I am looking for three examples of companies doing interesting things
in these three categories:
-- Biotechnology
-- Boomernomic firms (i.e. financial services, recreation, and/or healthcare)
-- Internet technology
I recognize "interesting" is highly subjective, so I'll largely trust
your judgement, but let me try to define some parameters to help you.
I'm looking for examples of companies experimenting with new models in
their industry or uniquely revolutionary products.
One example of biotech might be Synapse Technologies (
http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~mirg/events/mar19.html ) who have
discovered a protein that can go past the brain barrier, which means
chemotherapy drugs might not need be so invasive.
I need a summary of the company's history, its technology/product, and
what the market for it might be.
I'd like these nine examples (three from each category above) to be
something that most people haven't heard of before. So while G00gle's
main search engine wouldn't qualify, perhaps something they're working
on (or even rumoured to be working on) that's really amazing would be
fine.
The examples would need to have a few visuals I could use (it's going
into a PowerPoint presentation) so photos of the firm, its technology,
short explanatory videos, all that is great.
I'll be around all day today until 3:15 PM Eastern time to answer any
clarification requests you may have, then again from 6:00 PM to 7:30
PM Eastern time. I need the answer to be closed no later than 12 noon
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
22 Oct 2004 17:58 PDT
This question is open again for those who want it. Somebody apparently
locked it for more than a day, then bailed out...
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Request for Question Clarification by
larre-ga
on
22 Oct 2004 18:08 PDT
Hello,
I have had the question locked, I simply missed the renewal time for
re-lock by a few minutes. I have seven interesting companies so far,
and am working on the final two. I'm hoping to post the answer
tonight, but if not, I see no problem with meeting the deadline
tomorrow morning.
---larre
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
22 Oct 2004 18:44 PDT
Ah! :-) Glad to hear it. I'm here if you have any clarification
requests. (I didn't know you had to keep renewing the lock!)
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 09:47 PDT
Hi Larre,
Do you have an ETA on completion of this question?
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 10:22 PDT
(gulp) Getting nervous here... we're more than an hour over the
deadline and I need to leave shortly for the airport with this
material...
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 10:33 PDT
Jhabley --
Fate is interfering here: Larre-GA just called me to indicate that
she's offline due to an electricity failure. She probably won't be
back online until later Saturday, though she's completed some 8/9
analyses.
I'll be opening this question up for any other researchers, as it's
most important that you get a solution. However, if there's any
flexibility in deadline, you'll want to inform her.
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 10:39 PDT
Thanks for the update. I guess there's no way she can get the 8 of 9
to you to post? Does she have a sense of when power would be restored?
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 11:28 PDT
JH --
She's in California. Workmen are on-site now but the electricity was
lost in a fire at the transformer, so it will probably still be
several hours before she has her computer up.
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 11:36 PDT
Thanks -- it must be terribly frustrating for her. If you're in
contact with her, is there any way she can pass along even just the
URLs she's uncovered and I can download those sites and try to work at
it myself? (Thanks for your intermediary help here...)
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
23 Oct 2004 18:40 PDT
Larre -- I'm desperate now. Is your power back on? I still have time
to add this content, but PLEASE contact me...
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Clarification of Question by
jhabley-ga
on
24 Oct 2004 20:06 PDT
Larre - will I never hear from you now? This has been frustrating...
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Request for Question Clarification by
larre-ga
on
25 Oct 2004 10:05 PDT
I am so very sorry, and yes, frustrated as well. I'm finally back
online via laptop, but not my home desktop-driven network, which will
remain inaccessable for probably the rest of the day (Monday) as
repairs are completed. I'm in an apartment, so I have no control at
all over the work or the worker's schedules. When the mishap occured
in a neighboring apartment, I was cut off abruptly. I will have to
reconstruct most of my report from History, and backup files.
In the meantime, I'll begin all over with my search terms, and post
each company as I locate it along with company history and media
examples. It's all I know to do to get the information to you as
quickly as possible.
---l
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Request for Question Clarification by
larre-ga
on
25 Oct 2004 10:58 PDT
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