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Choosing a lawyer (and other service providers)
Late last year, I was heading home on the subway one evening after attending a life science event in Toronto. As it turns out, I bumped into a VC in the sector whom I had met several times before, and...
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Discussion on Lean Biotech Startup
I had the recent pleasure of speaking to James Eaves’ MBA class at the Universite Laval. We discussed biotechnology entrepreneurship and the concepts of the Lean Biotech Startup. Here’s a video...
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Entrepreneurship and Chess
This is an odd topic for an article, but I thought I would write it regardless. I tend to see parallels between otherwise unrelated things, so I am either insightful or grasping at straws. One such...
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Financial reporting for life science start-ups (part 1)
Seeing as I am an accountant by trade, I figured it was about time that I write an article about financial (and non-financial) reporting for life science start-ups. As most visitors to this site come...
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Financial reporting for life science start-ups (part 2)
As discussed in the previous article, “reporting” for life science start-ups encompasses both financial and non-financial information for a variety of stakeholders. In part 2, I had promised to cover...
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Financial reporting for life science start-ups (part 3)
In my opinion, one of the most challenging (but also rewarding) aspects of running a life science start-up is juggling the competing demand to see the big-picture, high-level stuff, with those small...
View ArticleInterns are the new best friend of the lean biotech startup
It was really painful to see promising bioentrepreneurs in Boston struggling to find the specialized facilities, mentors and community to take their innovative ideas and bring them to market. We...
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Government life sci start-up incentives (and Moneyball)
My last article identified issues with government incentive programs for life science generated some buzz. I received a number of comments and messages from readers ranging from total agreement to...
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Synthetic Biology Startup Bonanza: Biotechstart @SynBioBeta
Now in it’s second year, the startup conference focusing on Synthetic Biology or SynBio will be held in SF. Yours truly will be giving a short update talk but mostly it’s about the various...
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Should You Be Starting a Startup?
A version of this post will be published on SynBioBeta. Let’s call it like it is. Being in startups and better yet being a founder has been the hot ticket for a while now. A lot has been written about...
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