Business and Enterpreneur

We are based in Massachusetts and have believed that the Biotech industry has been booming in this state. A recently released report by MassBio seconds the view. There are some interesting perspectives from the report. The full report can be downloaded from the MassBio website here: In Biotech R&D, MA is number second behind California…

When you design for a specific action or purpose, a significant plan and thought goes into coming up with a piece of software or instrument or device. This works well for most products. But sometimes for prototypes, or to prove a concept, some really creative people can adapt a concept that did not exist before…

Patents are important to give companies exclusivity in the business of biotechnology. In the patent court a “natural product” is not considered patentable since it is the act of nature and not necessarily an invention. However, one Japanese man – Jokichi Takamine, the first pioneer in Biotechnology nearly 120 years ago, patented a natural product…

RockHealth puts out a report that lists companies that received funding and there are several interesting points in that report for 2017. In their list of megadeals – those companies that received more than $100M in funding, it is interesting that the companies are distributed throughout and not just the two coasts. One of the…

A physician in Indonesia, Gamal Albinsaid, has created a novel system for getting medical treatment. He offers medical treatment in exchange for garbage that his patients pickup. The garbage can be sold and patients get access to cheaper medical care. This effort by Indonesia Medika is commendable because it aims to provide some health coverage…

Look at the picture of the bridge with graffiti. There have been significant effort that has gone into making a mark on the bridge – not just the cost of paint, application cost and also substantial risk to mark at locations that look very dangerous. So why do people do it ? One obvious reason…

We had a brief chance to greet Seth Godin at the MarTech Conference and his talk was at the conference was educational as well as entertaining. Seth Godin has written more than 20 books, is a known figure in marketing, and gives very informative talks. His message at this meeting was not about specific ideas…

How do you price an information or digital product? Lets imagine you think there is a business opportunity in cataloging all the pizza places in the neighborhood. This short blog is not about whether such a database is profitable or a viable business in the age of easy google information but rather how do you…

      The capitalistic economy believes that competition is good and useful to keep prices “competitive” and good for coming up with new technologies and products. In the macro-economic area, that makes perfect sense.   However, from the company perspective, competition wastes resources. If your company is competing on price, rack space and just…

However, note that it IS regulated by the Regulation CF and there are several guidelines that govern. For example, there is limitation on investment in a 12 month period per individual – so you can invest about $2k to $100k (for high net worth individuals). Note this is not something that you do casually –…