Recent Articles from Arlen Meyers
The five secrets for creating ivory tower entrepreneurs
If you mention entrepreneurship and academia in the same breath, most people roll their eyes. For the last six weeks, I’ve had the good fortune of learning and teaching academic entrepreneurship as a Fulbright Scholar at Kings College London. The view from across the pond is that the future economic growth of the European economy […]
What investors look for in bioscience startups: part 2
VCs take on significant risk by investing in early stage companies. It is critical they do as much due diligence on potential investment opportunities as possible. It would take volumes to discuss in detail what VCs look for but generally, they will assess at least seven critical factors very closely. The better positioned a company relative […]
What investors look for in bioscience startups
Funding bioscience companies is more like a relay race than a marathon. During each stage of development, from the invention or discovery phase, to the development and testing phase to the commercialization and launch phase, entrepreneurs typically look to different kinds of funding sources and investors. Likewise, investors at the various phases expect to “pass […]