July 13, 2012
After 11 years at Progressive Insurance, Steve McKay knew insurance inside and out, including many of the industry’s shortfalls. Steve realized that there were significant…
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Good Start Genetics is setting the pace for carrier screening. Based on proprietary gene-sequencing technology, Good Start Genetics’ pre-pregnancy test is more accurate and comprehensive,…
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When I was the age of our NFTE students, I tried out to be a member of the all-state honors chorus as an alto. As…
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April 30, 2012
Our Q&A series turns now to one of our newest partner companies, Spongecell, and its CEO and Co-founder Ben Kartzman. Spongecell is a digital advertising…
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For the next installment of our partner company Q&A series, we turn to the life sciences side of our portfolio and interviewed Jean Hoffman, Founder,…
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Recent data shows that high school graduation rates have improved. But the high school dropout rate in the U.S. still stands at 8.1 percent, according…
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In 2002, in the wake of the dot-com era and a number of major corporate and accounting scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed. The federal…
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February 29, 2012
This year, we launched a Q&A Series with our partner company CEOs to provide insight, lessons learned and first-hand knowledge about what it takes to…
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Entrepreneurs are vital to innovation. Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Berry Gordy, Jr., and Mark Zuckerberg—to name a few—all reshaped the world with their ideas. With…
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