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From Refugee to PhD | Dr. Pradeepkumar Sacitharan

Peter Winick

From dropping out of high school at 16 to becoming an associate professor and VP of Development in Biotech, he defied the odds and carved out a path to success that few could have imagined. And then someone recruited me for VP for business development in biotech as third year VP, and associate professor. What is it?

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Best & Worst States For Business 2023: Where The Boom Lives On

Chief Executive

Georgia has been notably “aggressive in messaging to recruit people from the coasts,” says Larry Gigerich, managing director of the Ginovus economic-development consultancy and incoming chairman of the U.S. The fact that the Valley never was a huge office center has turned out to benefit it post-Covid. Site Selectors Guild.

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America's Next Top Engineer: She Needs Your Models

Harvard Business Review

Imagine the world in 2030, more resource-constrained than ever—but then suddenly benefitting from a breakthrough approach to harnessing wind energy. For a girl to translate an early interest into a passion for becoming a mechanical engineer or biotech entrepreneur, she also needs early exposure to women who hold such careers.

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Innovating in a Highly Regulated Industry Like Health Care

Harvard Business Review

When the lawyers understand the benefits, they will find ways to drive the innovation forward. Recruiting a legal or regulation expert who will champion innovation lends internal credibility to your project and can help you navigate not just your organization, but also your industry. To find this innovation ambassador, be open.

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Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse

Harvard Business Review

The very fact that it is an internal difference requires us to work hard to surface it and harness the benefits. These were PhD scientists who had been attracted to biotech to explore their specialties. There is a familiar saying: “We recruit in our own image.” We worked with a startup biotechnology company.

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

Breakthrough technologies, such as the internet and biotech, did not emerge from governments worried about “commercialization”; they emerged from the spillovers of investments that were focused on long-run public missions. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Third, assessment.

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