This had me laughing hard
While I use this blog to write almost exclusively about fitness and my new found interest in running, my real life is a bit more diverse. I have been helping a friend refine a business plan for his company (in …
Category: Education
Quick Book Review
I finally read Startup to IPO by Donald Macadam. It was excellent and more importantly in my time-starved schedule very concise. I think that some of the information will be very helpful to the Biotech Business Plan we (the company …
The Art of Negotiation
One of the classes I am taking this semester is called Real Estate for the Entrepreneur. So far it has been pretty interesting, with the major emphasis being on how to find and compare appropriate site(s) for your business or …
Bridges to the Future
I wrote in January about a Bridges to the Future event hosted by the University of Denver called the Three Mayors. Last night, Robert B. Reich (the Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton) and Alan K. Simpson (a former Senator …
Updated Reading List
I’ve been on a book shopping spree to find books to help with the revision of the Biotech Business Plan for the business plan competition. I will probably start with the shortest of the new books: “Startup to IPO: How …
Business Plan Planning
The owners of one of the biotech companies that leases space in my research building have been allowing me to use their company as a focus of several of my MBA class projects. Over the summer, I wrote a Business …
What should colleges do?
Ben, a young entrepreneur who is pondering college, has an interesting post on the role of Colleges & Universities. Here’s a bit of his post: This troubles me and I think there are a number of consequences. First and foremost …
Why Business School?
I get asked from time to time, why, when I already have a PhD, would I go back to school at night to get an MBA? There are many answers to this question, depending upon the day and my mood …
Blogs I read
Until the Summer of 2004, I had never heard of or read a Blog. This all changed when an incredibly candid and humorous local venture capitalist, Brad Feld, spoke at one of my Entrepreneurship classes. He discussed how he started …
Four Days of Exams
Between the classes I’m taking and the class I’m teaching, today makes 4 days of exams in the last 5 days. Due to their over ambitious schedules, my students took their regularly schedule exam on three different days. At least …