February 27, 2009 – 1:27 pm
Disruptive innovation will typically materialize in one of two forms: Either there are changes in how a product is produced that significantly lowers the price point, or a product emerges that satisfies a market segment not historically served by existing vendors. The introduction of paper as an alternative to parchment provides an example where an [...]
February 27, 2009 – 12:28 pm
Back in November, the blog of venture capitalist Brad Feld became the target of a distributed denial of service (DDoS), knocking the site out of commission for a couple of weeks. In a report released yesterday by Web Applications Security Consortium, a study of internet hacking revealed that the greatest number (24%) of attacks are [...]
February 26, 2009 – 3:24 pm
Of the various methods used to limit hospital-acquired infections, by far the most common are the various “kill strategies” – antibiotics or disinfectants that actively kill bacteria – along with basic sanitary measures like hand washing to prevent bacterial transfer. A novel approach being pursued by startup Sharklet Technologies takes a completely different strategy, changing [...]
February 26, 2009 – 12:12 pm
February’s CORE CleanTech Initiative offered presentations from Kris Wiesenfeld of the Colorado Green Tech Meetup and startup company GEO, as well as thoughts from the winners of the Sustainable Business Medals of Honor. The Sustainable Business Medals of Honor seek to recognize companies in Colorado which bring truly sustainable products and services to the [...]
February 25, 2009 – 7:34 pm
On Tuesday evening Jason Mendelson, Managing Director of the Foundry Group, conducted a Crash Course on “Raising Venture Capital” to over two hundred gathered in the Wolf Law building. After being introduced by Brad Bernthal, Director of Entrepreneurial Initiatives for Silicon Flatirons, Mendelson took the stage to explain how the venture capital industry works, what [...]
February 25, 2009 – 10:07 am
Plato famously described necessity as the mother of invention, and such was the case for John Tredennick. In 1996 Tredennick was a partner with Holland and Hart, a large law firm with ten offices spread throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Inherent to the firm’s success and size was the problem of sharing pleadings, correspondence, and [...]
February 24, 2009 – 9:50 pm
This morning the Colorado Bioscience Association hosted a panel on investor relations in the Broomfield offices of Cooley Godward Kronish. Although panelists focused on the bioscience space, many of the key takeaways relate more generally to how any firm must look at relating to the outside investment community. The panel brought perspectives both from internal [...]
February 24, 2009 – 2:36 pm
John Collar officially became the executive director of the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) on December 8, 2008. This change of leadership came just a month and a half before the organization released a Battelle Institute report entitled Colorado Bioscience Roadmap 2008, which outlines key initiatives for CBSA for the next five years. While some might [...]
February 23, 2009 – 2:39 pm
ION Engineering, located in Boulder, Colorado, announced its new method to capture carbon from power plant emissions through the use of ionic liquids. The company’s process replaces water with ionic liquids, which do not evaporate, as the solvent in the carbon dioxide capture process. The use of this proprietary ionic liquid – amine technology offers [...]
February 23, 2009 – 1:00 pm
Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:CGXP) reported that its lead Ceragenin, CSA-13, was shown in a recent study to have potent bactericidal activity against all 23 strains of oral bacteria tested (all isolates of the Streptococccus mutans and Poryphyromonas species). The research conducted at the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido in Japan suggests potential for CSA-13 in [...]
