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Female Founders: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Early last year, the Harvard Business Review published an article with the triggering title “For Female Founders, Fundraising Only From Female VCs Comes at a Cost.” In it, coauthors Isabelle Solal and Kaisa Snellman report their study of fund-raising success for over...
Board Service Good Habits
Many people I know express a desire to serve on a board. They spend time working to get their CVs just right and to network with members of boards they are interested in. However, the board chairs, CEOs, and executive directors I know wish their board members would...
Is This the Right Problem?
I recently encountered an interesting tweet from Michael A. Fischbach of Stanford University about selecting the right problem. In it, he shared his recent commentary in Cell, “Problem Choice and Decision Trees in Science and Engineering.” [1] According to his...
Being Strategic About Lab Investments
LinkedIn recently asked me to answer the question, “How can you use cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to make informed lab investments?” Their AI explained the basic steps for performing a CBA. However, there was zero context for strategically thinking about a lab...
NSF Research Funding to Build the American Bioeconomy – is it for you?
Executive Order 14081: Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy [1] in September 2022 marked a change in thinking about the U.S. bioeconomy. The order summarizes the situation perfectly: “The...