This book outlines smart business strategies for building a technology startup and provides a comprehensive guide to building a financial model of the company. I wrote this book to share my entrepreneuring experience and to help the entrepreneur avoid many of the obstacles and hazards that I encountered while leading and participating in early-stage companies. This book is important because it …
The vision of the PILS Roundtable is that all scientists will have access to the knowledge and tools needed to develop proactive, collaborative, science-based approaches to public engagement in the life sciences. As a science communicator, PILS member, and co- organizer of this workshop, Rick Borchelt of the US Department of Energy, has thought a lot about scientists’ engagement with the pu…
Rapidly advancing scientific knowledge and its applications from a wide variety of disciplines– genetic engineering, climate science, synthetic biology, stem cell research, and others –are often the subject of multifaceted societal debates. Some of the debates revolve around scientific questions that scientists, as respected authorities, are called on to answer: How fast is the global clim…
Advances in the life sciences—from the human genome to biotechnology to personalized medicine and sustainable communities—have profound implications for the well-being of society and the natural world. Improved public understanding of such scientific advances has the potential to benefit both individuals and society through enhanced quality of life and environmental protection, improved K-1…
Websites evolve every year, growing in scope and complexity, with new features popping up to make sites look and work ever better. Even people building personal sites use various programming languages and server technologies to dish up content. Throughout its history, Dreamweaver has managed to keep pace with the changing web-development landscape, and Dreamweaver CS6 is no exception; it’s ca…