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New Rules For Team Building-The times are changing–and so are the guidelines for maximizing team performance.

Whenever I board a commercial airline flight, I have the impulse to stick my head in the cockpit and ask, "First trip flying together?" I would never actually do such a thing, of course. But…

Once-stuffy tech transfer adopts entrepreneurial stance

Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute caught the eye of the business community when it recently lured Anthony del Campo from the private sector to head its technology-transfer program — the licensing of its budding technologies to…

Tech sector accounts for 63% of the value of Idaho´s exports

The technology sector is important to Idaho´s exports, representing 63 percent of the value of all exports. The state has one of the nation´s highest percentages of exports coming from high-tech firms: New Mexico: 79…

Boise Conference to look at funding research

The Idaho Small Business Development Center and the Women´s Business Center are hosting a two-day conference on July 9 and 10 for businesses and entrepreneurs searching for research and development funding. The conference, titled “Funding…

What it Really Takes to Get Venture Capital

The pitch begins with words that might seem familiar if you’re a Hollywood studio chief listening to a hungry screenwriter selling an idea for a movie: "Play … Concept … Bet … Story." But for…

A conflict over capital- NC Lawmakers take look at overhead portions of university grant money

N.C. State University wanted to recruit a rising star in fungal genomics from Clemson University three years ago and knew he wouldn’t come cheap. But where would the money come from? By: Dan Kane Raleigh…

Rep. Nethercutt backs high-tech consortium- Spokane Region’s manufacturers would work closer together

An embryonic effort to create a high-tech manufacturing consortium in Spokane received a strong endorsement Tuesday from U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt. Bert Caldwell The Spokesman Review Staff writer The Spokane Republican attended an informational meeting…

Spokane seeking a few good minds

Spokane’s growing biotech sector is planning its next big step. Washington State University-Spokane and a group representing area hospitals have a formal funding request for $5.5 million over three years on the desks of the…

Business incubator builds new nest

Hatchling companies at the Montana Business Incubator will now have more room to spread their wings. MBI celebrated its newly remodeled space in the College of Business at Montana State University-Billings with an open house…

Credibility of Web site can be engineered via design

There are 6 design implications that can help boost a Web site’s credibility. A site can gain credibility only when they are able to recognize the needs of their audiences and use features such as…