ANNOUNCEMENT

These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

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Crowd-funding bill could ease investing regulations

Crowd-funding bill could ease investing regulations

January 12, 2012 11:31 am by | 0 Comments

Let’s face some cold, hard facts.Banks still aren’t lending much money, and venture capital cash, while spread more liberally in 2011 than in previous years, is still largely hard to ... Read more
Patent reform aims to help healthcare startups get products approved faster

Patent reform aims to help healthcare startups get products approved faster

January 5, 2012 3:45 pm by | 1 Comments

The government is working on shoring up patent processing for 2012, a move that can only help Uncle Sam’s relationship with healthcare entrepreneurs.The U.S. government has stepped up its public ... Read more
Entrepreneurship center opens for Big Apple innovators

Entrepreneurship center opens for Big Apple innovators

December 29, 2011 5:40 pm by | 0 Comments

New York City has long been home to the big, brawny business monolith. From Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs to huge media empires to CBS and Time-Warner, the Fortune ... Read more
Early-stage companies to get funding from Healthbox program

Early-stage companies to get funding from Healthbox program

December 22, 2011 8:00 am by | 0 Comments

Funding for the healthcare information technology sector saw robust growth in the third quarter of 2011.According to data culled by Mercom Capital Group, venture capital funding for healthcare IT firms ... Read more
We shop locally and eat locally. So why don’t we invest locally?

We shop locally and eat locally. So why don’t we invest locally?

December 15, 2011 3:20 pm by | 0 Comments

Now here’s a line that should draw the interest of cash-strapped healthcare small business CEOs.“What would the world be like if we invested 50 percent of our assets within 50 ... Read more
Is your healthcare startup’s data secure?

Is your healthcare startup’s data secure?

December 8, 2011 4:42 pm by | 0 Comments

The U.S. Secret Service is the government organization (along with the Office of Homeland Security) tasked with the burgeoning problem of company security breaches.The Secret Service considers the issue of ... Read more
What’s free, widely available and an entrepreneur’s most valued resource?

What’s free, widely available and an entrepreneur’s most valued resource?

December 1, 2011 3:03 pm by | 0 Comments

Word was that Alexander the Great valued learning so much that he told his biographers that he was more indebted to Aristotle for providing him with knowledge than he was ... Read more
Looking for great business incubators? Check out the University of Michigan

Looking for great business incubators? Check out the University of Michigan

November 27, 2011 11:23 pm by | 0 Comments

New business incubators are a sure-fire way to nurture great entrepreneurial ventures; the data bears that out.According to a new study from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, ... Read more
Choosing the best startup funding for your business

Choosing the best startup funding for your business

November 18, 2011 5:01 pm by | 1 Comments

As 2011 winds down, small business owners looking for new financing options would do well to take a slice of the holidays and use it to study the two most ... Read more
Outlook for biomedical research financing unclear, panel says

Outlook for biomedical research financing unclear, panel says

November 10, 2011 4:14 pm by | 1 Comments

The debt crisis in Europe and the continued sluggish economy and protracted stalemate over deficit reduction in the United States are clouding the outlook for financing emerging biomedical research, according ... Read more
FDA will have a plan for healthcare mobile apps in 2012. In the meantime…

FDA will have a plan for healthcare mobile apps in 2012. In the meantime…

November 3, 2011 11:14 am by | 0 Comments

There’s an old Chinese saying, “May you live in interesting times.”Healthcare providers who want to put their products and services applications on mobile phones — “mobile apps” in technology lingo ... Read more
Venture capital’s boom-and-bust cycles

Venture capital’s boom-and-bust cycles

October 27, 2011 12:14 pm by | 0 Comments

Venture capital is a fickle, prickly industry.Like any investor, too many venture funders follow the herd, and place the bulk of their bets on the next “hot market.”When the expected ... Read more
Hiring young, impressionable talent a must for healthcare startup’s success

Hiring young, impressionable talent a must for healthcare startup’s success

October 20, 2011 12:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Healthcare entrepreneurs like to call their own shots; there’s no doubt about that.But savvy startup owners know they can’t do it all alone — over the short-term or the long-term.That’s ... Read more
How startup owners can manage in a post-crash business environment

How startup owners can manage in a post-crash business environment

October 13, 2011 10:55 am by | 0 Comments

At first glance, you’d think that the ranks of the startup owner profession took a big league hit over the past three years, thanks to a lousy economic climate. But ... Read more
Expanding globally? Learn how from a venture capitalist

Expanding globally? Learn how from a venture capitalist

October 6, 2011 4:04 pm by | 0 Comments

We’re catching up to some of the best entrepreneurship blogs on the web, and today’s entry is John O’Farrell’s a16x.com blog– specifically the first of a four-part series the author’s ... Read more