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Temple program offers entrepreneurs guidance on attracting investors
By Taunya English
Some Philadelphia startups are getting help to polish their pitch to investors. MidAtlantic Diamond Ventures is a coaching program for up-and-coming companies. It's based at Temple University's Fox School of Business. Executive director Jaine Lucas says in Philadelphia several of the startups are life-sciences firms -- companies hoping to sell a new pharmaceutical, medical device or some other biotech product.
"They were absolutely the darlings of the investment community even as recently as five or six years ago," Lucas said. "The issue with a lot of life-science firms is that the dollars to get to that point are huge, the failure rates typically very, very high."
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Edge Therapeutics, Inc. to Present at Rodman & Renshaw's 13th Annual Healthcare Conference
NEWARK, NJ--(Marketwire - September 07, 2011) - Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel implantable technology for direct delivery of proven therapeutic compounds to the site of brain injury, will be a presenting company at the Rodman & Renshaw 13th Annual Healthcare Conference to be held in New York City from September 11-13, 2011 at the Waldorf-Astoria. Brian Leuthner, chief executive officer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, September 13th, at 12:05 p.m. in the Metropolitan West conference room.
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Edge Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Sol J. Barer to Board of Directors
Founder of Celgene and 30-Plus Year Veteran of Biotechnology Industry Becomes Director
NEWARK, NJ--(Marketwire - September 07, 2011) - Edge Therapeutics, Inc. announced today the appointment of Sol J. Barer, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors, effective September 1, 2011. Dr. Barer will also serve as chair of the Compensation Committee. Edge Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel implantable technology for direct delivery of proven therapeutic compounds to the site of brain injury.
Dr. Barer is a founder of Celgene Corporation and spent 18 years leading Celgene as president, COO and CEO, culminating with his tenure as Celgene's executive chairman and chairman before retiring in June 2011. Under his helm, Celgene became the third largest independent biotechnology company in the world and a member of the S&P500 with a current market capitalization exceeding $25 billion.
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Cardinal Resources makes the Inc 5000 for the second year in a row
Business Model
Provides a patented solar-powered water treatment system and other innovative systems and solutions to water pollution and environmental remediation services.
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Tama Copeman Appointed Chair of Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures
(June 23, 2011,
Philadelphia, PA) Tama Copeman, PhD, founder and CEO of Alcyone*7, a management
advisory company, and founder and Managing Partner of Maya*7 Investments, an
associated boutique investment company, has been appointed chair of Mid-Atlantic
Diamond Ventures (MADV). MADV is a year ‘round venture forum and
entrepreneurship advisory program wholly owned and operated by the Fox School of
Business, Temple University. To date, MADV has coached and presented for
investment over 230 emerging firms which have collectively raised over $200
million in Series A funding. It is the only year ‘round venture forum program in
the Greater Philadelphia region and by far the largest by number of emerging
firms served annually. Dr. Copeman was selected as chair for her extensive
service to the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, expertise in technology
commercialization and experience as an angel investor and technology
executive.
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Kevin Jones nominated as a finalist for Ernst & Young 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Cardinal Resources President, Kevin Jones, has
been nominated as a finalist for the prestigious Ernst & Young 2011
Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Finalists will gather on Friday, June 10th at a
Black Tie Reception in the Westin William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. Mr.
Jones was one of 1800 semi-finalists from Western Pennsylvania. He is one of
twenty-eight finalists vying for the award this year.
Cardinal Resources brings a unique blend of experience, technology, and focus to projects worldwide and across the United States from offices in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dakar, Senegal. Their commitment to Clean Water, Clean Environment, Worldwide includes the patented Red Bird System, a solar-powered community-sized drinking water system, proprietary approaches to community and industrial wastewater treatment, green infrastructure as well as a depth of traditional environmental and engineering services.
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Pfind me
Movitas LLC announced the acquisition of PhindMe LLC, a leading provider of web-based tools for creating mobile websites and mobile marketing campaigns. The PhindMe platform includes mobile communication and marketing solutions for marketing agencies, optimized for all browser-based mobile devices, and a direct-to-business mobile solution, branded Everywhereigo. The acquisition enhances the capabilities of Movitas, a provider of real-time mobile communication, marketing and commerce solutions for location-centric businesses.
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Hydrocoil power
Hydrocoil Power, a MADV company that presented at the organization's April 2008 venture forum, was featured in a recent NY Times Article, New Jersey edition titled "In an Age of Fossil fuel, Returning to the Water for Electricity." The firm has developed new “microhydro” technology that converts the kinetic energy of fast-flowing water into electricity.
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