buy that, but how do you create one centered on innovation and invention when you have […]

Published in UT San Diego, March 23, 2015 Rule No. 218 is “Grand passion will take you further than good grades,” and nothing focuses a passion more than when a problem is directly connected to your own life, as in living or dying. Meet Laura Shawver. At the age of 49 in 2006, she was […]