Our Startups Are Changing the World
"InVivo Therapeutics got a fresh $13 million in funding this week from Spencer Trask. If human trials are successful, InVivo would be offering the first commercial spinal cord treatment for humans."
The Cure for Paralysis?
"For centuries, lawyers have ranked cases by how often other cases cite them, much the way Google ranks Web site search results." Fastcase's online legal database uses the same logic."
Mobile Legal Search
"OpenTable soars, best IPO debut in 18 months."
Mobile Social
"El Super employs more than 4,000 people and serves 2 million customers each year from a single A round and a great partner."
Billion Dollar SuperStore
"Frost figures the drug’s revenue potential could be about $100 billion, leapfrogging the pharmaceutical industry’s all-time bestseller, Pfizer Inc.’s cholesterol medicine Lipitor."
Biopharmaceutical Company
"Bridging the gap between ‘things’ and the global communication infrastructure is the next step in the evolution of the internet. This new intelligent, wireless network solution is that bridge. "
Internet of Things
"I wanted a program that was flexible, affordable, and demonstrates the ability to produce professionals in the field...I found Sessions College to meet these needs so I can reach my goal..."
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"Forrester believes that Emerson Network Power is one of the most dominant suppliers in the DCIM market as it exists today."
The Center Of the Cloud Data Center
"...we have a partnership with InnoCentive, and we’re trying out crowd-sourcing platforms for solving problems in the social space…What amazing leverage: half a million to unleash $528 million."
Open Innovation
"Ciena pioneered the ability to create virtual fiber. Without that [the Digital Age] wouldn’t have happened.
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Lit Up the Internet
"HE BUILT THE FIRST GENOMICS FIRM that discovered the breast cancer gene. It remains a leader in molecular diagnosis."
Spencer Trask partnered with Walter Gilbert.
"HE CHANGED THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE and gave Congress and the Obama administration a blueprint for practical reform."
