Feeding ourselves and our social media cats
I hear people being concerned about feeding the 10 billion world population in 2050 all the time. However, I’m also concerned about all the 8.6 billion in 2030 as I’m pretty sure that if we can’t feed them, we don’t have to …
Six impressive CRISPR application areas and cool startups to match them
If biotech interests you, you must already know about CRISPR, the cutting edge gene editing technology that was developed a couple of years ago, by Jennifer Doudna. Also to us, CRISPR, or actually everything related to genome editing tools, is amongst the …
Don’t be afraid to reject if you want to be successful in technology scouting
A couple of technology scouts (investors and R&D managers) confessed to me that they often feel reluctant to reject companies. Their inability to reject was either driven by fear of ‘just not getting it yet’ or an emotional attachment to a target …
How to Ace Technology Scouting
Let’s say you are working at the innovation, R&D or corporate venturing department of your company and your job is to find the most promising innovative companies in the world. How to find the company that impresses the hell out of you and… maybe far more important to …