Technology Answers To Tomorrow’s Questions
The entrepreneurs behind Early Charm companies are working to address unmet needs and unanswered questions using technology. Here, we tell the stories of these people, and the companies they are building to solve today’s challenges — and those yet to come.
Your PowerPoint presentation is trash
Pretty much no one likes to listen to a PowerPoint presentation. So why are you still making them?
Meet Oliver: A pharmaceutical software builder and one of America’s newest citizens
Oliver Tao was in elementary school in China when he first started trying to take apart computers and hack online games. Now, he uses his love of computers and his skills in pharmaceutical science to help drug companies design new medicines.
Detecting cancer with lasers and soundwaves
Optave Diagnostics, an Early Charm portfolio firm, is developing medical devices that will allow clinicians to more clearly "see" and diagnose certain cancers.
Getting your employees drunk
How can ventures balance the conflict between productivity and creativity? Perhaps we should have a drink and think about it.
Stopping bullets with 3D printers
Winston Frazer learned it is not uncommon for soldiers and cops to remove their body armor, or simply not wear it regularly, because it is uncomfortable and unwieldy. It's a problem he thought his company’s 3D printing technology could help solve.
Meet Keturah: The scientist making flame-retardant textiles for soldiers
What if the uniforms worn by American soldiers could prevent them from getting badly injured by a fire, or from getting bitten by bugs that may carry disease? That kind of question drives Keturah Postell in her work, each day.
Saving the planet, one foot of lab-printed meat at a time
You probably own a T-shirt that was made using screen printing. But did you know meat products could be made with the same process?
