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Another healthcare investing portal opens as crowdfunding continues to increase: It's been just over one year since the JOBS Act was passed, which makes equity- and debt-based crowdfunding legal for accredited and nonaccredited investors. Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has yet to finalize and implement specific rules around those provisions, several online platforms have plowed ahead and created private portals for accredited investors and startups to find each other in the meantime.
[More]; Posted by: MedCityNews .com; on June 19, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Growth Creation
New eMed white paper: Access: eMed has published the second in a series of white papers focused on issues key to life science and digital health entrepreneurs. The new white paper, Access, offers a crash course on access to potential customers, access to networks, access to capital, and access to care settings.

[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on June 18, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Execution
How entrepreneurs can validate their business model by studying other sectors: How a software company for science researchers learned about business model validation by studying OpenTable's model.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on June 18, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Creation Ideation
Life science entrepreneurs in NYC gain resource with new incubator in Harlem: New York City has been adding to its life science incubator landscape in the past couple years to dissuade biotech researchers graduating from its universities from heading to Boston or New Jersey or worse yet, the West Coast. The most recent development is a life science incubator in Harlem scheduled to open this fall that will house up to 20 companies.
[More]; Posted by: MedCityNews .com; on June 17, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Creation Ideation
Dominique’s Desk: Building your team: People are the most important asset for any entrepreneur. In fact, more than 65 percent of startups fail due to founding team issues.
[More]; Posted by: Dominique Pahud; on June 17, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Creation
eMed's 6 to follow in entrepreneurship: Check out eMed's 6 to follow in entrepreneurship this week.
[More]; Posted by: Chris Seper; on June 14, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Ideation Creation Execution Growth
Potential pitfalls for entrepreneurs who get their start in university labs: While startups born in university labs eventually resemble their more traditional peers, they experience different potential conflicts that can make or break the company's chances of success.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on June 13, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Creation
Five strategic reminders for healthcare startups: Some advice is good enough to repeat and repeat and repeat. Marti Nyman is managing director of Altavail Partners, LLC, an innovation, strategy and business acceleration consultancy. He also writes at Think. Act. Grow. He recently spoke at a meet up of Healthcare.mn to share advice about building a new company. The advice is not new but it's easy to forget when you are focused on tactics and details of your unique company.
[More]; Posted by: MedCityNews .com; on June 12, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Execution
How networking with corporate attorneys can help your startup: If you're just starting out, it's important to connect with "super networkers" in your field who can help you make more contacts, said Chandra Duggirala, founder and CEO of Novobionics.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on June 11, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Execution Creation
eMed's 6 to follow in entrepreneurship: See who we're following this week for insights of importance to healthcare entrepreneurs.
[More]; Posted by: Chris Seper; on June 7, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Creation