More stress appears to be a modest drawback of being an entrepreneur in America. In the U.S., entrepreneurs are slightly more likely than other workers to report experiencing stress a lot of the day "yesterday"-- 45% vs. 42%. They are also slightly more likely than other U.S. workers to say they worried a lot of the day "yesterday"-- 34% vs. 30%.
According to NEHI, prescription non-adherence is costing the US healthcare system $290B annually. Over 15% of the Medicare beneficiaries reach the prescription coverage gap or “Donut Hole” annually and over 50% of these beneficiaries discontinue medication refills. RxAdvance announced today a unique and patent-pending service called “Donut Hole Predictor & Medication Management Using Therapeutic Alternatives” solution that can predict which Medicare beneficiaries are likely to reach the donut hole very early into the benefit year, and how to prevent them from reaching it using innovative technology, people, and processes.
Hasta el día 31 de enero de 2014 será posible presentar un caso de startup de éxito a la 1ª edición del STARTUP CASE COMPETITION. Organizada por el BAC de MONDRAGON, la 1ª edición del STARTUP CASE COMPETITION pretende:
Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high of 35 billion tonnes in 2012 and are poised to grow by another billion tonnes this year, according to a new study.
Global CO2 emissions were 2.2% higher than in 2011 and are expected to soar by another 2.1% this year, according to the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo (Cicero).
Nest Labs, the Palo Alto, California-based smart home device startup, is about to raise $150 million in funding at a valuation of $2 billion, according to the tech news site ReCode.
Who knew fancy thermostats could be such big business?
A Moroccan solar project worth some €6.6 billion aimed at turning desert sun into lucrative power exports to Europe could be at risk as international lenders balk at plants planned for the disputed Western Sahara.
Morocco drew up plans in 2009 to build solar plants and wind farms to generate 4 gigawatts of power by 2020 but much of that output is to come from sites planned in Western Sahara, the focus of a decades-old territorial dispute.
Morocco has controlled most of Western Sahara since 1975 and claims the sparsely populated stretch of desert, which has offshore fishing, phosphate reserves and oilfield potential, as its own.
Ambarella is launching new MotorVu video chips for 360-degree views for car video cameras.
Car crash videos have become a phenomenon on YouTube, in part because of the heavy use of dashboard video cameras in Asia and Russia. Those dashboard video cameras are expected to spread to the U.S. and other countries as the need to document extraordinary events becomes more common.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based Ambarella makes low-power chips for digital still cameras and video cameras. It is unveiling its new products at the 2014 International CES is Las Vegas this week.
Las reformas fiscales que han aprobado a finales de año las haciendas forales incluyen, por primera vez, incentivos a business angels, una figura que ya existía en otras zonas como Madrid. Además, las empresas podrán ahorrarse dinero en el Impuesto de Sociedades si destinan parte de sus beneficios a invertir en startups. Veamos.
As a founder of the California Ear Institute at Stanford University, Rodney Perkins met many of the founding fathers of Silicon Valley. Among the surgeon’s friends—and sometime patients—were William Hewlett and David Packard; Intel’s (INTC) co-founder, Gordon Moore, and its former chief executive officer, Andy Grove; and Manhattan Project charter member Edward Teller, one of the inspirations for Dr. Strangelove.
