Arrecife Energy Systems is focused on transforming ocean waves into a sustainable, zero emission and economically competitive electric power source. The company’s patented turbine design captures 2x energy vs other wave power technologies, it optimizes power generation under normal wave conditions and is scalable.

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Entrepreneurs, business leaders, and sales professionals often ask me the same question. How long — exactly — should I practice for a presentation? I've heard the question so often over the past 15 years of coaching, I have a ready answer. And it works.

First, I tell them that Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor, a scientist who gave one of the top TED talks of all time, practiced her entire talk 200 times. Once their jaws drop, I give them the good news — you don't have to commit nearly that much time to stand out.

Acquiring digital competence has been a key objective for most of the world’s largest companies for some years. And a key way to go about doing so has been to appoint a chief digital officer (CDO) to lead the digital agenda.

Going digital is, of course, still important. But we’ve noticed recently that the means of achieving that transformation have started to change: namely, fewer companies are appointing CDOs.

Large introductory courses are notorious for being tedious, confusing, and even harmful. The University of Michigan is betting it can change all that.

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It takes a lot of diligence and dedication to retire early as a self-made millionaire.

Some have done it as young as 28, while others achieve financial independence in their 50s. Either way, early retirement isn't a feat everyone can manage.

As the FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early) movement has grown, Business Insider has spoken to many early retirees over the years. They all tend to share some common habits that helped them get to where they are today and maintain their financial independence. 

BioNexus KC intends to create an investment fund of $6-10 million to help companies bridge the 'valley of death'.

Abby Tang: It's a prank, right? Hoverboards are pranks?

Jason Sanchez: It's a lie. It's not, like, it's not a hoverboard.

Jacqui Frank: They're just ugly skateboards. Like, just call a spade a spade. It doesn't make any sense to me.

Jade Tungul: Hoverboards. Jesus Christ.

Sanchez: "Back to the Future II" introduced this concept of the hoverboard. I've been dreaming of a hoverboard since I watched that movie, and that was 1989. Kind of flash forward to a couple years ago, and it's not a hoverboard. It's, like, a thing with a wheel. One thing has, like, a single wheel I see people on, they're like, "Oh, a hoverboard." I'm like, "You're not hovering." It's a wheel; it touches the ground. There's no hover.

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There’s a growing divide between the have and the have-not cities in the U.S., per a new report from the Brookings Institution.

What the haves have: High-paying jobs in innovation sectors like tech, engineering, math, and science. $60 boxing classes.  What the have-nots have: A lack of workers with the qualifications to attract those kinds of high-paying jobs. $2 Bud Lights. 

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Eric Schmidt was CEO of Google in 2009 when he joined the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under Barack Obama, and began working closely with Tom Kalil, who was then a deputy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

In those years, Schmidt and Kalil would see each other every other month, working on a range of council studies on topics such as U.S.-China competition on semiconductors, smart cities, and federal funding for computer science research. Kalil remembers that Schmidt “was able to not only discuss the big picture—for example, ‘What is the potential of this technology?’—but what, concretely, could the government do to foster innovation.”

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Chuck Morton, Partner, Venable, LLP, joins BioTalk host Rich Bendis to discuss the local entrepreneurial and business ecosystem, regionalism, and the BioHealth Capital Region

Chuck Morton is co-chair of Venable's Corporate Group. Chuck is recognized for his abilities in guiding financing, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and other transactions involving middle-market companies. Chuck assists lenders, investors, and entrepreneurs as they create, build, and buy or sell businesses, primarily in the healthcare, technology, and consumer products industries. He regularly acts on behalf of private equity groups and banks. Chuck currently serves as the Secretary on the BioHealth Innovation Board of Directors.

CalPERS slashed its equity emerging manager program and shifted even more of its equity assets in-house over a three-month period ended in October, resulting in equity emerging manager of managers Legato Capital Management being its sole equity emerging manager and 95% of its $187.1 billion global equity portfolio internally managed.

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“Have you ever baked a cake before?” I asked Quinn, 9, at the beginning of a recent recipe-testing session in Boston. He seemed a little nervous as he shook his head no. But just over two hours later, Quinn carefully frosted his (slightly slanted) layer cake before proudly serving a piece to his parents. He had baked his first cake, with only a bit of help.

It’s very likely that you — or someone you know, owns their own business. They’ve taken the ‘Entrepreneurial Plunge’ and have created a brand new business, employing themselves and others in our community. You’ve likely asked them ‘why’ and have gotten various responses, often with a smile on their faces and a glow in their eyes. There are many reasons why people go into business for themselves:

Urban mobility is fast becoming a major challenge for many large cities. Streamlining traffic and finding solutions to population growth isn't a straightforward task.

Over 55% of the world's population lives in urban areas — and this figure is expected to increase to 68% by 2050, according to United Nations (UN) projections.

The recycled rhetoric questioning the role of the biopharmaceutical industry in the discovery and development of innovative medicines continues to rear its ugly head in the ongoing discussion about the high cost of health care and what to do about it. But, for patients with unmet medical needs, this continued skepticism is merely a distraction. 

Everyone wants a good mentor. They can help you get ahead at work, and provide an important sounding board when you’re trying to make a tough decision or deal with a tricky coworker. But finding the right person can be easier said than done. A 2019 study found that while 76% of people believe that mentoring is important, only 37% say they have such a relationship.

The team at Allbirds, the sustainable shoe brand, knows a thing or two about products that can literally help make the world a better place. Here, employees from the green shoe company share their favorite environmentally friendly gifting ideas for your holiday season—so you can gift well and be a good steward.

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Does the start of your workweek trigger overwhelming feelings of anxiety, sadness, or stress? Do you lack passion and motivation on Monday morning? Are you sluggish or tense?

If you’re nodding affirmatively, you might have a case of the Monday Blues.

Ben Wu, the deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Commerce, has been named as the new CEO for the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation.

MCEDC is a public-private economic development nonprofit for the county.

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