The Council of European BioRegions seeks a energetic and self-motivated Network Manager, working as an independent contractor. The successful applicant will work part time to manage a lively network of approximately 35 member clusters across Europe plus many further connections on a global scale.

The successful applicant will work closely with the CEBR Board and be ideally situated in Brussels, although this is not essential.

Applications are invited for a deadline of November 18, with an approximate 2017 budget for personnel at €40,000. This document provides a description of tasks, skills for potential applicants and process for application.

Download the PDF for more information.

Xconomy New York —  New York biotech has historically lagged behind more established life sciences hubs like Boston and San Francisco, but collaborations between its research institutions have helped the city start to move forward. Another step in that direction was taken this morning, with the launch of what’s being called Bridge Medicines.

Bridge is a drug discovery company formed via a partnership between two local venture firms (Bay City Capital, Deerfield Management), three research centers (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College), and one pharmaceutical company (Takeda).

I was talking with my good friend Sheryl Sleeva last week and discussing that there will be a day in the not so distant future where your refrigerator will re-order food for you automatically. Out of Honest Tea and So Delicious dairy free ice cream? No worries, it arrives in less than three hours. At 4pm, your thermostat goes from 65 to 72 degrees. Your home, lightbulbs and all appliances will be getting ready to welcome you when you return from work.

Successful people solve problems.  Look at any great fortune, whether it be Carnegie, Ford or Gates and you find that the source of their vast accomplishment was a problem solved.  Even more prosaic executives spend most of their time solving one problem or another, with greater or lesser skill.

The contrast in outcomes can be attributed to the scale and difficulty of the problems they tackled.  All too often, we get so mired down in day-to-day challenges that the bigger issues fall by the wayside, being left for another day which never seems to come.  That, in the final analysis, is the difference between the mundane and the sublime.

The data-analytics revolution now under way has the potential to transform how companies organize, operate, manage talent, and create value. That’s starting to happen in a few companies—typically ones that are reaping major rewards from their data—but it’s far from the norm. There’s a simple reason: CEOs and other top executives, the only people who can drive the broader business changes needed to fully exploit advanced analytics, tend to avoid getting dragged into the esoteric “weeds.” On one level, this is understandable. The complexity of the methodologies, the increasing importance of machine learning, and the sheer scale of the data sets make it tempting for senior leaders to “leave it to the experts.”

The more business Uber, Airbnb, and other Silicon Valley companies do, the more government suffers from a loss of taxes. Uber, for instance, avoids licensing fees and withholding taxes for its “independent contractors.” Airbnb avoids hotel taxes, licensing fees, and other indirect taxation.

Willard Dix is one of the crankiest observers of the college admissions process I know; he’s also one of the smartest. He worked at Amherst, his alma mater, then advised college-bound students at a private secondary school in Chicago. He now blogs about higher education.

I asked him on the phone the other day about the dizzying proliferation of college rankings beyond those by U.S. News & World Report, each using its own methodology and emphasizing different metrics. If a tone of voice can approximate an eye roll, his did.

Florida is getting back way more than it is spending from the economic impact of investing in technology companies and that return is accelerating as the companies mature, according to an economics study.

The Washington Economics Group, based in Coral Gables, conducted the study of companies funded by the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research, which has an office at the University of Florida Innovation Hub and another in Boca Raton.

I was saddened to learn today of the death of Robert F Brands, a frequent contributor to Innovation Excellence.

He died in an ATV accident while vacationing with his sons and the innovation community (and frankly the world) has suffered a great loss.

Robert F Brands is the author of two books:

Robert’s Rules of Innovation – A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival

Robert’s Rules of Innovation II – The Art of Implementation

The entrepreneurship journey  stretches and makes you grow in ways you never thought possible. Along the journey, you will definitely have to learn new things: new skills, new traits, new ways of doing things, etc.  Many women are making mighty strides in business and entrepreneurship today. If you took the time to study some of these women, you would most likely find that they share similar traits.

Look and see which of these traits you have and which ones you need to develop on your journey to becoming the #bosslady of your dreams.

Kevin Plank's underdog story has become synonymous with Baltimore — the city his company Under Armour calls home.

Now his investment company, Plank Industries, is looking to rebuild an entire area of the city. Billions of dollars will be poured into Port Covington in one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the country, which will include housing, retail and an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The nation’s “sex, lies and videotapes” election year has left many voters shaking their heads over a process that has produced more heat than light.

It has also obscured real economic questions that deserve more than a prime-time shouting match.

Will Obamacare be scrapped or recast? Will interest rates climb and endanger the recovery? What is the future of free trade if both major candidates oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership? Those questions and more have largely gone unanswered as Election Day nears.

LOS ANGELES — Massachusetts is first — once again — in the Milken Institute's State Technology and Science Index 2016, released today. The index tracks and evaluates every state's tech and science capabilities and their success at converting these assets into companies and high-paying jobs. Conducted every two years, the Index has scored Massachusetts first in every edition since it was launched in 2002.

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded up to $28.2 million to JumpStart Inc. of Cleveland under a program that helps entrepreneurs develop products and grow their companies.

Other Northeast Ohio recipients of Third Frontier money, through separate programs, are Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the University of Akron, University Hospitals, and two small companies, ICBM Medical in Cleveland and Smart 3D Solutions in Akron.

Every shimmering detail of the University of Pennsylvania's new business incubator and lab is cutting edge, right down the 3D printed scissors ushered on stage by a robot to cut the ceremonial ribbon.

Over the past few months, the futuristic Pennovation Center has quietly gotten to work on a mission that seeks nothing less than to change the way Philadelphia's community of scientific entrepreneurs connects with the city, the region and the world.

Halloween is the internet’s time to shine. Parents experiment with cardboard, couples document their ability to remix the topical themes of the year, and overachievers go all out with clever creations they make at home. To celebrate the DIY outfits already on social media – those that reference pop culture or are just awesome in general —here’s a collection of great Halloween costumes.

The PC industry is in crisis, and it’s our fault. We used to use our home computers for everything from checking email, to surfing the web, to listening to music. Now we’re doing that with our smartphones, tablets, and even voice-controlled, Internet-connected speakers. These shifts in consumer behavior have thrown the PC market into free fall. Global shipments dropped 3.9% year-over-year this past quarter, according to research firm IDC.

Researchers have zeroed in on an enzyme — found in natural foods like broccoli and cucumbers — that can slow some of the chronic conditions that come with age. So far the findings are limited to mice, but they’re encouraged enough to start testing it in people

The quest for the Fountain of Youth is getting a boost from an international team of researchers who may have stumbled upon a compound that appears to make cells act younger than they are—at least in mice.

Puzzling ancient finds have a way of captivating the public, perhaps because it's just too easy to dream up interesting explanations for how and why things exist. These 25 archaeological discoveries have left people in awe — and left scientists scratching their heads — year after year.

These seven archaeological discoveries have managed to stay hot topics despite their age, appearing on magazine covers year after year and inspiring new theories for their existence along the way.

Starting your own business is exciting and overwhelming. You have an idea that will make the lives of your target audience so much richer, but the task list you face before you can break open the champagne bottle is endless.

It’s easy to feel paralyzed by all that you have to do to launch a successful startup, but by setting achievable milestones you can take small but actionable steps towards your big goal.