Archive for 'business development' Category
Scientists as business people
6 July 2008Finished reading Craig Venters book, “A Life Decoded” the other day. What a great read. I heard Dr. Venter speak at the BIO 2008 meeting and was very inspired. I was very impressed with the passion and intensity that he found driving his life. It would be amazing if more people were able to discover something that [...]
BIO on the Road Posting
16 June 2008I put up a post on the BIO on the Road blog that had some thoughts on the opportunity that is inherent in social networking. I encourage you to check it out and leave some comments.
In a related posting, I was reading an interesting ebook on word of mouth marketing. I’d encourage you to check [...]
Conference meetings and business plans
20 May 2008If you are going to BIO or any other large conference as an early stage company, you might be thinking about meeting up with investors or partners as part of your dream scenario. While this is definitely possible and does happen, on thing I noticed when I was at conferences as an investor, was that [...]
BIO 2008
7 May 2008Once again, I’m going to be attending BIO this year. My focus this year is to expand my network of contacts in the early stage product development space. As I have done in previous years, I’m going to spend some time in the BIO business forum where I can see some of the early stage [...]
Link to article on innovative approach to teaching commercialization skills
10 December 2007There was an article on an online course that I am involved in teaching on the subject of technology commercialization this past weekend in the local paper. Here’s the link http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/careers/bowes/story/4090412p-4688545c.html. More information on the course can be found at http://www.hot-technologies.ca/iptcm/.
Early stage valuation
5 December 2007Came across an interesting site this morning that is collecting data on early stage company valuations. It is part of a research project, and you don’t get to see data until you’ve submitted some, but it seems like a good idea to help both entrepreneurs and investors identify what companies are worth at [...]
BIO 2007
23 April 2007I’m going to be attending BIO 2007 in Boston this year. If you will be there, I’d be very interested in meeting my readers. Send me an email and we’ll find a way to connect.
What’s next
11 April 2007Heard a presentation recently about the various trends that have been happening in the business world over the last 100 years. Starting with manufacturing, moving to telecommunications, pharmaceuticals/biotech, the internet, currently appears to be moving to the environment. Got me thinking about what was next. Seems like all of the areas have [...]
Deal or no deal
8 February 2007I watched about 3 minutes of Deal or no deal (Canadian edition) yesterday and was shocked at the desire for easy solutions and the inability to walk away with a guaranteed pot of cash. The contestant had the option to walk away with $170,000 or gamble on getting 2 million. The chances of [...]
Black boxes - when the output just doesn’t make sense
24 January 2007Have been in a process the last couple of weeks on a non work related project where we are designing something and then getting a price back which is not consistent with our expectations. The process is very much a black box, both for us and for the designer. We agree on the [...]
