Month: September 2022

ENTREPRENEURS WHO MASTER SOCIAL MEDIA DO BETTER. This has been pointed out before but bears repeating. It offers social connections to investors, employees, partners, advisors and experts. In my view, this is vital today. View in LinkedIn

REPROGRAMMED STEM CELLS ARE BECOMING ROUTINE: in this study, patient skin samples are turned into beating heart cells in a dish to investigate a familial heart defect. This powerful technology will be invaluable to uncover disease causes. http://lnkd.in/DxQHZt View in LinkedIn

IN REAL ESTATE IT IS LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In startups it's FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS. Read this charming and brutally honest article by a serial entrepreneur. http://lnkd.in/nxvkEA View in LinkedIn

FIGURING OUT HOW TO WORK WITH TODAYS YOUNGER WORKFORCE is not a trivial challenge, and so far we have done a poor job of it, and the dialogue is modest. The pointy edge is the innovative online universities that are adapting to the next generation's needs with interactive and less didactic methods. Perhaps by default they are doing the hard work for the rest of us as they develop a dialogue that brings out the best in this young group. http://lnkd.in/Qvh52p View in LinkedIn

SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS NEED TO BE INCREDIBLY PERSUASIVE. Blunt fact. 'Getting To Yes' by a Harvard team is an old favorite of mine, and I have given away uncounted of copies of this book. If you are an entrepreneur you need to think about and study this topic, just as seriously as your business strategy: how to be a good communicator, and how to be a persuasive person. You will be spending your life pitching in one way or another. Do your homework and get smart. Above all, watch and learn from the TED speakers. http://lnkd.in/mWV6DD View in LinkedIn

CAPITAL FOR BIOPHARMA SMEs may be better sourced from PARTNERS than from VCs in todays world, if you have developed your technology to beyond POC. Partners will not care where in the world you are located, how fancy your board is, whether your capital structure is correct, and will not dilute your stock (usually). You will also be talking to an expert group, who will understand your innovation (assuming you have done your homework in choosing the partner). Partnering is a painfully slow and frustrating process, just like the VC route. Be prepared for this. View in LinkedIn

IT IS CRITICAL TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CONTENT AND PROCESS. For example, a company that gets in a bind with a regulatory agency will work really hard to resolve the issue. But if the issue is about perception, and issues of trust, then linear logical strategies aimed at answering content objections will fail. The messy human-warm-and fuzzy business of relating, the act of crossing the isle for a personal meeting, may do more than the mountain of written rebuttals. Always ask yourself if the solution is about content or process (rarely done by boards, and hard for many super-smart executives). View in LinkedIn

THE WALKABOUT LEADER VS THE BUNKERED LEADER: the leader that makes time in his or her busy life to walk the corridors, have informal chats without an agenda, enquire about the family, will develop trust and really know what is going on. This leader is accessible to all. The shy, paranoid, unsocial, hierarchical, or the disinterested leader will keep the Corner Office door closed, and be quietly distrusted and shunned by his or her staff. It is always worth the time to relate, unless you are in the wrong job. View in LinkedIn

CAN THIS MAKE GUMBOOTS FOR FROGS? My old chemistry teacher used to pose this nonsense question to jolt young minds. The world's smallest (implantable) chemical detection device that transmits data to a mobile device in real time. Remarkable. What other applications could this brilliant technology have? Acute, real-time chemistry analysis. Of course angina. What about biological and chemical hazards in bioterrorism alerts? Chemical factory leaks? There must be a thousand clever applications. http://lnkd.in/Paxj9a View in LinkedIn

AN EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING for busy executives who do not have the time to go back to school. It will challenge you to problem solve by case studies, under pressure in groups, and to think with business logic. Your mind will not be the same after this experience if you have gifted teachers. http://lnkd.in/uUF9RE View in LinkedIn