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Should startups seek a military customer?

August 16, 2009

This week I attended the Department of Defense’s Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. I attended the conference on the invitation of a friend, and was curious to see how medical devices differed between civilian and military uses. I can say now that prior to the conference I [...]

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The balance sheet should … balance?

February 12, 2009

Here’s a quick rant.
One of the most common and inexcusable errors we see on Texas Emerging Technology Fund applications is an unbalanced balance sheet. Assets are always equal to liabilities plus equity. Always. It’s also inexcusable to have items that don’t add up on income statements or statements of cash flow. This is basic accounting, and [...]

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