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Financing: matching "cash class" to "venture type" This paper describes a financing diagnostic that helps new ventures optimize the type of capital they seek at different stages in their life cycle. Because not all new ventures are suited to venture capital, and there are other alternatives.
Abstract and download.
Science to Profits on Blip.TV The Internet TV channel, Blip.TV, hosts a series of video clips of Richard Caro's lectures on various topics relating to turning science into profitable businesses. Additional episodes will be streamed over the coming months.
More details and Internet TV feed.
Innovation 3.0 In this lecture, Richard Caro discusses what he calls "Innovation 3.0". He describes the way the innovation ecosystem is changing to become more global, and describes the exciting new opportunities this opens up for entrepreneurs in regional economies (eg Australia, Mexico, or the smaller european economies).
More details and live video recording of lecture.
Innovation Ecosystem Audit To increase the level of innovation in an economy it helps to have a model of how the innovation ecosystem works, and to be able to diagnose where the problems are, before designing policy interventions.
More details and live video recording of lecture.
Balanced Execution It's a rare startup that picks the right path, and then executes flawlessly. All
too often, key value milestones are attacked in the wrong order, or neglected
all together. We think "Balanced Execution" can save time and money,
and improve the chance a new venture will succeed.
Balanced Execution saves time and money (online article)
Applied EntrepreneuringView a series of live workshops on the themes of Applied Entrepreneuring;
Turning Technology into Profits; Systematic Value Creation; and Common (avoidable)
Startup Errors.
Value Creation Workshop details, and online presentations.
Investable Business Concept: the key ingredientsMany startups have trouble articulating a compelling, investable business concept. Richard Caro describes the key business concept ingredients.
More details, and live video recording of the lecture.
Technology Commercialization;
Project Value. View a live interactive recording on the theme of Project
Value and Technology Commercialization.
More details, and online interactive presentation.
Avoid the Valley of Death.
View a live interactive recording on how to avoid the Valley of Death when
commercializing technology.
More details, and online interactive presentation.
Getting from science
project to profitable business Creating a profitable business built on
a scientific or technological innovation is a complex task, requiring diverse
skills and a lot of time. One of the most challenging aspects of building such
a business is navigating the transitions between three quite disparate types of
human endeavor: research; business creation; and ultimately the management of
a going concern.
This article focuses on the initial steps of a voyage which
starts with the genesis of a scientific idea; leads to the
creation of a product that meets a specific need of a specific
class of individual; and results in creation of a profitable
business, built on delivering that product to those individuals.
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Full Article Here (PDF) 
Ten common startup errors
It's well known that many startup fail. It's less well known that many of them fail because the team makes one (or more) of a set of common errors, made by many others before them. We believe that many of these errors could be avoided, if only entrepreneurs would learn from history. This article is for those who want to avoid the mistakes of their predecessors.
This article is based on close observation of many startups in science-based fields like electronics, biotech, photonics and nanotechnology. Interestingly, we see common patterns across all these industries. While the article focuses on lessons abstracted from our work
with companies that participated in the photonics bubble (some successfully and
some not), we believe these lessons apply quite generally across the above industries, as well as to other similar, science-based fields.
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Full Article Here (PDF)
The Silicon Valley
approach to business creation
In July 2005, a team from Silicon Valley, comprising 3 entrepreneurs,
a venture capitalist and a lawyer, gave a series of lectures to entrepreneurs
in 5 cities in Mexico. The program: how Silicon Valley-ites turn technology into
businesses.
More Details, Online Video, Interactive Lecture Recordings
NPR program: Homeland Fuels
NPR's "Living on Earth" program profiles Homeland Fuels, an alternative
energy startup mentored by Richard Caro, during its participation in the 2005
UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition. (NPR,
Living on Earth, June 11, 2005. Produced by Claire Schoen Productions)
Listen
to Audio Here (MP3) 
From Zero-to-IPO
(excerpt)
Author David Smith has written an amusing and instructive book about the journey
travelled by entrepreneurs in a Silicon Valley style startup. Here is an excerpt
from that book, entitled "Preparing for your Journey". You can find
a link to the book on our Entrepreneurs Bookshelf
page.
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Full Article Here (PDF)
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