The Money Blog

Most strategic partnerships in deeptech and healthtech are expensive science experiments disguised as business development. You've seen them: those fancy press releases announcing "groundbreaking co...

Here's a counterintuitive thought: the best CEOs know when to fire themselves.

As a technical founder in deeptech or healthtech, you probably didn't start your company planning your own exit from t...

Most deeptech and healthtech founders face a painful choice: give up board control to attract serious investors, or stay in charge and potentially limit your funding options. But here's what the dat...

Most deeptech and healthtech founders I meet are drowning in fundraising advice. "Follow the playbook," they're told. "Get warm intros to tier-one VCs." "Perfect your pitch deck." But here's what no...

Here's something I unpacked in Deeptech Insider #29: Why Your Competitors Will Outfund You (Unless You Fix This) that keeps coming up in deeptech and healthtech founder conversations: you can have t...

Remember that exit vision post we covered in Deeptech Insider #36? The one about why every deeptech founder needs an endgame? Well, here's the thing most founders miss: your board composition is lit...

You're watching competitors raise $50M+ rounds while you're bootstrapping on fumes. They're hiring entire engineering teams while you're coding at 2 AM. It stings, but here's the thing most founders...

Here's a uncomfortable truth: most deeptech and healthtech founders are building companies without knowing how they want to get out of them.

You're pouring years into breakthrough AI algorithms, re...

Sarah had just closed her Series A for her healthtech startup, a $12M round for her AI-powered diagnostic platform. She should have been celebrating. Instead, she found herself staring at her laptop...

Sarah thought she'd found the perfect co-founder. Her biotech startup had the science locked down, and her business-focused partner brought exactly what she needed: connections, fundraising experien...

You've been there. The metrics look good. User signups are climbing. Revenue is trending up. Your board deck shows those beautiful hockey stick charts everyone loves to see.

Then something shifts. ...

Here's what most deeptech and healthtech founders get backwards: they think growth comes from saying yes to more opportunities. In reality, breakthrough companies are built on the disciplined art of...