CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
Chapter 1: A SCIENTIST GONE BAD: How I Went from the Bench to the
Board Room
Section 1: Science and Information
Chapter 2: TECHNICAL WRITING: Making Sense Out of Manuals
Chapter 3: SCIENCE WRITING: Communicating with the Masses
Chapter 4: CREATING A PUBLISHING EMPIRE: How I Gave up Academia and
Became an Entrepreneurial Editor
Chapter 5: BUSINESS INFORMATION SERVICES: Providing the Data for
Industry
Section 2: The Financial World
Chapter 6: BECOMING A VENTURE CAPITALIST
Chapter 7: INVESTMENT BANKING: Dreams and Reality
Chapter 8: HOW I BECAME AN ANALYST: Science-Based Investment
Advising
Section 3: The Corporate World
Chapter 9: ENTREPRENEUR AND COMPANY FOUNDER: Starting Your Own
Company and Surviving
Chapter 10: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Making Deals with Science
Chapter 11: THE GROWTH OF A MANAGER: From Pure Research to Policy
Administration
Chapter 12: REGULATORY AFFAIRS: Keeping Product Development on
Track
Chapter 13: PATENT LAW CAREERS: Protecting the Intellectual
Property of Science
Chapter 14: ENTERING BIOMEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING
Chapter 15: SALES AND MARKETING: So You Want to Sell?
Chapter 16: FROM DOING RESEARCH TO MOVING RESEARCH: My Life in Tech
Transfer
Section 4: Providing Services to Companies
Chapter 17: CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS: Helping Companies Sell Their
Stories
Chapter 18: EXECUTIVE SEARCH: The Hunt for Exceptional Talent
Chapter 19: CONSULTANT TO THE STARS: Advising CEOs for Fun and
Profit
Chapter 20: BIOMEDICAL CONSULTANT: Specializing in Technology
Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Grant Writing
Section 5: Science Careers in Government
Chapter 21: SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY: Translating Between Two
Worlds
Chapter 22: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR: Building a Biotech
Industry for an Entire Country
Chapter 23: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: Directing Science in the
Military
APPENDIX: INFORMATION RESOURCES ABOUT ALTERNATIVE CAREERS FOR
SCIENTISTS
INDEX
You can do more with your science degree than you ever dreamed!
Cynthia Robbins-Roth, Ph.D., left academia to pursue a science career in the then-emerging biotechnology industry. Her career detoured through business development before her entrepreneurial spirit compelled her to start up her own biotechnology consulting and publishing business, BioVenture. Because of her scientific insight, irreverent manner, and ebullient nature, Dr. Robbins-Roth is a popular speaker on alternative careers for scientists, as well as a recognized biotech industry expert.
"After my Ph.D. I realized that although I enjoyed science, I felt
that my skills might be better applied to enabling the application
of science within a more commercial context. Reading the
experiences of others in this book gave me the confidence to move
into another area of work. After spending two years in university
technology transfer, I now negotiate Strategic Alliances on behalf
of Pfizer and use my scientific knowledge and experience on a
day-to-day basis."
-Philip McGurk, Pfizer, California, U.S.A.
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