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Tips from the SDEE Angel Investor Panel
By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting Have a great team and access to mentors that can help pivot from failure. That was one piece of advice from the SDEE Angel Investor Panel held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at Green Acre Campus Pointe and sponsored by ALT, Morrison...
From Startup to NASDAQ – The Story of San Diego-based Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting, Inc. Of the six San Diego life science initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2018, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX) raised the most money at $117 million1. Started by four scientists in 2008 and now developing novel therapeutics for...
How John Hood’s Determination to Help Patients Turned $20 million into $7 billion
About a year ago, John Hood, Ph.D., sold his company, Impact Biomedicines, which had only raised $20 million, to Celgene in a deal worth up to $7 billion. As the keynote for this year’s SDEE “Get To Know Your Neighbors” event on March 21 at the Alexandria at Torrey...
Why Emotions are Very Much A Part of Science Writing – Notes from Ed Yong’s Talk
It’s storytelling that evokes feelings and emotions that makes readers care about science. That’s what we heard from Ed Yong, a science journalist for The Atlantic, who talked about “Why Storytelling Matters in Science” to a large crowd of scientists and science...
Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs – SDEE Workshop Summary
Invest in and grow your intellectual property (IP). Those were the key take-home messages from an SDEE workshop titled “Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs – From Principles to Practice” sponsored by American Laboratory Trading (ALT) and Hera Hub. IP is essential...
Strategies from John Bates on How to Speak Like a TED-Worthy Leader – From His Talk at @JLABS San Diego
By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting Whether you are a presenter, fundraising, selling, a boss, an employee, or even a parent, John's talk provided valuable insights for more effective communications. We are likely a community of “hard skills” here in the San Diego life...
iTALK: Speaking SciComm – a Panel Discussion about Public Relations
Distill why the general public should care about your story and pitch reporters repeatedly until you get a reply. So says a panel of public relations experts who spoke at “iTALK: Speaking SciComm – a Panel Discussion” hosted by LaunchBio and SDBN on October 16, 2018...
Planning for Success: When and How to Develop a Regulatory Roadmap
Regulatory approval is a major inflection point and value driver for companies, yet many wait too long to develop a roadmap for success. To help put things in perspective, San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE) hosted a workshop, “Planning for Success:...
Six Tips for Collaborating with Pharma from the SDEE “Partnering Without Pitfalls” Event
By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting, Inc. Small biotechs and large pharmaceutical companies, both staffed with highly skilled scientists, often face challenges when partnering on a collaboration. To understand more about pharma partnering, San Diego...
The Art of Effective Negotiation
By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting Is it the offeror or the recipient that holds the power in a negotiation? Whether you are negotiating a founders’ agreement or an investor term sheet, moving beyond a power struggle to balancing concerns may be more...