5 Key Areas Driving Enterprise 3.0
Last week, I attended and participated in the IMPACT 2011 Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic conference, where I had a chance to talk to entrepreneurs and the venture…
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3 Tips to Keep Your Business On Track in any Economy
Global economic uncertainty, high unemployment, increased government regulation, and issues like healthcare reform are creating a lot of daunting headlines. Those issues are also being blamed…
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Week in Review: Convergence between Life Sciences and Technology and A Look at New Partner Company Medivo
The convergence between life sciences and technology cannot be ignored. That’s why at Safeguard Scientifics, we consolidated of our life sciences and technology deal teams.…
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Week in Review: IPO task force, debunking tech bubble rumors, and NFTE Gala preparations
The IPO Task Force unveiled a new effort to ease the IPO road for emerging companies in its report, “Rebuilding the IPO On-Ramp.” The report…
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3 Tactics for Building a Successful Business in a Bad Economy
It’s the biggest question in our “New Normal” economy—how do you build a successful business during a global recession? Despite the lack of any discernable…
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3 Tips for CFOs to Weather the Storm of Today’s Economy
The job of a CFO in a weak economy has become increasingly difficult with each passing quarter, pushing the CFO further into the line of…
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4 Tips for Effective Communications in Investor Relations
I have been invited to moderate the Managing Expectations: Effective Communication for Strategic Events and Audiences Panel at the NIRI Annual Conference this June. The…
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Social Media IPOs—A Trend to Alter VC Investment?
I was reading an article by the San Jose Mercury News’ Patrick May recently, titled “IPOs by LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and others could alter venture…
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The Internet of Things Making Headlines
Last week, we announced that we provided $5 million in a Series B financing for ThingWorx, a disruptive technology that revolutionizes how people, systems and…
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