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What’s Your Breakthrough Idea? Let’s Talk About How to Change the World on March 29

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an investor, a researcher, a corporate executive, a journalist, or a patent attorney, you’ve heard it: an idea that will supposedly change the world. In fact, you probably come across someone trying to pitch you an idea like that every week, if not every day. Maybe you even have one you’re working on yourself.

Breakthrough ideas are catalysts of innovation and progress. Think Amazon and its online... Read more »

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Boston
Xconomy, events, music

Battle of the Tech Bands 3 - Seattle vs. Boston

Battle of the Tech Bands 3: Boston vs. Seattle—A Video and Photo Extravaganza

Wade Roush 2/9/10

It’s not every day you get to see three great East Coast rock bands on the same stage with two amazing West Coast bands—so we made a point of documenting our big fundraiser last Thursday, the... Read more »

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Roundup, deals, VC

Amazon Buys Touchco, Infinia Raises More Cash, the Truth About Photobucket, & More Seattle-Area Deals News

Gregory T. Huang 2/9/10

Another quiet week for deals in the Northwest as we head into the depths of winter. Nevertheless, there were a few notable deals in software, hardware, and energy.

—Kennewick, WA-based Infinia snapped up another $11.5 million... Read more »

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VC, Software, cleantech

Voyager Capital’s Daniel Ahn on the Firm’s Refocused Clean-IT Strategy

Gregory T. Huang 2/8/10

To Voyager Capital managing director Daniel Ahn, “cleantech” is just a buzzword. “Clean IT” is much more precise—and, to the point, it’s something a hardcore techie venture capitalist can get his hands around.

Last week, I... Read more »

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Biotech, cancer, FDA

Cell Therapeutics Shares Fall as FDA Says Lymphoma Drug Has “Substantial” Side Effects

Luke Timmerman 2/8/10

Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics’ experimental drug for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was tested in “substantially fewer” patients than planned in a pivotal clinical trial, and the data that it gathered to support its application shows the treatment has “substantial”... Read more »

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Boston
IT, travel, e-commerce

TripAdvisor: The Travel Company That’s Really All About Data

Wade Roush 2/8/10

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cleantech, Solar, VC

Infinia Raises $11.5M To Make New Solar-Power Generators, Entices Paul Allen Again

Luke Timmerman 2/5/10

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Software, culture, Analysis

Sack Ballmer? Break Up the Company? How Microsoft Could Innovate

Gregory T. Huang 2/5/10

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Boston
Xconomy, events, music

Yes We Have a Winner from Last Night’s Battle, and No, It’s Not What You Would Expect

Erin Kutz 2/5/10

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deals, Software, Analysis

It’s Official: Ontela Bought Photobucket from News Corp.

Gregory T. Huang 2/5/10

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Xconomist Forum - Insight & Opinion

Biotech, incubators, startups

Seattle Needs an “Incubator” Culture

Matthew Scholz 2/4/10

If Seattle is to occupy a future place of dominance in the biotech world, it must foster more of an “incubator” culture. There is a “valley of death” between the well-funded... Read more »

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Biotech, Global Health, people

Synchronicity is Not Just an Album by The Police. Nor is Serendipity Just a John Cusack movie.

Richard Gayle 2/1/10

The most incredible things happen when scientists with a common interest have an opportunity to simply talk with one another. On a bone-chilling December night, 50 Seattle researchers from more than... Read more »

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San Diego
innovation, Funding Gap, startups

Addressing the Innovation “Valley of Death:” It’s the Products, Stupid!

Duane J. Roth 1/26/10

Several articles published in the press this past year have emphasized the importance of technology innovation in creating high-paying jobs and fueling our nation’s economy. Janet Rae-Dupree’s aptly titled New York... Read more »

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