Monthly Archives: August 2011
Steve Jobs and Apple: Pondering the Man and the Company
With Steve Jobs passing the reins at Apple (well, sort of: my guess is that he will be more active than the average Chairman of the Board) two main streams of analysis of the move have emerged. On the one … Continue reading
Pondering the First Mover Advantage
The so-called “First Mover Advantage” is one of those terms that invites both passionate devotees and passionate skeptics. The “FMA” posits that an entrepreneur who gets to market first – with a novel technology or business model – has a … Continue reading
The Vision Rule
One of the more insidious clichés of the venture capital business is the so-called “golden rule,” to wit that “he who has the gold, rules.” Alas, it’s a rule that too many less experienced entrepreneurs think is, well, golden. It’s … Continue reading
Venture Capital: Preliminary Questions for Entrepreneurs
The Venture Capital industry has been a critical component of the high impact business scene in theUnited Statesfor fifty years. It is hard to imagine a Silicon Valley anything like today’s without recognizing the critical role venture capital and venture … Continue reading
Commercial Biopharma in Wisconsin: The Next Steps
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is one of the country’s leading centers of public biopharmaceutical research, and the campus has spawned dozens of spinout companies based on University research. For this, the citizens ofWisconsinshould be grateful; and, even more so, … Continue reading
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