Month: November 2011

One of the companies I consider to be entrepreneurial is SynCardia. SynCardia Systems, Inc. is a private company that was founded to sell the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH). The TAH provides a bridge to heart transplant, allowing the wait time for patients to be extended as it allows a regular flow of blood to vital organs.

Innovation is one of SynCardia’s most obvious traits. To Take this further, they are now researching what they call the Freedom® Driver System (FDS). In the past, the TAH and all its 418 pounds kept patients confined to the hospital. However, the FDS is lightweight and can safely be used by patients at home.

Previously, the market for artificial hearts barely existed, as the human heart was too important and complex an organ to replace. However, as results show, SynCardia is able to provide a substitute. Of course, there was risk entering this market. The reliability of this invention cannot be seen and would have faced skeptical criticism. It is also costly to produce and buy, but as it basically provides a choice between life and death, SynCardia has received high revenue. Collectively, these characteristics depict SynCardia as a very entrepreneurial company.

Image credits: SynCardia logo, TAH

For the past few months, demonstrations have been taking place around the world. It all started on September 17th, 2011, as protestors started announcing their discontent with the distribution of wealth, global financial system and about a million other things. As the numbers of protesters grew, so did their list of problems. Along the way, many spectators started asking themselves what this whole thing is actually about.

Taking it to Vancouver, Occupy Vancouver is being held in front of the Downtown Art Gallery. Today a woman died in her tent during the protest. She was discovered by another protester to be unresponsive, then later declared dead at the hospital.

I am beginning to get tired of hearing about these protests. After realizing that nothing is being done to correct the wrongs they have voiced, I think a different approach should be taken. It seems to be a waste of hard work and resources can be used more efficiently. I truly think all this should end before things get out of hand. This death is only the beginning of worse things to come. Their heart is in the right place but their efforts lack results.

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