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Seeking angel investment? Check out this matching service for entrepreneurs and investors: Angel investors are wealthy individuals who make early-stage investments in and provide advice to startups. In a slump following the recession, angel investment rebounded in 2011 with angels investing $22 billion in entrepreneurs.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on May 23, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Considering crowdfunding? Get an in-depth look at one new platform: Looking for early-stage financing for your life science or digital health startup? Crowdfunding, in which individuals and teams can raise money over the Internet from dozens or thousands of sources in small amounts, has become a popular financing tool.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on May 16, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Translational Medicine Alliance uncovers opportunities for life science entrepreneurs: Because significant funding is needed to develop new, innovative life science and digital health products and tools, fewer ideas are making the leap from research institutions to product development teams. This clash between the short-term, earnings-driven needs of the medical marketplace and the risky, lengthy, and capital-intensive process of bringing medical ideas to fruition is a major challenge facing modern medicine.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on May 09, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
What the new age of health care means for life science entrepreneurs: David Ewing Duncan, director of the Center for Life Science Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, published an "old-fashioned call to arms and action plan for a new age of health care." The Personalized Health Manifesto was developed with the participation of about three dozen life science leaders in science, medicine, business, and more.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on May 02, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: Lessons in innovation from China and India: Thanks to the movement of research and development to China and India, scientists there are quickly developing the ability to innovate and create their own intellectual property, according to a Kauffman Foundation study.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on April 25, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: The 'friendliest' places to start your company: The Silicon Valley might not be the "friendliest" place to start your life science or digital health company. A small business survey released this month by the Kauffman Foundation and Thumbtack.com gave Austin, Virginia Beach, and Houston top honors as the friendliest cities for small businesses.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on April 18, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: What the ‘cost disease’ means for entrepreneurs: It’s well known -- and deeply concerning -- that the cost of health care in the United States is exploding. A Kauffman Foundation-funded book, The Cost Disease: Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't, explores the cause of this problem and provides an explanation.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on April 11, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: The role of academia in drug development: A Kauffman Foundation town hall meeting explored how the government, nonprofits and academic institutions could help enhance drug development and bring more effective drugs to market.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on April 04, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: How legal reform can promote innovation: As a life science entrepreneur, you surely have ideas on how changing legal rules and policies could promote innovation and accelerate U.S. economic growth. The Kauffman Foundation, seeking suggestions on how to jumpstart the struggling economy, convened America’s leading legal scholars and social scientists to offer their thoughts.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on March 28, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom
Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: How entrepreneurs can improve productivity and quality in healthcare: With U.S. healthcare costs rising about 2.5 percent faster than inflation, there’s an urgent need to improve productivity and quality in American healthcare. A Kauffman Foundation report found that open access to medical data could help find that cost-benefit balance.
[More]; Posted by: Christina Hernandez Sherwood; on March 21, 2013; Comments (0); Category: Kauffman Words of Wisdom