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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, [...]
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Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the chance to see and critique a lot of early-stage company presentations. One criticism that comes up again and again is that scientist-entrepreneurs waste too much time talking about the details of their discovery and not enough time on the business opportunity. When you’re pitching to investors, [...]
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BioHouston is sponsoring a boot camp for anyone interesting in learning how to start a life sciences company. The event is on November 5, the day before BioHouston’s annual Texas Life Science Conference. The agenda for the BioBoot Camp is: 12:00pm‐ 12:15pm Welcome and Update on Houston’s Life Science Industry 12:15pm‐ 1:00pm The Scientist’s Role [...]
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Unfortunately for BioHouston, they hosted their annual luncheon the day before Hurricane Ike blew into town. Attendance was clearly down, so I wanted to highlight some of the positive metrics they reported on the life sciences industry in Houston: 17 new life science companies were started in Houston during 2007. That’s a 13% increase over [...]
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Do you need a Ph.D. to be a Biotech Entrepreneur? This seems to be a popular question these days, even though I think the answer is pretty obvious: No. If your intent is to be the founder and general manager of a biotech company, then the value of a Ph.D. is diminished. There are lots [...]
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Here are four early-stage biomed-related online startups that have been in the news recently: MedPedia — This is exactly what it sounds like, Wikipedia for medical information. They’ve enlisted top medical schools from the US, Canada, and the UK to seed the initial content, and will open the site up to MDs and PhDs to [...]
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Underwinding DNA Disrupts Its Structure
I am available to help early stage biotech and medical device companies commercialize technologies in Houston. If you need assistance developing a business plan or raising money, please .
