Tag: Venture

In a remarkable shift that is shaping the healthcare landscape, health systems are leveraging their expertise and financial resources to become investors in digital health startup companies. This strategic shift not only empowers health systems to better shape the future of healthcare technology but...

I was meeting with a founder who’d been struggling to fundraise for a few months. His company was profitable and growing fast, and he couldn’t understand why venture capitalists weren’t interested. Conversely, I was struggling to understand why he was fundraising. “But ...

Sometime around 400 years BCE in Greece, Plato was writing about the world of ideas, or forms. In his view, ideas are only perceptible and accessible to us through reason — a place in our minds where “perfect” forms exist. We know well that in this place, we create visions of the f...

Michael Gordon ’16, Christian Nicholson ’15, and their team won first place at the Strakosch Venture Competition in 2016, formerly known as the Shea Venture Competition. Gordon and Nicholson’s app EchoMe took home $10,000 after they placed first in the Traditional Business Track gr...

I’m an entrepreneur that cut my teeth in the deep and emerging tech sector, working on everything from machine learning trading tools, water-cooled computers, blockchain consensus mechanisms, healthcare technology, real world asset tokenization, and many things in between. I am a (co)author of...

Today’s many challenges present an opportunity to become a powerful catalyst for change and have a transformative effect on society. The most effective social entrepreneurs combine the desire to improve people’s lives with the realization that their social ventures can responsibly genera...

Coming up with the idea was the fun part. I loved brainstorming about the Metis model, writing drafts of our theory of change, and meeting with mentors for feedback. Those first few months were an adrenaline rush from the process of bringing a new organization to life. Then my Co-Foun...

A term sheet in a venture financing deal is a non-binding legal document between the company and the venture firm that outlines the fundamental terms and conditions of the venture financing. A term sheet will outline the basic terms of the binding long form agreements that will make up the financing...

A term sheet in a venture financing deal is a non-binding legal document between the company and the venture firm that outlines the fundamental terms and conditions of the venture financing. A term sheet will outline the basic terms of the binding long form agreements that will make up the financing...

Biotechnology startup companies are unique from other startup ventures in that they have a high burn rate of capital and a long development process, making them very risky for investors. Novel biotechnology often faces legal and political battles during development (stem cells, mRNA vaccines) height...

Someone told me as I had just started at Rainmaking Venture Studio this year, that I got the dream job. That most business school graduates want to work in McKinsey, BCG, or venture building. And now I am in one of them. Now, I do not know about this being the ultimate dream job. B...