Published in UT San Diego, January 22, 2013 The entrepreneur spectrum spans much more than high tech and biotech. For example, here is an entrepreneur who figured out child tech. After years of struggling to make ends meet as a single mother, Julie Muñoz decided that she needed to change her life. And so she […]
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New UCSD Chancellor brings open mind and entrepreneurial attitude
Published in UT San Diego, November 20, 2012 By Barbara Bry and Neil Senturia University of California San Diego, the “brains” behind more than 650 startups in San Diego, recently picked a new chancellor, Pradeep Khosla, who was dean of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. The San Diego entrepreneur community should pay close attention. This […]
Israel supplies opportunities for startups in the United States
Published in UT San Diego, November 6, 2012 After the United States and China, which country has produced the most successful startups that are listed on American stock exchanges? The tiny country of Israel. “The party is just beginning,” contends Israel venture capitalist Jonathan Medved, who was recently in San Diego to talk about how […]
Social change, not profit, is winning innovator’s aim
May 15, 2012 from UT-San Diego by Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry For a certain breed of entrepreneur, the next big thing is not always about money. It is about applying their skills to find sustainable and innovative ways to change the world and make it better, and the University of San Diego is taking […]
Wise entrepreneurs treat lost causes as pivot points
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in U-T San Diego Pivot, or pull the plug. Entrepreneurship is often defined by young men and women who are willing to demonstrate discipline, courage, passion, fortitude, the relentless pursuit of success and the fierce determination never to give up so as not to be blotted with the stain and shame […]
Small biotech, big pharma: Match made in San Diego
Your place or mine. It wasn’t a bar or a club; it was Biocom’s second annual Global Life Science Partnering Conference last week at the Lodge at Torrey Pines. It was speed dating on steroids, as small biotech companies got a chance to dance with some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The […]