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Case studies of startup companies

J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference as a case study

The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference wrapped up last Thursday. Simply called “J.P. Morgan” to those in the life science industry, this is a highly-attended annual investor conference held in San Francisco every January. Each year, there has been increasing criticism

Sam January 19, 2020January 24, 2020 Case studies of startup companies, Healthcare innovation, Ideas Read more

Entrepreneurship in the economic age of Brexit

This is the final post of a four-part series on start-up companies that sell instruments and supplies for research, the “tools of science.” Part 1: The grad student entrepreneur who started a tools company Part 2: The engineers who started

Sam December 15, 2019December 18, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Economic development, Innovation hubs, Science and technology policy Read more

The corporate scientists who started a tools company

The biggest decision a young scientist must make at the start of their career is which path to take: academia, the public sector, or the private sector. In most of the world, academia and government comprise the largest employers. The

Sam November 18, 2019November 23, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Economic development, Innovation hubs, Venture capital Read more

The engineers who started a tools company

There are different patterns of scientific breakthroughs or discoveries. A very rare few occur in isolation. Many more are stochastic (random). The ones most important for entrepreneurial pursuit, and also for a scientific career, are those that are happening within

Sam November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Economic development, Innovation hubs Read more

The grad student entrepreneur who started a tools company

The craft of science involves discovery. Because discovery is always pushing ahead and into new frontiers, new methods and tools are developed quite frequently to advance these frontiers or to solve new problems. These tools can be adapted from other

Sam October 27, 2019November 1, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Economic development, Innovation hubs, Science and technology policy, Technology scouting Read more

Bioprospecting (part 3) – future opportunities

A sustainable future will certainly include technologies based on microbes and small organisms. These will be found through bioprospecting. The previous post described the first two cycles of innovation derived from bioprospecting. It came from fungal and bacterial products applied

Sam October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Ideas, Technology scouting Read more

Prospecting for algae, fungi and bacteria – part 1

Algae is a potentially sustainable source of production for materials ranging from food ingredients to fuel. Algae produce a large range of different oils and natural products. Their bioproduction is prolific. For example, crude oil is theorized to be derived

Sam July 14, 2019September 29, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Ideas, Technology scouting Read more

Profiling the startup: Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat went public on the NASDAQ on May 2nd. The Los Angeles-based company makes plant-based alternatives to beef and chicken products. Its Initial Public Offering price of $25 per share increased 163% on the first day of trading, closing

Sam May 14, 2019June 6, 2019 Case studies of startup companies Read more

Patent detective work to win a $200 million medical imaging investment

Large companies open facilities in new locations all the time. The reasons may be to access new markets, to expand their manufacturing and distribution footprint, or to access talent and open innovation in an industry hub. When they do this,

Sam April 28, 2019June 6, 2019 Case studies of startup companies, Economic development, Innovation hubs, Technology scouting Read more

The importance of scientific data in biopharma deals

Business development in biopharmaceuticals, and due diligence of those deals, is as scientifically detailed as one can get. Even very early stage start-up companies come to meetings with a lot of experimental results to present. That’s a big contrast to

Sam April 18, 2019June 6, 2019 Case studies of startup companies Read more
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