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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. Their behavior displays promising parallels to the early days of the biotechnology industry.

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How We Built a New Company Culture

Harvard Business Review

I learned this while leading a turnaround of NPS Pharmaceuticals , a biotechnology company that now specializes in creating treatments for rare diseases. NPS had hit a rough patch in 2006. To save the 20-year-old company, I had to get it operating like a start-up. First, let me give you a little background.

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Developing Mindful Leaders

Harvard Business Review

That was the question Todd Pierce asked himself in 2006 after years of experimenting with the full menu of trainings, meetings, and competency models in his capacity as CIO of biotechnology giant Genentech. In other words, what if cultivating a successful inner life was front and center on the leadership agenda?

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When a Product Fails, Find a New Direction

Harvard Business Review

Cephalon's IPO was in 1991, part of the second wave of biotechnology companies to sell shares to the public. From a failed product to a stock that rose to a value of over $5 billion in much of the 2006-2010 period, Frank Baldino had rebuilt a decimated company, creating meaningful wealth for his shareholders and many of his employees.