Author Archives: Peter Boyle

The New Crowdfunding Law May Boost High Tech Firms

Will Crowdfunding Fuel a Boom or Bubble for High-Tech Executive Hiring? Now that the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act has been signed into law, the hope is that regulatory restrictions to fund startups and small businesses through the Crowdfunding … Continue reading

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Will Your Next Cell Phone, TV or Biomedical Device be Made of Spider’s Silk?

As forward looking executives and leaders in sci-tech based organizations, assess the new and novel technologies, biomimicry is one area that is being looked at as a source of next-generation products. New advanced functional materials are being explored by start-up … Continue reading

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The World’s First Sterilizable Flexible Organic Transistor

With medical device makers looking for next-gen products that can deliver greater efficacy and still be cost competitive, flexible organic transistors may play an important role. An important step forward in the development of this technology was announced recently that … Continue reading

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What the JOBS Act Will Do for Technology Companies

The Senate has just approved the Jump-Start Our Business Startups (or JOBS) Act and is on track to go back to the House for full approval within days. In its current form the Act permits entrepreneurs and start-ups to use … Continue reading

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Japan Quake Eliciting Good Will From Life Science Companies

In a show of good will, several Life Science Giants have chipped in to bolster the relief efforts in Japan. As reported by MassDevice, Abbott Laboratories and Amgen kick in a combined $4 million toward relief efforts in Japan after … Continue reading

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Reinventing the Medical Device Company

As hospitals and health-care delivery organizations are forced to reevaluate where their dollars are being spent, the pressure will be on those companies who provide therapeutic and diagnostic products to continually justify their value Continue reading

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The One that Got Away

Recession, depression, meltdown. You seen and heard it all in the news. These events have kept unemployment high and caused much disruption in the conduct of commerce. As companies globally recover from the effects of the economic downturn and seek … Continue reading

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The 1.5 Million Dollar Mis-Hire

Though executive recruitment and management hiring is still off from the levels preceding the 2008 meltdown, the shortage of expert talent is still apparently very real particularly in the rapidly evolving worlds of technology based companies. Recently is has been … Continue reading

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What CEOs Can Take Away from WikiLeaks

Identity theft, hacked credit card data bases, national security breaches and the now-infamous WikiLeaks illustrate the vulnerability of our data. Continue reading

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