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The Top 10 Biopharma Clusters – 2016
We concentrate investing in communities that demonstrate collaboration, an established ecosupport system and solid science. Most who made this list have these traits in common and gained to the Top 10 listed cluster by Gen News. Most saw significant increases in NIH funding (thanks in part to the $2 billion Congressional boost in research funding, […]
NIH Agrees to $1.4 million in Funding for 23andMe
Less than a year since the US Food and Drug Administration ordered 23andMe, the leading personalized genetic testing company to cease and desist in DNA testing without the proper medical protocols, the National Institute of Health (“NIH”) has awarded the company a $1,367,504 for a two-year project to support the further development of 23andMe’s web-based […]
Forbes: New Orleans, San Antonio tied for #1 as City with the largest BrainPower Gain 2007-2012
New Orleans: Citing a strong local economy and the lower cost of doing business in the South, New Orleans tied San Antonio as the #1 cities for attracting college grads 2007-2012. The city’s post-Katrina redevelopment and expansion of the film, technology and the biotech industries have given rise to Economist Joel Louisiana offers the country’s […]
GEN | Insight & Intelligence™ Identifies Top 10 European Biopharma Clusters
GEN’s algorithm ranked the top locations that included many of the up-and-coming smaller clusters which are showing major advances. The European cluster building deploys the organizing principle of Subsidiarity, which increases the opportunity for accelerated growth. The closer the governing authority the faster decision process. One notable example was Norway’s Oslo Cancer Cluster which […]
Talent, trained workforce, critical mass, lifestyle and not tax incentives are the keys to recruiting entrepreneurs!
The long-term survival of cities is in recruiting a new generation to take up residence, build businesses and employ more locals. Once their roots are established, we can expect that they will pay taxes on homes, businesses and purchases, have families and begin to support schools and a positive cycle begins anew. That is the […]
Innovation Sparks The Redevelopment of Cities Core Areas
Pick up any journal or publication focused on community development and you will find a countless number of articles, reports and studies all speaking to the impact of innovation on economic development. A pattern is emerging from this discussion: Do it or be left behind. But to truly create a nexus or hub there are […]
10 Ways to Change the Future Today
We all need to take stock of our daily lives. I enjoy this blog an hope you do too! Leadership Freak Those who wait for the future to change repeat the present. The only way to change tomorrow is to change today. The future changes today. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get […]
Properly Supported Innovation contributes directly to a City’s prosperity and overall economic opportunity
Properly supported Research and Development or Innovation contributes directly to City’s prosperity and overall economic opportunity for communities and their citizens. The crafting of a strategic plan and policy geared to recruiting investment in university driven research and an accompanying technology through master plan development are the critical actions a community needs to undertake to […]
Keen On… Innovation: Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Mojo?
Being “cool” is important to open innovation assuming there is enough good people willing to collaborate, invest and support the entire community. Related articles Samsung launches Silicon Valley incubator (venturebeat.com) Measuring open innovation (adigaskell.org) Open Innovation could spur diversity (liftstream.com)
Multiparty Collabrations Are A Must For The Innovation Economy to Flourish
The old saying is that “no man is an island’ meaning that we cannot thrive on our own without connection to others. They are as true today as they were then as the world was moving towards exploring their physical boundaries as we are exploring life science for healthy lives. Written by John Donne in […]
Moving Forward into the Innovation Economy 
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