The key to successful innovation is creative thinking and creative destruction. Out with the old, in with the new. The goal is to allocate resources for innovation with an end deliverable in mind. Innovation without objectives is a little bit like … [Read more...]
New Start-ups, Age Old Problems….
January 27, 2014 by
This morning I read an alarming statistic that 95 percent of all new start-ups fail. They fail for a variety of reasons, including the lack of capital, having the wrong people, and questionable intentions behind starting the enterprise. However, … [Read more...]
A Cure for Everything
January 22, 2014 by
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a mega pharmaceutical that spends over $4billion annually in R&D for developing and testing the next generation of drugs. We had the privilege of listening to the head of their virology department in Argentina. Two … [Read more...]
Farming is Tough Business
January 13, 2014 by
A single plum hangs from a tree — a symbol of what was supposed to be. The entire fruit crop at a farm outside Santiago, Chile, has been destroyed by a winter freeze that is unusual in this part of the world. We toured around the farm that grows … [Read more...]
