What are America’s greatest economic assets? Certainly our democratic capitalist system — democracy, rule of law, property rights, the price system — would be at the top of that list. But then what? Lots of candidates, from our vast natural resources to our world-leading university system to our ability to attract the very best of global talent. And, of course, the existence of some assets affects others. Our largest technology companies are the economy’s crown jewels, but they wouldn’t exist if not for some of the above factors, among others (immigration + universities + property rights + California weather).

Nobody is immune from choking in a big moment. Maybe you lost your voice or your ability to think straight when speaking with an important client, manager, or audience. To help prevent “the choke” at work, we can apply learnings form the world of sports to the world of management.

TUSCON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / April 5, 2022 / AURP, the leading nonprofit representing research parks, innovation districts and regional technology clusters, today announced a realignment of its executive team to optimize AURP’s continued success and global development strategies.

Vickie Palmer, current Director of Operations, has been appointed AURP CEO. Palmer assumes this executive leadership role following her 15 years of experience significantly expanding AURP’s membership and sponsorship community, plus overseeing AURP’s roster of events and programs. During her time with AURP, Palmer has led the organization’s membership, event management and overall operations while working closely with the organization’s CEO, Board of Directors and membership community.

Can’t stop, won’t stop.

That’s what early data appears to say about the global venture capital market in Q1 2022. New data released by Crunchbase News1 this morning paints the picture of a market slowing, but hardly stopped.

In comparative terms, the dataset shows that the global venture market in Q1 2022 was in fact larger in dollar terms than its year-ago comp. However, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, it marked a decline – the first in some quarters of record-setting venture totals.

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Poor onboarding can leave your employees with lower confidence in their new roles, worsened levels of engagement, and an increased risk of jumping ship when they see a new, more exciting position elsewhere. On the other hand, companies that implement a formal onboarding program could see 50% greater employee retention among new recruits and 62% greater productivity within the same group.

OLATHE, Kan., April 06, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Innara Health, the industry leader in feeding development for newborns and infants born prematurely is collaborating with Cardinal Health on the redesign of the NTrainer System. The next generation NTrainer will be smaller, more intuitive, and easier to integrate into NICU feeding protocols.

"We are thrilled to have a globally recognized organization like Cardinal Health support Innara and the NTrainer. Not only is this collaboration validating for our clients and our team, but it is also a clear indication of Cardinal Health’s commitment to improving clinical outcomes through innovation. We look forward to seeing their contributions toward providing preterm infants with their best opportunity to develop, grow, and thrive," stated Innara Health CEO Chris Mathia.

Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by 8% after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of canceling, but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion.

The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post on Wednesday, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to "show its work" in a helpful way.

While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm.

Image: A 3D-printed logo of Microsoft is seen in front of a displayed LinkedIn logo in this illustration taken June 13, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Dado Ruvic 

Of all the rules and advice available about running your own business, the best pertain to what mistakes to avoid. At the top of the list of mistakes to avoid: as an entrepreneur, you should not do everything yourself.

By default, when an individual chooses to do something, they are choosing not to do something else. Yet despite that simplicity, the inclination to do it all in entrepreneur mode is tempting. We want to know every brick of our businesses and we’re willing to ascribe to the icon of hard work and high rewards. But the reality is that there is too much on the line and you could be doing other things that you are much better at. It’s a powerful choice that separates leaders from the rest of the pack. In his book Good To Great, Jim Collins calls it level V leadership, a level we all aspire to be at.

For years, the well-known security maxim was, “Trust but verify.” However, the statement is no longer sufficient. In today’s borderless, global, mobile, hybrid, cloud-based environment, traditional security approaches cannot defend the digital fortress on its own, and nobody is to be trusted, including employees, customers, and partners. But there is a way out. Zero Trust is an antidote for stale security strategies because it demands that organizations entirely remove trust from the equation by denying access to everyone.

Apple will be hosting its annual Worldwide Developers Conference from June 6 to June 10, the tech giant said Tuesday.

This is the third year the WWDC will be hosted virtually, but some developers and students will be able to watch Apple’s (ticker: AAPL) keynote and State of the Union videos from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.

BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on applying its proprietary Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning platform to improve drug development and shorten clinical trial timelines, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Johns Hopkins University for use of its novel formulation of mebendazole in treating cancer.

Under the terms of the agreement, BullFrog AI was granted an exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and use a novel formulation of mebendazole developed at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine for treatment of cancer. This formulation is enriched in a polymorph of the drug which shows improved bioavailability, is particularly effective in crossing the blood-brain barrier, and has shown potent antitumor activity in multiple animal models of different cancers. In addition, it has been evaluated in a Phase I clinical trial in patients with high-grade gliomas (NCT01729260). The trial, an open-label dose-escalation study, enrolled 24 patients and demonstrated long-term safety and acceptable toxicity of mebendazole with adjuvant temozolomide in this population.

In the early days of the pandemic, colleges scrambled to move their work forces online in order to keep their operations running. The initial results weren’t always pretty. But higher ed has spent the past two years learning from its mistakes and making improvements, even while more of its employees have begun returning to campus. Despite hopeful signs that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, there is a growing understanding that remote and hybrid work, at least in some form, is here to stay. With the benefit of hindsight and enough time to consider things more thoughtfully, institutional leaders and academic administrators are increasingly engaging with essential questions about remote work: What is the best way to manage teams at a distance? What does it take to recruit, retain, and engage faculty and staff members? What can higher education learn from other industries that have long embraced telecommuting?

Every manager worries at some point that their best employees are eyeing the door. What can you do to convince your team members to stay? How do you assess whether they’re engaged? What actions can you take and conversations can you have to head off thoughts of leaving? And when a valuable employee says they have another job offer, will countering really keep them around?

Bangalore 4th April ‘22: Funding is NOT the only goal for our Indian entrepreneurial community. Entrepreneurs shared that they want networking, mentoring and learning ahead of access to capital. The Bangalore Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the world’s largest non-profit organisation for entrepreneurs, conducted an in-depth study with a leading market research firm amongst 200+ entrepreneurs across Bangalore. Findings revealed:

In 1995, French fashion magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a seizure while driving a car, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome, a neurological disease in which the patient is completely paralyzed and can only move muscles that control the eyes.

Bauby, who had signed a book contract shortly before his accident, wrote the memoir “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” using a dictation system in which his speech therapist recited the alphabet and he would blink when she said the correct letter. They wrote the 130-page book one blink at a time.

General Motors and Honda Motor Co on Tuesday said they will co-develop a series of electric vehicles based on a new joint platform, allowing production of millions of cars starting in 2027.

The announcement expands on plans for GM to begin building two electric SUVs for Honda starting in 2024 - the Honda Prologue and an Acura model.

The automakers said the new deal is for "affordable" EVs, including compact crossover vehicles, built using GM's Ultium battery technology. The compact crossover is the biggest selling auto sector in the world with annual volumes of more than 13 million vehicles, the companies said.

Twitter will put Elon Musk on its board, a move that comes no more than a day after Musk revealed a new billion-dollar position in the company making him its largest shareholder. The decision likely hopes to forestall a lengthy public battle over Twitter’s future.

Manufacturers have been sounding the alarm about the increasing skills shortage for many years1. Manufacturing increasingly requires digital expertise in combination with operational and process-oriented knowledge. The pandemic certainly didn’t help, and labor market changes have driven manufacturers to rethink their hiring approach.

Creating detailed three-dimensional objects is no easy task. RealityScan promises to make 3D scanning available to everyone regardless of their skill level or expertise. The scans are of high enough quality to be used with little to no editing in augmented reality apps, Unreal Engine games and more. The app must take at least three-dozen images to create a single 3D object, which can then be uploaded to Sketchfab from within the app. Read: How to scan  documents from the Files app

Why are so many people quitting their jobs? According to a recent McKinsey report, employers believe that it is a problem with compensation or work-life balance. But the employees who are quitting tell a different story. Their main reasons for quitting are 1) not feeling valued and 2) not feeling a sense of belonging.