December 2011

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC has put out an interesting and informative video series discussing how understanding customers' needs is essential for innovators and entrepreneurs.  Seven experts share their thoughts on how to understand customers' needs and how to go about meeting them.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.

Judy Giordan, Partner ecosVC and Senior Advisor to the NCIIA, explains that viewing research through the lens of the market in addition to the lens of pure research can truly spur innovation and be a benefit to the innovators, the economy and the world. Hear what everyone else has to say!

December 2011

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC has put out an interesting and informative video series discussing women's perspectives on entrepreneurship.  Three experts share their thoughts on the challenges of being a female scientist or entrepreneur, and advise women in these fields to persevere and to let these challenges make them stronger.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.

Judy Giordan, Partner ecosVC and Senior Advisor to the NCIIA, explains that we all view the world and everyone in it through different lenses, and we need to use these lenses to discover and embrace opportunities, rather than allowing them to limit us. Hear what everyone else has to say!

December 2011

Judy spoke in the Harvey Mudd College Dr. Bruce J. Nelson '74 Distinguished Speaker Series in Claremont, CA.  Her talk was titled "21st Century Technology Commercialization—A New Contact Sport," and was the last talk given in the 2011 Nelson Distinguished Speaker Series at Harvey Mudd College.

October 2011

Judy was a speaker in the Joseph Priestley Society Lecture Series at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, in Philadelphia, PA.  Her talk was titled "21st Century Technology Commercialization – A New Contact Sport" - click to view the PDF of her presentation.  Click here to listen to the audio from the lecture provided by CHF!

Photographs by Conrad Erb, courtesy of the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

September 2011

Judy spoke at the  Nanomanufacturing Summit 2011 in Boston, MA, in the "High Performance Green Nanomaterials for Electronics & Industrial Applications" session.  Her talk was titled "GOAL: Sustainable Materials Commercialization and Innovator Preparation" - click to download a PDF of the presentation.