Over the last few weeks I’ve spent a lot of time talking to software engineers about joining our growing team at Luna Connect. And it’s got me thinking about my own career and the amazing opportunities I’ve had, from working [...]

If you read last week’s post, we’ve been thinking about the changing nature of funding, how increased communication and collaboration are making for a more transparent – and fast-moving – marketplace for startups.  How startup studios are part [...]

My first experience with early-stage startups was in the late 80s.  When I arrived at the University of Chicago, it had no organized patenting and commercialization efforts, and was already smarting from having missed out on a couple of big, [...]

A View From the Fridge A good friend has a good business with promising sales (in the €millions), has gone to the US for A-round funding at a €5million pre-money. Very capital efficient, very promising. The response from across the pond: nice [...]

VC Talk Once, the venture business was a closed shop.  It was hard to get information from VCs about their investments, their decision-making processes, even the returns on their portfolios.  These were financial wizards who could turn [...]

Mo’ Money Quick story about two companies and founders finding their own paths. The first company was started 25 years ago.  It was based on novel technology for wound healing.  The product, in approved OTC and prescription forms, promoted quick [...]