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Healthcare Innovation

Healthcare Innovation

June 17, 2008 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners

Highland's Bob Higgins, longtime venture capitalist and entrepreneurship professor, talks with Business Week about health care and the threat to U.S. leadership in research from nations that invest more in science.

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Summer@Highland 2008

Summer@Highland 2008

April 3, 2008 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
Are you a student (graduate, undergraduate or even recent grad) with a business you’d like to rapidly accelerate this summer? If so, Summer@Highland 2008 may be just what you need.
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Overview of the Telecom Sector

Overview of the Telecom Sector

March 25, 2008 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
Highland's Sean Dalton takes a look at where the opportunities are in the communications & wireless markets as part of a keynote presentation at Argyle's 2008 Deal Making in the Telecom Sector Forum.
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Building Big Companies

Scott Kirsner

Building Big Companies

December 4, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Parters
Are New England's most promising companies being sold too soon? At his recent “Thinking Big” forum, Scott Kirsner hosted 50 CEOs and founders to discuss this and other topics relevant to helping to build the next generation of “pillar” companies in New England.
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Early Stage Advice for Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Krisztina Holly

Early Stage Advice for Entrepreneurs and Innovators

November 28, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
Krisztina Holly of the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation shares insights and lessons learned on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and/or innovator.
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Lessons Learned with Ash Dahod

Ash Dahod

Lessons Learned with Ash Dahod

September 13, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
Serial entrepreneur Ash Dahod shares advice and lessons learned on the critical success factors for building strong organizations and successful companies.
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Protecting Your IP

Steve Frank

Protecting Your IP

August 2, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
What is IP and why should you care as an entrepreneur? Steve Frank of Goodwin Procter shares his insights on intellectual property (IP) and what you should be doing to protect it.
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Financing Options for Startups

Bob Higgins

Financing Options for Startups

June 26, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
For entrepreneurs considering raising capital for their business, a discussion of the various sources available along with a more detailed look at what venture capitalists are looking for in companies.
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Starting Great Companies

Sean Dalton

Starting Great Companies

April 10, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
Advice and case studies for founders and entrepreneurs on being honest & smart, thinking long-term and the importance of choosing your partners wisely.
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Commercializing Life Sciences

February 2, 2007 | Posted by Highland Capital Partners
A presentation by Highland's Bob Higgins that explores the tech transfer environment and opportunities to commercialize scientific research from a venture capital perspective.