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Entrepreneurial mindset

A new reading strategy for a changing world

I believe the world order—geopolitically, technologically, economically—will change noticeably within the next ten years. Making ambitious business and investment decisions ahead of these changes requires good information. The challenge we all face is confirmation bias. We choose our sources of

Sam January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Entrepreneurial mindset, Future of science practice and careers, Ideas Read more

Answer the call of the Greatest Generation

The Greatest Generation are those who lived through two of the most catastrophic periods in the last one hundred years. They endured through the Great Depression that started in 1929. That was the deepest and most widespread economic downturn in

Sam December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Entrepreneurial mindset, Future of science practice and careers Read more

Leaving America

After eight years living and working in U.S.A., I had to leave America to return to Canada. It was not about the politics, though that did have an impact on the paths that were narrowing for me in the U.S.

Sam November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Entrepreneurial mindset Read more

We will know success when we can look each other in the eyes

This is a personal post, so I am grateful for your time in reading this. We are living in tumultuous times. They call for courage, which also means to admit vulnerability. I share the fear in everyone’s heart that is

Sam March 22, 2020March 23, 2020 Entrepreneurial mindset, Future of science practice and careers, Venture capital Read more

How do you say goodbye?

For the last 7 years and 5 months, I have been at a company called Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, named after its founder, Dr. Anji Reddy. It is the world’s ninth largest generic pharmaceutical company. There are two types of companies

Sam March 8, 2020March 9, 2020 Entrepreneurial mindset Read more

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This website is about applied science, entrepreneurship and the future of business. The intention is to connect with those who demand to live in a better world, and who are working to do that, so that we can do it together.

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Leading a life sciences business delegation to Asia: 2009 – 2010

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