Entrepreneurs

Forget the recession. Or perhaps, thrive in spite of it. That seemed to be the prevailing mindset at the AllThingsLifeSciences 2009 Venture Capital Forum held in Madison on October 1, 2009. Total funding sought by all 18 women-owned life science companies presenting at...

In a visit to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus, President Barack Obama announced $5 billion in grant awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to fund cutting-edge medical research in every state across America. The more than...

Women CEOs of 18 early stage life science companies will gather at the Fluno Center in Madison on September 30th thru October 1st to compete for venture capital at the AllThingsLifeSciences 2009. Attendees will include regional and national investors seeking out promising early-stage companies. ...

The next 12-24 months should be interesting in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. We have the large pharmaceutical companies holding onto a lot of cash. Yet, large pharma is very cognizant of the number of high profile drugs coming off U.S. patent soon....

Eighteen companies seeking investors have been selected by Springboard Enterprises to make pitches for venture capital at AllThingsLifeSciences 2009 in Madison next week. The forum is part of a two-day entrepreneurial program which also includes a seminar for aspiring entrepreneurs - Equity Matters: The...

President Obama on Monday outlined a strategy for spurring technology and business innovation in the United States. The plan seeks to create a national environment that's conducive to entrepreneurship and that provides the requisite "tools" for innovation, supported by more than $100 billion in federal...

A dinner this week on women in IT focused on midlevel women in technology and their challenges in getting ahead, given their frequently high family responsibilities and their own perceptions (realities?) of what advancing really demands. The program, featuring Telle Whitney, president and CEO of...

Back in 1986, when Bill Gates was still making sales calls, he pitched my group at First Boston on why we should bet the farm on Windows. Despite the risk involved, we gave his fledgling startup the deal. This wasn’t because of his financial backers...

Venture capitalists are generally not thought of with great affection by most entrepreneurs, which should be no surprise given that venture capitalists turn entrepreneurs away far more often than they let open their checkbooks for them, and have at best ambiguous relationships with most of...