The Age of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship. It conjures images of twenty-something graduate students hacking code in a Silicon Valley dorm room, fueled by a steady supply of Red Bull and Ramen. Starting a tech company…
Do You Have a Venture Value Scorecard?
We can measure success in many ways. In business, one important measure is the value of the company. That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the…
Entrepreneur Reality TV Show: Shark Tank
ABC and Mark Burnett Productions developed a new reality program putting entrepreneurs through the fundraising hoops. See our article on the world-famous shark, Daymond John. Here’s what they have to…
What’s Your Company Worth?
Valuing a business is always an imprecise science, even with large-cap public companies. For example – Is the true value of a large public company based on its market price?…
Raising Capital in a Tough Economy
There's no denying it: we're in the midst of a very difficult economy. As credit markets seize up and the IPO and M&A markets slow to a crawl, sources of…
Medical Device Feasibility Analysis
Jerry S, one of our friends in the medical device market, was recently asked a question that many others out there have also probably had: I have an idea for…
Don’t Overanalyze: Just Do It
We were recently asked an interesting question. It speaks to the problem of overanalyzing an opportunity, which can paralyze one's ability to make progress. They ask: I am looking at…
Know Your Audience: Four Types of Business Plans
There are four basic types of business plans, each serving a different purpose and audience. How you prepare your plan depends in part on the type you are preparing: The…
Launch first, raise money second
Entrepreneurs - especially software entrepreneurs - often overestimate the resources they need to launch their ventures. This problem can usually be traced to one of two causes: The first cause…
Paul Graham’s Wisdom
If you are an entrepreneur, then Paul Graham is somebody you should listen to. Paul Graham is an English-American computer scientist, writer and essayist, entrepreneur and investor. He is a…