1 day agoSeed Funding Your IVF StartupFrom the Basic Science of Finance series — The challenge: how to fund the foundational part of a long development program — like taking an AI system for embryology through the pre-proof of concept (POC) stage — by selling a piece of the company (because there is no way to finance the company by borrowing the money without…Ivf4 min readIvf4 min read
2 days agoOnly REI’s Should Do Egg Retrievals? Let’s Do The MathYou can believe two things at once. I believe that oocyte retrievals for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are best performed by fellowship-trained reproductive endocrinologists (REI’s). I also believe that anyone who needs IVF in order to have a family should have access to it. But when does our intention to…Ivf2 min readIvf2 min read
Sep 17The Glorious Drudgery of IVF EntrepreneurshipWhile the joys and challenges of parenthood are eternal, the methods that we use to build families have changed dramatically and the pace of that change continues to increase. As technology and science enable us to overcome infertility, make family building more accessible to the LGBTQ community, extend IVF to…2 min read2 min read
Sep 11The Best College Major is No College Majorfrom The Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology Shadow Curriculum My twenty-first-century doctor needs to be a super-competent generalist. And I want to back entrepreneurs that have no college major. I ask all incoming students what they are studying, Most of the undergrads are in hard science or engineering; some of the grad students are in the applied sciences, biotechnology…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Aug 27The 4 Part Start To Your Life Sciences CompanyYour first start-up. A new company. A new life. Identity. Validation. A most excellent answer to “what do you do?” (Or “What does your son/daughter do?”) But your investors, collaborators, creditors and future partners and employees can’t eat validation or identity. We want to see you transform your idea into…Entrepreneurship3 min readEntrepreneurship3 min read
Aug 21Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology, and the Creative ProcessThe lab is one of many settings for innovation: Class Pre-Read 1. Creativity begets creativity. My favorite definition of entrepreneurship? Creativity in a business setting. The creative process is not limited to those who (can) express themselves with a piano, easel, or verse. Successful biotechnology companies are grounded not only…Entrepreneurship3 min readEntrepreneurship3 min read
Aug 18The Existential PitchThe Basic Science of Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology, Part 1 Our endings are not what we envision when we begin. I sit down to write about the end of the first stage of labor and I end with a piece about fatherhood. I start college an aspiring accountant and end my…Entrepreneurship5 min readEntrepreneurship5 min read
Aug 7PE for Sperm, VC for Algos and Biotech: Finance and IVF part 2(part of the Basic Science of Finance for RE’s and Embryologists series) Recapping part 1 of Finance in IVF notes, recall the description of private equity (PE) investments as buying and selling cash flows, metaphorical checks that arrive in the mailbox every week or every month, whether from winning the…Ivf3 min readIvf3 min read
Aug 1Five IVF Mega-Network Dinosaur Prevention StrategiesAnother big clinic merger today. IVF consolidation continues! Which means it’s time to think about… dinosaur prevention. Ten years from now, some of today’s leading IVF networks could dominate a multi-billion. dollar industry. Others will be long gone. A few suggestions for network self preservation: 1) Watch the pricing cycle. …Ivf4 min readIvf4 min read
Jul 5IVF’s Other Surrogate ProblemSolving this one fixes the future of IVF innovation A group of smart and dedicated IVF entrepreneurs are meeting the challenge of increasing access to surrogate carriers. Great work! But IVF has another surrogate problem. Lets dig in, starting with a bit of medical history. I like to talk about…Ivf3 min readIvf3 min read
