Yali Friedman is Chief Knowledge Officer at Washington, DC-based New Economy Strategies and holds a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Buffalo. He currently guest lectures for the Johns Hopkins MS/MBA program in biotechnology and has been a guest lecturer at the Tepper School of Business and University of Buffalo School of Management, teaching classes on the business of biotechnology. In supporting New Economy Strategies' activities in technology-based economic development, he has published papers on topics such as strategies to cope with a lack of management talent and capital w...