In the dot-com bubble of the late 1990’s Mary Meeker, a stock market analyst at Morgan Stanley, was the leading voice on the potential of the Internet and the companies that would define the future. Today, Cathie Wood, CEO of
We will know success when we can look each other in the eyes
This is a personal post, so I am grateful for your time in reading this. We are living in tumultuous times. They call for courage, which also means to admit vulnerability. I share the fear in everyone’s heart that is
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
New book: venture capital and how to get it
An excellent new book was just released yesterday. It is called Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture capital and how to get it.” The author is Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz — now called a16z — a top
Telemedicine startups: past, present and future
Estimated total financings for digital health companies in the first quarter of 2019 have just been published. Startup Health, an online networking community for digital health, attempts to track this space globally. Its estimate was US$ 2.9 billion worldwide. Rock
The Nova Scotia “start-up” that was acquired for $540 million, and lessons for cannabis
On July 2012, Ocean Nutrition Canada, a producer of omega-3 oils from fish, was acquired by DSM N.V. for $540 million. This is the first post in a “Master Class” series on “how to do stuff.” In this case, how
The difference between startup incubators and accelerators
There is a big difference between startup incubators and startup accelerators. Both are important in any innovation hub, as are angel investors, and early stage venture capitalists. The differences are often not well-understood, and they are worth pointing out here.
Agricultural technology from Saskatchewan and the $3.5 billion startup
The previous post listed agricultural and plant sciences as a field with the potential to make revolutionary advances with big economic impact. Here is a technology from the University of Saskatchewan as an example. It serves as a good case