February 2008 Archives
Recommended Reading from Global Market Leaders
At CED's sold out Globalization conference in Cary, NC on February 14 ,speakers from Quintiles, Lenovo, and Kennedy Covington. shared their global experiences, advice on global success and recommended some of their favorite books to an audience of entrepreneurs.
Oren Cohen, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for Quintiles Transnational Corp., advises that having on the ground experience in the foreign market you are looking to do business in is essential
Institute for Emerging Issues Forum Streaming Audio Link
The 2008 Emerging Issues Forum, focusing on North Carolina's energy future, will be held from 8 am to 5 pm on Monday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 12. The agenda for the conference is here.
Listen to Thomas L. Friedman's address on "New Policy, New Politics." Mr. Friedman is a columnist for The New York Times, specializing in foreign affairs.
Body Parts 101
Steven Nitchberger CEO of Tengion, a Venture 2007 Showcase presenter, and Wake Forest’s regenerative medicine guru Dr. Tony Atala, keynote speaker at Biotech 2007, are featured on a recent CBS News report. View the CBS News video here.
Winston-Salem NC, Westchester County NY, NE Ohio make Top Seven Intelligent Communities
Noting that the list of seven "demonstrates dramatically how broadband technology, enlightened public policy and the power of culture can transform government, businesses and citizens," The Intelligent Community Forum announced its list of the Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year, each a model for economic development in the 21st Century.
At Home in the Kingdom of Carrberia (aka the Paris of the Piedmont)
Over the years, Richard Florida of the "Creative Class" fame and I have had the opportunity to talk and share notes on what it takes to make an entrepreneurial community. When he was in town 5 years ago at the Emerging Issues Forum, he joined a group of CED entrepreneurs who were -- to say the least -- skeptical about how they would integrate "creative class" friendly maxims into their companies while they were focused on building competitive companies in a tough economic cycle.