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Conference meetings and business plans

20 May 2008

If 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 [...]

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 [...]

Making the most of a bad situation

20 March 2007

Friend of mine told me about a fund yesterday that helps those business owners who no longer want to work with their partners.  They have a great website that you should check out.   The fund is Argosy Partners and they can be found at www.ihatemypartner.com .
Just reinforces the importance of agreeing on how you are [...]

Deal or no deal

8 February 2007

I 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 [...]

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 [...]