science to profits

Tag: medical device

  • Changing healthcare: Tricorder X Prize

    It’s hard not to get excited about the Tricorder X prize if (like me) you are interested in new things in general, and in ways innovation can be applied to reengineering the US healthcare system in particular. I spent some time recently reading carefully through the draft guidelines which describe just what this “Tricorder” needs…

  • “Lean” medical device, cleantech, telco startups

    The Lean Startup movement is a good example of the new internet-company methodologies mentioned in my last post. I got around to reading Eric Ries’ book over Thanksgiving. I liked it a lot, and I have been mulling over what its lessons are for non-internet businesses – particularly for the sort of science-based business I…