Why Patents Should Be Part Of Every Startup’s Risk Mitigation Strategy

Shutterstock Founders who want to start a company face daunting odds. There are a lot of statistics, but the consensus is that 90% of startups fail within three to five years. See e.g. Ron Berman, et al., Startup Genome Report (March 2012). With odds like these, young companies need to do […]

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How Soon Can You Become Profitable?

In June 2016, I began to speak with venture capital groups about financing for my company, EVENTup. We were considering fundraising in 2017 and wanted to connect with potential investors early. Interestingly, almost all the VCs posed a question they had never asked before: “How soon can you become profitable?” That […]

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Trump’s FDA Chief May Implement Progressive Approval For Drugs

Dr. Michael West, president and chief scientific officer of Advanced Cell Technology Inc., examines cell lines derived from human stem cells at his company’s Alameda, California laboratory on Thursday, August 24, 2006. Photographer: Noah Berger/Bloomberg News. President-elect Trump’s cabinet appointments are generating a great deal of attention and controversy. After eight […]

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