HealthTech Arkansas names six startups for second cohort
HealthTech Arkansas named six startup companies for its second cohort on Tuesday (Aug. 6). HealthTech is an accelerator program for healthcare technology startup firms that will collaborate with nine healthcare providers in Arkansas. They include: Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional, Mercy, University of Arkansas for […]
How To Allocate Your Funds As A Bootstrapped Startup Founder | Forbes
Investing resources is required to start and grow a startup. Luckily, money is not the only resource we own. Your time, skills and knowledge are invaluable resources that make an even stronger impact on the success of a business. After all, financial capital is created by investing human capital. Make these three investment decisions for […]
CIE Launches a Proven Program to Propel Startup Success by Diane Durance
The UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has unveiled a new mentor program designed to accelerate the success of local entrepreneurs. The program started nine months ago with a behind-the-scenes effort to recruit mentors, develop processes and operating guidelines, and test the service with four early stage ventures. The CIE program was inspired by […]
Startup Investment to Keep Soaring After Record Year – WSJ
Investment in closely held technology companies is set to keep rising after hitting a record last year, as more funds that have traditionally invested in public markets chase the lofty returns being generated by startups, according to a new report. A survey of 95 institutional and public equities investors by data firm PitchBook showed that […]
Innovation Economy Panel: More Hubs, More Funding Equal More Success
New Jersey needs centers of innovation, technology and venture capitalism to compete with other states, panelists at the Venture Funding in the New Jersey Economy event said recently at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. The event was sponsored by the New Brunswick Development Corp., better known as Devco, which currently is developing The Hub in […]
College Towns Are The Next Big Thing For Startups | Forbes
Original Source: Forbes: College Towns Are The Next Big Thing For Startups With nearly 50% of millennials looking to start their own business in the next three years, it is not a surprise that the new generation of entrepreneurs aren’t based – or even particularly interested – in Silicon Valley. With students and recent graduates all over […]
Research Institutions and Startups: Basics of Spinning Out New Companies
Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on research each year at federal labs, universities and research hospitals. Often this research leads to the creation of valuable intellectual property assets (e.g., patents) that may be licensed to existing companies or new startups to commercialize the underlying technology. The National Science Foundation established the I-Corps program […]
Innovation, at Universities and in Industry
Some thoughts this morning on universities and industry and their contributions to research – and for once, this isn’t going to be another long screed on drug research in particular. No, I’m particularly talking about what each of these brings to R&D in general, and about the places (both conceptual and physical) where they seem […]
Your Startup just got funded, and now how do you scale your growth?-Forbes
In today’s digital landscape many companies have been successful in transitioning from the idea stage to raising funds from investors. It is often the next step in fulfilling the expectations of investors that causes the problem. There is a need to scale startups to the required user base or revenue level that leads to the […]
Columbia University, Deerfield Management ink $130M drug-development alliance
Columbia University and health care–investment firm Deerfield Management announced Wednesday that they have formed a research and development alliance to advance the translation of biomedical discoveries into therapeutics, particularly in areas of high unmet need and rare diseases. Through the partners’ new company, Hudson Heights Innovation, up to $130 million of initial funding will be available throughout 10 […]