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Diversity, Entrepreneurship American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2011 Meeting - Women Chemists Committee (WCC)
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:04AM Tweet September 2011
Judy at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting's Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Luncheon in Denver, Colorado.
The Women Chemists Committee Luncheon hosted a talk with entrepreneurs which was facilitated by ACS Executive Director, Madeleine Jacobs and featuring Kitty Hach-Darrow, cofounder of Hach Chemicals and Judy Giordan, venture developer and serial entrepreneur. Tom Tritton, Executive Director of the Chemical Heritage Foundation cited the luncheon as one of his three favorite things about the Denver 2011 ACS meeting.
From left to right are Judy Giordan, Kitty Hach-Darrow, and Madeleine Jacobs. This photo is credited to Linda Wang of Chemical and Engineering News.
Unsolicited Advice on the "Valley of Death"
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:02AM Tweet August 2011
Judy's thoughts on the "valley of death" were highlighted in the August 8, 2011, print edition of Business Week.
Learn more about Judy Giordan and Joseph Steig's firm ecosVC at www.ecosvc.com.
NSF wants to put Innovators in Charge
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:00AM Tweet July 2011
In her Xconomy article Judy talked about the need for innovators to take the forefront… NSF is now providing that funding - see the article "National Science Foundation seeks to put innovators back in charge of startups" by Joe McKendrick, which came out on July 29, 2011.
Women and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Diversification Leads to More and Better Deals
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 09:47AM Tweet July 2011
Judy and her thoughts on women in science, engineering, and business were featured in an Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF) Newsletter article on July 21, 2011:
In "Women and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Diversification Leads to More and Better Deals" Judy shares her thoughts on why having women involved in entrepreneurial ventures, either as innovators or as investors, is critical to the future. The large global issues of sustainability, energy, and food production "...they are going to be solved by systems thinking from women and men," Judy said. "A more diverse, highly trained set of opinions gets you a better set of answers."
Giordan et al. awarded Best Paper at the 118th Annual ASEE (American Society of Engineering Educators) Conference
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 09:46AM Tweet June 2011
See the award winning paper written by Judy and her colleagues from NCIIA and VentureWell.
This paper was presented on June 28 at the 118th Annual ASEE (American Society of Engineering Educators) Conference. It was awarded "best paper" in the Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division of ASEE.