LSG2G Deep Tech Podcast Community

Share this post

Content I Enjoyed Reading and Watching in Week 35/2022

lsg2g.substack.com

Content I Enjoyed Reading and Watching in Week 35/2022

Maybe there is something in it for you too

Christian Soschner
Sep 5, 2022
3
Share this post

Content I Enjoyed Reading and Watching in Week 35/2022

lsg2g.substack.com

Time is moving forward, entrepreneurs keep building, and investors support them with capital.

The Godfather of Biotech

Stelios Papadopoulos, 74, has spent the past four decades becoming the living embodiment of biotech’s institutional memory. Starting out when biotech was more of a backwater than a banner industry, he was the rare Ph.D. scientist on Wall Street, an investment banker who understood base pairs and basis points in equal detail.

When I worked in M&A in the early 2000s, I heard tales of a vaccine-developing company and their CFO Werner Lanthaler, who had plans to go public. It was my first touchpoint with the term Biotechnology, companies that developed novel drug candidates, and their teams who wanted to help people access novel, safer, and more effective medications.

The origin of biotech companies dates back to the seventies when Genentech got venture funded in 1976. Two years later, Biogen got off the ground.

Here is a great read on one of the legends of biotech, Stelios Papadopoulos.

For the 'godfather' of biotech, saving Biogen is the final act of a singular career

n the history of the global pharmaceutical industry, there have been many big thinkers, brash visionaries, and…

www.statnews.com

Founders, here’s how top VCs are doing due diligence on you

“What we are interested in is the behaviour and abilities that you have relative to your peer group”

Deep tech and tech companies like Biogen, Genentech, and Facebook need Venture Capital to get off the ground.

Many founders today are familiar with the term Due Diligence and yet only learn what matters to VCs and Seed Investors during the process.

Here is an article that describes what matters the most to VCs.

Founders, here's how top VCs are doing due diligence on you

If you're a founder pitching to a VC, chances are that investors are going to do due diligence not just on your…

sifted.eu

Why the Future of Entrepreneurship Is Small

In his book, Zero to One, iconic Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel famously argued that “Competition is for losers.” Thiel argued, “If you want to create and capture lasting value, build a monopoly.”

Find your niche and become the dominant force in it. I have heard such advice repeatedly since I went to business school in the 80s.

Once companies have established their product market fit, they strive to become a big player.

Is this really the best solution, or are there better ways to win as a small company?

Why the Future of Entrepreneurship Is Small

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In his book, Zero to One, iconic Silicon Valley investor…

www.entrepreneur.com

Scaling A Deep Tech Startup: Lessons From The Front Line

A deep tech company is a very different beast than a typical technology company. Although there isn’t a universally accepted definition, deep tech generally refers to the development of a fundamentally new technology platform as opposed to using existing technology in a new way.

Back to the beginning of the weekly summary.

Deep Tech is a term I heard for the first time 3 years ago. Before, I was just helping scientists to bring their innovations into the business.

Deep Tech sounded much cooler. What do you do for a living? I help develop Deep Tech.

The term is widely used for organizations that develop solutions rooted in science.

Wikipedia describes it as:

Deep technology (deep tech) or hard tech is a classification of organization, or more typically startup company, with the expressed objective of providing technology solutions based on substantial scientific or engineering challenges.

Since the pandemic, many “non-deep-tech” investors see the opportunities and want to be part of a story that safes the planet — like Biontech and Moderna did with their vaccines.

Here is an article that describes what investors must know before investing in deeptech.

Council Post: Scaling A Deep Tech Startup: Lessons From The Front Line

CEO of PragmatIC Semiconductor, Scott White is an experienced serial entrepreneur leading his sixth technology venture…

www.forbes.com

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to LSG2G Deep Tech Podcast Community to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2023 Christian Soschner
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing