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Venrock gets lean and mean with $350M venture fund
Smaller and more tightly focused will be the style for Venrock Associates’ new fund.
Social Health 2010 (SXSH)
Wow, it’s been a loooong time since I last published a blog post! So, what have I been up to that’s kept me so busy? Well, let’s just say I’ve been working on a few new things that have kept me pretty occupied… Firstly, I recently moved into a new role at work at the start of the year, I’m now officially part of the Marketing (brand) team leading digital strategy and social media. That responsibility came with a bunch of new deadlines and travel, that have made Q1 2010 the busiest quarter I’ve had since I joined the company… but definitely in a good, good way (like a caffeine high )! On top of all that, I have also been working with a few key folks ( Dana Lewis , Reed Smith , and Tom Stitt ) to bring together a special Health Care and Social Media (HCSM) event just prior to the largest international Social Media gathering at South by South West (SXSW)… The event is called: Social Health 2010 ( SXSH ) and it will be held on March 11th, 2010 at the Texas Hospital Association in Austin, TX
You Mean You Don’t Have to Buy Them?
Johnson & Johnson’s CEO has given an interview to the Financial Times explaining his company’s strategy with acquisitions. And right now, that strategy is.
What Do Phone Sex, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Amgen, & Psoriasis Have in Common?
The #pso hashtag in Twitter! Hashtags are used in the Twittersphere to allow you to follow all the Tweets about a specific topic. There are no rules for developing a hashtag; you just come up with one and announce it. Amgen announced yesterday it would use the #pso hashtag when it live-tweets about the Addressing Psoriasis(TM) Fashion Show today: “Amgen tweeting tomorrow live from Addressing Psoriasis(TM) Fashion Show
Everything In Its Place
Things are pretty quiet around the industry these days, so my blogging thoughts have been turning to Big General Problems. And here’s one that I know that people are working on, but which I think we as chemists are going to have to understand much better: localization. “Say what?” is the usual response to that, but hear me out





