MO BIO Laboratories' motto is "Saving you time for life." It should come as no surprise, then, that Mark Brolaski, CEO of the Carlsbad, California-based maker of nucleic acid extraction kits, puts a premium on time for life outside the office. For Brolaski, this means surfing, which is not only his favorite pastime, but also a way for informal bonding to blossom into business partnerships. In fact, it's the common bond between his first employees.
Like Brolaski, more people are finding value in integrating networking into pursuits beyond the usual formal networking events. A Science Advisory Board survey last year found that informal networking is the most important route to a life science professional's current position.1 Now that few people remain in one position, much less one company, for very long, networking is necessary for a thriving career. And while mobile technology has made work inescapable, people have found ways ...
