The Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference (GC&E) was to be held in Seattle WA from June 16-18, but in April the organizers at the ACS Green Chemistry Institute decided to transition the conference to an online virtual event. This was fantastic news as it meant that all the programming could still be offered to the green chemistry community. Best of all, registration for the online meeting would now be made FREE!
Read MoreThe global Coronavirus pandemic has ushered in a period of uncertainty and unprecedented economic disruption. Conditions have become exceedingly difficult for many businesses, and this has had immense implications for innovators working in sustainability and green chemistry. In the first part of this post,
Read MoreIt has now been over a month of living under conditions of social distancing and during that time the full scale of the disaster caused by the Coronavirus has become apparent. Not only has there been horrible loss of life and enormous personal toll to families who have lost loved ones, the economic consequences of the pandemic have been dire.
Read MoreI’ve recently been reading “The Startup Goldmine: How to Tap the Hidden Innovation Agendas of Large Companies to Fund and Grow Your Business,” by Neil Soni. It’s a great book full of practical information and insights for entrepreneurs aiming to move their business forward by partnering with a large corporate player.
Read MoreMy friend Laura Reyes and I had the privilege of organizing the session “Leveraging Partnerships in Startups and SMEs” at this year’s GC&E Conference. This session highlighted the approaches startups can take to develop partnerships and leverage resources that can address technical, funding, and commercialization challenges to their businesses
Read MoreMy plan for this space is to highlight projects that I am involved with and can share, bring attention to work and chemistry that I think is cool, and also potentially (I really hope!) be a resource for anyone interested in the challenges of commercializing chemistry
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