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Sound Bites The ban could backfire. It will change people’s behavior, but I believe that restaurants that have not offered self-service drinks or free refills in the past will consider doing so. As a result, calories will increase and not decrease as intended.” — PROFESSOR KATHRYN SHARPE on New York City’s plan to ban the sale of large sizes of sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts and movie theaters to fight rising obesity. “Let’s face it, water touches everything. So whether you choose to invest in the water sector itself or any other sector — literally pharmaceuticals, power, agriculture, apparel, food and beverage, you name it — any savvy investor should be paying attention to the water risks associated with the entire investment portfolio.”
— FRANCESCA MCCANN, managing director for Global Water Strategies, visited Darden Professor Andrea Larson’s “Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship” class to discuss “The Business of Water” in September 2012.
“The demand on the patient is coming. It’s going to be a whole different ball game.” — DR. PAUL MATHERNE (EMBA ’10), the J. Francis Dammann Professor of Pediatrics and vice chair for clinical strategy and program development at the University of Virginia Health System, who spoke at the Darden Health Care Conference about the growing belief in health care that patients should take care of themselves and be responsible for their health.
Dean Bob Bruner’s Blog Bite “To produce compelling learning experiences that truly differentiate a destination school from online education requires a culture and mindset of service. ... Online ed is a useful complement — not substitute — for what a school like Darden delivers.” — Being There: What Can a Destination School Deliver That Online Ed Can’t? More than 80,000 readers have visited the Dean’s Blog in the past two years. http://blogs.darden.virginia.edu/deansblog
“MySpace was the bar on Saturday night. Facebook was the Sunday barbecue. LinkedIn was the Monday morning boardroom.” — ELLEN LEVY, former vice president of strategic initiatives for LinkedIn, discussed her career path during Darden’s annual Entrepreneurship Conference, sponsored by the Batten Institute.
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“There is a huge geographic element to this. Venture capitalists in San Francisco and New York have a tough time going to Detroit; they have a tough time going to Albuquerque. There are tons of entrepreneurs [in these places] with really cutting-edge technology, they just don’t have the access to VCs in Silicon Valley. [Crowdfunding] is really kind of flattening the earth in terms of technology being accessible and being doable for potential investments.” — VLAD VUKICEVIC, co-founder of RocketHub, discussed crowdfunding during Darden’s annual Entrepreneurship Conference, sponsored by the Batten Institute.