Robert W. "Bob" Duggan is an indigenous Californian, birthed as well as elevated. He attended University of America, Santa Barbara for four years and also examined with the class of 1966. He majored in economics. After studying at Santa Barbara, he also studied business administration at UCLA from 1966 till 1968.<br><br>Bob Duggan is the founder and also principal of a financial backing and also securities investment company, Robert W. Duggan & Associates, found in Palo Alto. He has actually taken part as a consultant, investor, or director of various little and also huge companies with a focus on computer system technologies, medical products, customer retail products, as well as exterior media communication industries. Three of his financial backing companies have ultimately ended up being openly traded safeties on either the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. On top of that, 2 additional ventures have been sold to Ton of money 500 business.<br><br>Currently he is the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and also the Chief Executive Policeman of Pharmacyclics, Inc. Prior to that he offered as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Computer Activity, Inc. from 1990 to 2003. Computer Motion as well as Intuitive Surgical, Inc. combined in 2003, and also beginning at that time he came to be a participant of the Board of Directors of Instinctive Surgical, Inc., detailed on the NASDAQ as ISRG.<br><br>Robert Duggan has had an interesting job with numerous extremely different chapters. Just before entering the pharmaceutical globe, he started his career with a business called Sunset Layouts. As a financier behind Sunset Layouts, Robert Duggan created youngsters's needlework sets by the name of Jiffy Stichery. The packages were the very first of their kind. What permitted them to stand out from various other embroidery collections were the easy, well created directions included with every collection. His vision for Jiffy Stichery was to sell collections with fantastic colours and appearances. He was able to market his Jiffy Stichery embeddeds in over 7,000 stores.<br><br>Robert Duggan invested 50 % of the financial backing, offered crucial critical recommendations, as well as was an energetic participant of the Board of Directors. Sundown Layouts dominated the market with over 80 % market share. The company was offered in the mid 1980s to Reckitt as well as Benckiser (LSE: <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/bqmxurhldavl/wall_items">right here</a> RB) for $15 million, a nice return on the original $100,000 financial investment.<br><br>Some firms being honored at the 2014 SBA Nevada Local business Honors market solutions or items, and some work behind the scenes to assist businesses expand.<br><br>All of the business owners and champions of economic development in Nevada obtaining awards came from modest starts, and also all of them are dedicated to their areas.<br><br>Whether marketing probiotic organic food drinks, cleaning carpets or producing a digital method for a significant company, the founders of these companies started them in homes and small offices, and broadened them with effort.<br><br>The united state Small company Management is teaming up with Vegas PBS to celebrate these exceptional small companies and achieved business owners for the 3rd successive year.<br><br><br>Robert W. "Bob" Duggan is an indigenous Californian, born and also lifted. He attended University of California, Santa Barbara for 4 years and also studied with the lesson of 1966. After researching at Santa Barbara, he additionally studied company administration at UCLA from 1966 until 1968.<br><br>Bob Duggan is the founder and principal of a venture capital and safeties investment company, Robert W. Duggan & Associates, located in Palo Alto. Robert Duggan spent 50 % of the endeavor funding, given essential critical guidance, as well as was an active participant of the Board of Supervisors.