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New Projects

27 March 2008

I’m currently working on a new company concept that would be a supplement to my consulting work in an attempt to create something that is more scalable than a consulting practice.  It’s been a really good experience to put into practice all that I have been teaching and recommending to clients.  I’m not sure if [...]

Early stage valuation

5 December 2007

Came 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 [...]

Infectious Diseases Technology Forum

25 April 2007

I’m currently involved in pulling together a one-day forum on infectious diseases.  We’ve taken the approach that the various groups involved in infectious diseases (researchers, government epidemiologists, public health, biotech and pharmaceutical companies, etc) all need to work more closely to ensure that the threat of infectious diseases is kept at bay. If you are [...]

Iterations

3 January 2007

As the new year starts, I’ve been working on a session for a class I’m teaching on commercialization. The topic was target product profiles and market assessments. I was reminded how much of an iterative process new product development is. Always seeking more and better information at each stage of the process [...]

The appearance (and reality) of success

15 December 2006

Came across this quote today and was struck that this might also be true for startup companies.
“Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.”
~ Goethe
Obviously, there is significant [...]

Startups and challenges

22 October 2006

Guy Kawaski has a great post on the Art of Commercialization and some of the challenges related to creation of a startup.  While I don’t agree that “the value of a technology is directly related to the number of man-years it took to develop”, I believe it is far more complicated than that.  I do [...]