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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…

CARY – Young entrepreneurs today have been weaned on movies like Wall Street and books by Donald Trump that successful business people are sports-minded individuals intent upon winning. Winning, by definition, means prevailing over one’s adversary, getting one’s way. Two will enter, one will leave.

Most would-be…

    Define entrepreneur.  What does it mean to be an entrepreneur? What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? Ask any individual and you will get a different answer.  Often risky endeavors don't come with an owner's manual, but these tips will help guide you through the adventure of…

 By Steve Jones

Emerging companies introducing new software products or services need to carefully consider how they will sell and deliver their product.  Too often, the software license is thought of as an after thought - the legal document protecting your intellectual property that you need the day after…

By Karen LeVert

In most cases, before attempting to commercialize a university technology, the intellectual property has to be licensed from the university.  The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) defines Technology Transfer as the formal transfer of rights to use and commercialize new discoveries and innovations resulting from scientific…

Before jumping into start-up mode it is important to do an analysis of your risks as they compare to the benefits of your endeavor. This is particularly important if you need others to share the risk as investors.While the upside is the goal, a savvy entrepreneur has to prepare for…

    The Innovators Workshop is designed to help potential entrepreneurs understand entrepreneurship, raising capital, and intellectual property as part of the start-up process. The workshop gives attendees the tools and advice necessary to assess the commercial viability and feasibility of their idea and it helps equip them with the…

41 Things to keep in mind when starting a company.

Take of advantage of the following Web sites and blogs, which offer tips and trends on entrepreneurship, venture capital and key innovation issues:

• Kauffman eVenturing.org– Original articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, and aggregates "the best of the best" content on the Web related to starting and running high-impact…

A discussion on what you need to know to successfully enter the India and China markets. Learn how to develop an early market strategy that will attract investors, help you manage risk, and uncover important factors to consider while developing a strategy to go global.

A discussion on  theories and realities regarding intellectual property in global markets. Hear from experts on the benefits  and risks involved in licensing and piracy versus privacy.

Michael Chen discusses how to successful at integrate a global strategy, based on his experiences at RedHat, Inc.  He outlines benefits of working and learning in China and the United States.

Globalization - Of what and to what end?? Often this buzzword is used synonymously and, as Lenovo's, Deepak Advani points out, myopically as outsourcing.? In it's true breadth it should be thought of as "world-sourcing" - creating a competitive advantage based on resources (human capital and raw materials) from around…

Explore how a community builds a set of cornerstonecompanies, looking specifically in the Research Triangle Park, that become longterm entities where innovation continues and companies become sources ofspin-outs for the future. This has clearly happened in several othercommunities such as the bay area, and Boston.While RTP has had many solid successes in Biotech and Therapeutics, there hasnot been a company to crack the billion dollar market cap level and continue inits growth to higher plains. The panelists are well on their way of doing justthis. This panel  looks at the region's past successes and look at how tobuild a team, board, investor syndicates and more.

"Talk to me about reimbursement. Tell me who is going to pay for this."? That is what Ron Dollens, retired president and CEO of Guidant Corporation, says is the focus of the med tech industry today.? In this discussion, Dollens talks about the emerging trends in the medical technology market.?…

Jeff Hoffman of J.P. Morgan Securities discusses the capital opportunities available for medical technology in today's volatile market.  Even as the current "debt bubble" corrects itself, Hoffman advises that medical technology is a "great" market to be in.   

Medical technology icon, Richard Stack offers his thoughts on the best way to develop medical device, and specifically, implantable device, technologies and companies.  Stack uses Synecor, LLC as a foundation for this discussion.