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How to Start a Company – The Story of GrassRoots Biotechnology
January 28, 2012 – 9:16 am
The Entrepreneurship at Duke: Education Series presents the “How to Start a Company” Series. These are stories of Duke alumni who successfully created startup companies, meant to serve as role models for Duke students. About GrassRoots Biotechnology GrassRoots’ mission is to employ cutting-edge expertise in agricultural biotechnology to create better biofuel, food and industrial crops. GrassRoots is an agricultural biotechnology company that utilizes a Systems Biology approach to develop novel and valuable crop lines for the biofuel, food and industrial markets. The company, formed in 2007, intends to commercialize innovations and expertise developed by Dr. Philip Benfey at Duke University. Dr. Benfey is one of the world leaders in the fields of genomics and development. His research in the areas of plant genomics and plant root development form the core of our technologies, which will provide a competitive advantage in bringing new products to the agricultural markets. About Douglas Eisner, JD, MBA Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Doug is an attorney and has been involved in a number of technology ventures. He worked as a consultant providing advice in marketing and business strategy to local technology startups Zycare and Bruce Technologies through the Small Business and Technology Development Center (all Chapel Hill, NC). He began his career as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (New York, NY) and subsequently practiced civil litigation in …
The Data Center Marketplace New York Event Axel Kretschmer Schneider Presentation 092911 Part 1 of 2
January 27, 2012 – 10:17 pm
The Data Center Marketplace’s New York Data Center Discussion Panel Event, September 29, 2011 Venue: Andaz | Wall Street Hosted by: Telx Presentation Part 1 of 2 by: Axel Kretschmer, Regional Director for System Engineers, Schneider Electric Join the LinkedIn group for The Data Center Marketplace at linkd.in
Lectra Fashion PLM Plan and Manage
January 27, 2012 – 2:19 pm
www.lectra.com When planning and managing collection creation, managers have to reconcile business objectives, schedules, supplier relationships, costs and quality. Lectra Fashion PLM integrates Lectras extensive knowledge of collection management best practices, developed through years of work with the biggest names in fashion. Lectra Fashion PLM has been specifically created to help decision makers guarantee the synergy of all the fashion professionals involved in collection creation. The software enables them to monitor for potential problems along the value chain and stitch together all the steps in the process of bringing a collection to market: line planning, scheduling, sourcing, costing, performance management.
Insurance quotes depending on car type
January 27, 2012 – 5:18 am
We are all used to applying car insurance quotes when looking for a new policy to insure our car with. With so many sites offering free car insurance quotes to compare from different companies it is really easy to find a policy that will suit your needs. However, sometimes for some drivers it is very hard to find affordable insurance quotes for their cars no matter how hard they try when shopping around. It just seems that their car won’t let them get affordable car insurance quotes in the first place. And quite often it’s really that way since the type of car you drive has a significant impact on the car insurance quotes you get. So let’s take a closer look at some of the most common car types from the insurance perspective:
Small cars and city vehicles
Being the most affordable and least demanding type of vehicles small cars may seem to be cheap to insure. Of course, they are usually affordable in terms of service and don’t get stolen too often. However, because of the size of such cars they usually get more damage during an accident and are less safe for the passenger than larger vehicles. So you will typically get slightly higher car insurance quotes for small car, though it also depends on particular make and model.
Medium sized cars and family vehicles
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