US immigration policy tries to make America uncompetitive!
The US immigration policy stinks for entrepreneurs and startups. I believe that the US has confused and confounded two separate and distinct immigration issues: high tech entrepreneurs from outside the nation who want to stay in...
Top 10 ways to kill a university startup
Recently, I was asked to be on a panel for the National Council on Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (NCET2) conference that was in DC January 18-20). I was on the panel with Murali Nair, from the National Science...
How to kill a university spin out
There are lots of ways to screw up in entrepreneurship. There are particular challenges in commercializing university technologies. Getting from the lab to the marketplace, from benchtop to bedside, is fraught with many valleys...
2012 New Venturist kickoff
New Venturist has a lot in store for 2012. We will be featuring series on robotics and entrepreneurship, immigrant entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs. We will also publish an article about how the new US patent laws will...
Thoughts on entrepreneurship: The Seven Deadly Sins
Musing on the Seven Deadly Sins and their transposition to the world of entrepreneurship. These sins, also known as Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, comprise a classification of the most objectionable vices that has been used...
Thoughts on When to Form the Company
First time entrepreneurs often ask me “when should I form the company?” What does form the company mean? Does it mean come up with the idea for the core product/service for the company? Does it mean making a decision with a...
Entrepreneurial current events: the state of the venture industry
No surprise, but 2010 wasn’t a great year for venture capital. In November, the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association) came out with its 2011 report. The report summarizes the state of the industry last year. Capital under...
Entrepreneurial current events: November 28, 2011
There are a few things that I read recently that are of interest to us entrepreneurs: Global advertising agency, Euro RSCG Worldwide named Pittsburgh’s tech community as one of the top five trends to watch in 2012....
Entrepreneurial current events: four bills for entrepreneurship
Four bills favoring entrepreneurship are knocking on the door of approval: The first is a bill passed by the House on November 3 called the “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act,” which allows crowd funding à la Kickstarter. Early...
Unleashing entrepreneurship@CMU during Global Entrepreneurship Week
For the third year CMU celebrates entrepreneurship as part of the week before Thanksgiving, dubbed Global Entrepreneurship Week by our nation’s foundation for entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation. During one week year, thousands...