About four-fifths cited cuts will come from discovery and early stage work, or both.

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Sageworks analyzed accounts receivable days for privately held companies in various construction-related industries, including those tied to early-stage work, such as architectural design and foundation work, and those for drywall, flooring and other end-of-project tasks.

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But 301012 should work--in early stage trials it lowered cholesterol 50%.

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But, this work is at a very early stage.

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On October 13th a study published in Science Translational Medicine revealed that early-stage trials show a new tuberculosis vaccine may work against drug-resistant strains of that killer disease.

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Venture for America is a two-year fellowship program for recent college graduates to work in a start-up or early stage company in a low-cost city.

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In 1999 came another setback, when Novartis halted work on Isis' lung cancer drug, then in early-stage trials.

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He was interested in focusing on seed and early stage venture and working at a purely Silicon Valley firm, where all the partners could work together face-to-face.

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People who are not hands-on building the product at the very early stage of the startup are usually not terribly useful until later, because building the product is most of the real work early on.

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Many early stage entrepreneurial companies are staffed by zealots as well, but very few of their managers realize that it is meaningful work, autonomy and the opportunity to "make a difference" that fuels this passion--not just monetary rewards.

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