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Why You Should Talk To All Stakeholders Early On
Grace Colon, Board Member at BIO, once said: “Even in the early days with seed financing, I was having coffee meetings with physicians, I was talking to patients, I was talking to all kinds of people, all kinds of stakeholders to really understand the perspective and be able to better put forth the story, the…
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You Can’t Climb Annapurna Without A Great Team
“In the mountains, the right team is not a luxury; it’s a necessity.” Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, the second woman to have climbed the fourteen mountains that are more than 8,000m Annapurna is the deadliest mountain with a fatality rate of 32%, far higher than Everest’s 14%. I enjoy watching those Netflix shows about mountain conquests. What…
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A Better Fundraising Mindset
Biotech CEOs, your job is not just to raise money. Fundraising is all-consuming. It becomes a critical mission for the CEO. “I am responsible for all these people. I must succeed. They trusted me with this mission.” You tie your whole self-worth to a check. “No check? I’m a failure.” While extreme focus is essential,…