BUSINESS NEWS AND FUNDING

Brush up the pitch – Entrepreneurs get coaching to improve presentations

"What’s the point? What do you need? Why are you here?"

College lab’s training fits well with state bioscience jobs

Biotech companies, particularly small ones, benefit from hiring students equipped with these lab skills because they often don’t have the time or money to train new hires.

Workplace Coach: There’s a skill to keeping talent

The survey results highlight the need for organizations to adopt new strategies and implement fundamental cultural changes to help address the looming talent crisis.

25 Questions a Chief Executive Should Ask About Software

In spite of software’s importance to corporate operations, it has remained an intractable technology that causes almost as much trouble as it brings benefits.

"No Man’s Land: What to Do When Your Company Is Too Big to Be Small but Too Small to Be Big"

I don’t believe most entrepreneurs start off with a vision about what’s going to make them successful.

Agricultural Research Service scientists honored for tech transfer efforts

"Our scientists continue to demonstrate their ability to not only solve significant problems facing American agriculture, but also to transfer their research beyond the laboratory into the marketplace for the benefit of farmers and consumers alike," said ARS Administrator Edward B. Knipling.

‘Second Life’ needs its own Ben Bernanke

Outside "Second Life," a game company just hired its first full-time economist. Another economist, coming from the academic side, believes that just as virtual economies need economists, so economists need virtual economies — to experiment with.

Career mentors in today’s workplace seem short on advice

The mentor-mentee relationship used to be a partnership between a manager and a new hire.

Venture Capital Industry Testifies Before Congress to Support Small Business Investment Expansion Act of 2007

"We think it is important to take a step back and for the Congress to ask what can be done to best support the creation and development of small businesses," said Mr. More. "We believe partnerships between the government and the venture capital community have and will continue to be one of these winning strategies."

Cool v. Uncool Cities: The Battle For The Soul Of Economic Development

Proponents of the "creative class" theory argue that hip cities will be the most successful because they lure highly educated professionals who are essential in today’s economy. But detractors say this is simply an argument for bread and circuses.

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