Category Archives: Business

Jenny Regan

Maryland – A Biotechnology Leader

05.12.2010 by Jenny Regan

Last week I attended the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) 2010 conference in Chicago, where I learned that the biotech industry thinks Maryland is a great place to do business, and it’s on track to get better.

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Jenny Regan

Give Me Some Satisfaction

04.20.2010 by Jenny Regan

In a recent survey conducted by Legacy MedSearch, employee satisfaction rates were low and varied widely depending on the size of the company.

Business, Resources
Chad Schneider

Healthcare Bill Offers Tax Opportunity for Small Biotechs

04.06.2010 by Chad Schneider

While Congress will be adding a new excise tax on device sales starting in 2013, it has provided up to a 50% tax credit for qualified pre-clinical and clinical activities conducted to get devices to market, starting in the 2009 tax year.

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Chad Schneider

On being indispensable

02.15.2010 by Chad Schneider

How have you made yourself indispensible to your boss, your company, your clients? In the business of life, you can consider each a customer. As customers, don’t they deserve your very best work product?

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Chad Schneider

"Have you ever worked on [insert your project here] before?"

01.12.2010 by Chad Schneider

You’d probably like to hear that Key Tech has already built a product just like yours, but if that were true, you might not end up with much competitive advantage in the marketplace. Instead, we go to great lengths to hire and retain talented engineers who seek out new challenges.

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Jenny Regan

Survey Results: Scouting for New Technologies and Business Partners

11.17.2009 by Jenny Regan

Over the past year or two, Key Tech has taken advantage of improvements in the usability and functionality of online tools to share information quickly and easily. Over the same period, we’ve observed dwindling attendance at industry conferences. So, where is everyone?

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Jenny Regan

Product Development: Way More Than Technology

10.27.2009 by Jenny Regan

The success of a new product, no matter how complex or innovative the technology involved, is directly tied to a lot of factors that have much less to do with science and much more to do with everything else.

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Brian Lipford

10 Years – 10 Biggest Mistakes – Part 4

10.08.2009 by Brian Lipford

In tribute to our 10 year anniversary, I thought others outside of Key Tech might like to hear some of our more colorful screw ups. So I put together a four-part series of what I think are some of our best. I hope you find something of value.

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Brian Lipford

10 Years – 10 Biggest Mistakes – Part 3

10.06.2009 by Brian Lipford

In tribute to our 10 year anniversary, I thought others outside of Key Tech might like to hear some of our more colorful screw ups. So I put together a four-part series of what I think are some of our best. I hope you find something of value.

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Brian Lipford

10 Years – 10 Biggest Mistakes – Part 2

10.01.2009 by Brian Lipford

In tribute to our 10 year anniversary, I thought others outside of Key Tech might like to hear some of our more colorful screw ups. So I put together a four-part series of what I think are some of our best. I hope you find something of value.

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