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DNA Direct: Importance of Information in the Medical Field

4 Lectures

Importance of Information in the Medical Field
00:00:31
Ryan Phelan, Business — Stanford University

Ryan Phelan, founder and CEO of DNA Direct, talks about the vitality and the role of information in the medical field.
Starting a Business
00:00:52
Ryan Phelan, Business — Stanford University

Phelan discusses some of the hardships that come along with starting a business.
Power of Genetics
00:00:34
Ryan Phelan, Business — Stanford University

Phelan believes that genetics will make a big impact among consumers in the coming future.
What is Social Entrepreneurship?
00:00:38
Ryan Phelan, Business — Stanford University

Phelan describes the meaning of social entrepreneurship.

Born Republican? Born Democrat?

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Change is Good

I remember the day my Mom sold her sky blue Volkswagen Beetle. She was visibly heartbroken. But with that sacrifice, she bought our family’s first computer. I was nine years old and she was starting grad school. I still can’t believe she knocked out her thesis on that Apple IIe, complete with 5¼” floppy disc …

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Financial Markets

With the news media abuzz in recent months with cryptic terms like quantitative easing and ...
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