Funding from the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) was announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who claims it demonstrates a “commitment to the industries and the technologies.”
The UKIIF was announced by Brown last June and will target slow growing businesses, start-ups and spin-outs including those in the pre-profit and pre-revenue stages of development.
It was [...]
Filed under: News, Uncategorized on February 25th, 2010 @ 11:34 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, global, government, innovation, start-up, startup, strategy, sustainability, Technology
The earthquake that hit Haiti last Tuesday has prompted an unprecedented flurry of donations that vastly exceeds the amount raised for previous international catastrophes over the same number of days.
Donors have already contributed more than $150 million to major U.S. relief groups for the catastrophe in Haiti. By comparison, such charities had only raised around [...]
Filed under: News on January 19th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: charity, Community, Environment, global, philanthropy, sharing, strategy
No matter how successful a business gets, it’s important not to lose sight of the strategies that have taken you there. For most that involves building strong customer relationships and consistently delivering a great product or service. In recent months, eBay, the popular online auction house has veered from that path perhaps, but its CEO [...]
In an effort to get further involved in the growing opensource movement, Microsoft has announced that it will be creating and funding ($1 million annually) the CodePlex Foundation. The initial framing of the announcement, is as a neutral place for companies and developers to share ideas and interact, ultimately increasing the commercial opportunities for all [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on September 11th, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Tagged with: Business, funding, growth, interactive, investing, investment, launch, leaders, management, microsoft, open source, opensource, opportunities, opportunity, product, sharing, software, strategy
I just read an article on the Economist summarizing a study conducted by scientists from Clemson and Yale that details strategies for vaccinating large populations. This new research disputes the long held notion that protecting the individual is the best way to combat a virus. An idea that goes against the current practice of vaccinating those [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 26th, 2009 @ 12:51 pm
Tagged with: advice, CDC, children, doctors, Economist.com, flu vaccine, H1N1, research, Spanish Flu, strategy
I’ve often written that non-profits and charities world be well served by taking cues from the business world by developing practices such as performance evaluations and affinity marketing to grow their reach and fundraising capabilities, but acquiring public companies is not something I would have thought to suggest. But that exactly what UK-based Housing 21, [...]
Filed under: News, Philanthropy on August 19th, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
Tagged with: Acquisitions, Business, charity, deal, economy, markets, non-profit, opportunities, opportunity, strategies, strategy, success
Fresh off the heels of last week’s blockbuster deal with Yahoo!, Microsoft announced a new partnership with Finnish cell phone manufacturer Nokia, another attempt to go after the top player in the space. While the Yahoo! deal was about tackling Google’s dominance of the search market, this newest collaboration takes aim at Research In Motion’s [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 13th, 2009 @ 11:45 am
Tagged with: brands, Google, leaders, marketing, markets, microsoft, mobile, Mobile Office, Nokia, partnerships, RIM, smart phones, smartphones, software, strategies, strategy, Technology, Yahoo!
There is little doubt that one of the key components in our nation’s economic recovery and ongoing security is a transition away from dependence on fossil fuels, particularly foreign oil, towards renewable energy solutions. But even as we move to develop sustainable energy technologies like solar and wind, are we neglecting the most important element, [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 7th, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, energy grid, funding, government, infrastructure, investing, investment, networks, recovery, renewable energy, strategies, strategy, sustainability, Technology
GreenRoad announced last month that it has raised $10 million in financing from Generation Investment Management, the investment firm co-founded by Al Gore in 2004. GreenRoad, which is developing technologies to encourage safe and fuel-efficient driving behavior, intends to use the proceeds to accelerate the deployment of its GreenRoad 360 service among new and existing customers. GreenRoad [...].
Porsche revealed an ultra-efficient, low-emission, mid-engine super sports car that features hybrid and electronic drive technology at this month’s Geneva Motor Show.