Custom software is a powerful tool—for those who can afford it. EduSource hires student developers as apprentices to help develop business process software at a more affordable cost for companies with specialized needs. In the process, they create a pipeline of talent for their own future hiring needs. Clever!
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A group of medical researchers, many of whom are Eli Lilly refugees with powerful pharmaceutical experience, share a common goal of wiping out cancer. And they just might do that. Apexian was founded on the work of Mark Kelley, who identified a unique protein that drives the growth of cancer cells. They have now developed a drug that targets this protein and is in Phase 1 clinical trials. And there are more drugs in the pipeline.
“Producing food in the future will be similar to brewing beer.” Well, maybe. Biotech company Xylogenics engineers organisms to make renewable chemicals for food and cosmetics. The company uses genetic engineering techniques to introduce genes from different organisms to make compounds, such as protein, through yeast fermentation.
Andromeda was founded as a software company. For its first product, FlexePark, Andromeda partners with small business to help them sell their available parking after hours. Then, FlexePark, a digital parking app, allows users to check in to the parking space. It’s a win/win!
If you’re making, moving or growing things, the machines you use can produce data and keep you informed. That data can work for you in many ways, if you know how to use it. We’re still learning just how powerful the Internet of Things can be and how it will ultimately transform our economy.
