Comments on: Biotech CEOs Discuss the Virtues of Going Virtual http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/03/26/biotech-ceos-discuss-the-virtues-of-going-virtual/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:12:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stephen Porter http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/03/26/biotech-ceos-discuss-the-virtues-of-going-virtual/comment-page-1/#comment-51936 Stephen Porter Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:23:26 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=17745#comment-51936 I speak with a great deal of experience in this area having espoused and lived in this world for over 15 yrs. "Virtual drug development" was originally a model put forward by Steven Burrill in 1991 during the last nuclear winter for biotech funding. Is was then and is now a means to stay alive. And has been adopted with great enthusiasm by the Chinese in their start up models. It will flourish better there than the west due to the culturally engrained natural networking mindset “Guangxi” in China. I speak with a great deal of experience in this area having espoused and lived in this world for over 15 yrs. “Virtual drug development” was originally a model put forward by Steven Burrill in 1991 during the last nuclear winter for biotech funding. Is was then and is now a means to stay alive.

And has been adopted with great enthusiasm by the Chinese in their start up models. It will flourish better there than the west due to the culturally engrained natural networking mindset “Guangxi” in China.

]]> By: Virtual Companies Present Alternative Business Model for Start-Ups « Connecticut Technology & Intellectual Property http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/03/26/biotech-ceos-discuss-the-virtues-of-going-virtual/comment-page-1/#comment-51892 Virtual Companies Present Alternative Business Model for Start-Ups « Connecticut Technology & Intellectual Property Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:08:15 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=17745#comment-51892 [...] Virtual Companies Present Alternative Business Model for Start-Ups 26 03 2009 Bruce V. Bigelow, of xconomy.com-San Diego, writes about a CEO panel discussion held at Biocom (a CA life sciences trade association) regarding the advantages and disadvantages of start-ups using a “virtual company” business model (See Biotech CEOs Discuss the Virtues of Going Virtual, March 26, 2009). [...] [...] Virtual Companies Present Alternative Business Model for Start-Ups 26 03 2009 Bruce V. Bigelow, of xconomy.com-San Diego, writes about a CEO panel discussion held at Biocom (a CA life sciences trade association) regarding the advantages and disadvantages of start-ups using a “virtual company” business model (See Biotech CEOs Discuss the Virtues of Going Virtual, March 26, 2009). [...]

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