Comments for Biodesign Alumni http://biodesignalumni.com Leaders in medical technology innovation Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:16:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on We Want Your Feedback by Tyo http://biodesignalumni.com/2009/08/25/hello-world/#comment-283 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:16:33 +0000 #comment-283 It’s petrty quiet here! Why not leave a comment?Just fill out the form below and let us know what you thought about the article.

]]> Comment on Karen Talmadge: Lessons learned in perseverance, priorities, and partnership by Ben Rombaoa (@benrombaoa) http://biodesignalumni.com/2011/08/30/karen-talmadge-lessons-learned-in-perseverance-priorities-and-partnership/#comment-279 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:25:51 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=787#comment-279 I worked at Kyphon from 2000 to 2006. I was employee number three within the IT organization. How can I forget Karen, she’s soft spoken, cares about employees and most of all very driven and inspiring. Good luck with all your new adventures Karen.

Ben R.

]]> Comment on Erik van der Burg and the Lean Medtech Startup by Evan Anderson http://biodesignalumni.com/2011/11/29/erik-van-der-burg-and-the-lean-medtech-startup/#comment-258 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:34:53 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=834#comment-258 Great article Tom!!

]]> Comment on Reza Zadno’s Secrets to Success by Louizos Alexander http://biodesignalumni.com/2011/02/18/reza-zadnos-secrets-to-success/#comment-225 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:15:58 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=586#comment-225 Talented entrepreneurs always get me excited with their wisdom. Thank you for sharing your experience.

]]> Comment on Learning Between the Lines at Stanford Biodesign by Aman Tyagi http://biodesignalumni.com/2011/05/02/learning-between-the-lines-at-stanford-biodesign/#comment-101 Fri, 06 May 2011 13:55:53 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=668#comment-101 Well done folks.

]]> Comment on Learning Between the Lines at Stanford Biodesign by Apurva Agarwal http://biodesignalumni.com/2011/05/02/learning-between-the-lines-at-stanford-biodesign/#comment-99 Mon, 02 May 2011 23:05:43 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=668#comment-99 Test

]]> Comment on Even the Patent Office gets a Stimulus Plan (that may benefit your small company) by Jessica Hudak http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/01/29/even-the-patent-office-gets-a-stimulus-plan-that-may-benefit-your-small-company-2/#comment-38 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:08:20 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=220#comment-38 The program is being extended once again until December 31, 2010, or the date that 10,000 applications have been accorded special status for examination under the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, whichever occurs earlier.

The USPTO is also expanding the program to permit all applicants to participate by eliminating the small entity status requirement and adding a few new requirements in view of the expansion. The most notable of which is that the applicant must also include a statement that they have not and will not file a new application that claims the same invention claimed in the expressly abandoned application (the phrase ‘‘same invention’’ has the same meaning as used in the context of statutory double patenting under 35 U.S.C. 101).

More details here:
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/notices/75fr36063.pdf

]]> Comment on The Real World: Biodesign by Jaci http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/07/05/the-real-world-biodesign/#comment-35 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:32:06 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=344#comment-35 Congrats on the fellowship, R.V., and great post. “Difficult Conversations” is, hands-down, my favorite book on negotiations. Best of luck!

]]> Comment on The Real World: Biodesign by Nick Mavrogenes http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/07/05/the-real-world-biodesign/#comment-34 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:32:45 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=344#comment-34 Brilliantly stated. Good luck.

]]> Comment on The Merits of Pessimism by The Real World: Biodesign « Biodesign Alumni http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/03/09/the-merits-of-pessimism/#comment-32 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:58:01 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=249#comment-32 [...] right, listen as if you are wrong.” Brian Fahey framed this kind of constructive conflict in an earlier blog post as a balance between optimism and pessimism, which he suggests is key to finding the best [...]

]]> Comment on The Merits of Pessimism by Brian Fahey http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/03/09/the-merits-of-pessimism/#comment-11 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:45 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=249#comment-11 That’s an interesting article. I think maybe the biggest difference is constructive pessimism vs. white-flag pessimism. It’s one thing to anticipate the worst and envision the problems that you will run into, but it’s another altogether to see these problems and give up with a “that’s impossible” attitude. Hence your comment about persistence.

]]> Comment on The Merits of Pessimism by Evan http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/03/09/the-merits-of-pessimism/#comment-10 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:25:13 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=249#comment-10 Great article Brian, it got me to thinking, can you wear a pessimist hat one day and a optimist hat the next? Can one person be both or is it inherently impossible?

This article further breaks things down and is interesting:
http://www.leadership-and-motivation-training.com/optimism-vs-pessimism.html

One of the points that it makes that I think is interesting and rings true to me is, whether you are a pessimist or a optimist, persistence pays off.

]]> Comment on Even the Patent Office gets a Stimulus Plan (that may benefit your small company) by Jessica Hudak http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/01/29/even-the-patent-office-gets-a-stimulus-plan-that-may-benefit-your-small-company-2/#comment-9 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:37 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=220#comment-9 There is still time to participate! The USPTO has announced that it is extending Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan until June 30, 2010. Read more here: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/notices/75fr5041.pdf

]]> Comment on Even the Patent Office gets a Stimulus Plan (that may benefit your small company) by Yvette http://biodesignalumni.com/2010/01/29/even-the-patent-office-gets-a-stimulus-plan-that-may-benefit-your-small-company-2/#comment-8 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:42:01 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=220#comment-8 biodesignslumni.com, hows do you do it?

]]> Comment on Starting Your Own Company: Why It’s Hard and Why It’s Worth It by David Boudreault http://biodesignalumni.com/2009/10/09/starting-your-own-company-why-its-hard-and-why-its-worth-it/#comment-5 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:09:30 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=56#comment-5 Extremely well said and from someone I have seen make those leaps. Keep on playing Fahey!

]]> Comment on Yea, but what’s the problem? A simple lesson learned from a current fellow by Paul Wilson http://biodesignalumni.com/2009/11/22/yea-but-whats-the-problem-a-simple-lesson-learned-from-a-current-fellow/#comment-3 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:40:07 +0000 http://biodesignalumni.com/?p=119#comment-3 It is a significant discovery to learn to not take your first idea and rush head long in to implementing it. Although I am in advertising the same rule applies. So often in the first days of working on an account you start to write the commercial before the research is in. Ahh what a mistake. The more you learn, the more elegant the solution.

]]> Comment on We Want Your Feedback by bma449 http://biodesignalumni.com/2009/08/25/hello-world/#comment-2 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:40:41 +0000 #comment-2 I’m excited! Thanks Jeremy for putting this website together.

-Evan

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