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Reinventing Life Science Startups–Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Steve Blank

But what if we could increase productivity and stave the capital flight by helping Life Sciences startups build their companies more efficiently? At the same time, Venture Capital, which had viewed therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices as hot places to invest, is fleeing the field. Venture Capital Issues.

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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management.

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The Surest Sign You’re Winning is When Goliath Takes a Swing at You

Both Sides of the Table

The deal fell through at the last minute and ADT chose not to continue financing the company, which was forced to shut down. He arrived in Philadelphia and offered to pay the salaries of the employees if they would join Ring. link] Jamie is also backed by Britain’s biggest innovator of this generation — Sir Richard Branson.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. More in Financing.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ. Current round: $31.0mm in Series C by Insight Venture Partners (Jeff Lieberman).

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

Well, for starters, I was born in Philadelphia, so I’m a lifelong Eagles fan. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).