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Nanotech Takes It On The Chin

Neil Kane / March 13, 2013

English: Nanoparticle and nanotechnology – CILAS (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here is a link to an Op-Ed piece that Crain’s Chicago

Tags : business innovation research, Nanotechnology, nanotechnology companies, research, Technology, Venture Capital

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The Best Advice I Ever Got

Neil Kane / February 13, 2013

In today’s guest post on Tech Cocktail I talk about how to manage your time and maintain high levels of

Tags : Entrepreneur, Startups, Venture Capital

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100% Of The Time It’s 90% Mental

Neil Kane / January 3, 2013

I love the week between Christmas and New Year’s as it’s typically time to get unburied, to take care of

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Startup Founders: You Need More Money Than You Think

Neil Kane / December 30, 2012

Startups go out of business for only one reason. That reason is—all together now, repeat after me—“Because they run out

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A Bias for Action

Neil Kane / October 31, 2012

The way I see it, the best entrepreneurs are decisive and have a penchant for action. In a startup, time

Tags : Decision making, leadership, management, Startups

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Convertible Equity–An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Neil Kane / October 16, 2012

1932 Nash Advanced Eight Convertible Sedan (Photo credit: aldenjewell) In my last company, Advanced Diamond Technologies, there was a time

Tags : convertible note, NSF Innovation Corps, Small Business Innovation Research, Startups, Venture Capital

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Impedance Mismatch

Neil Kane / September 16, 2012

(Photo credit: nerovivo) I’ve written and talked about the cultural differences between entrepreneurs and career researchers. Lately I’ve discovered a new one:

Tags : Decision making, Startup company

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Testimony from House Review of Innovation Corps Program

Neil Kane / July 16, 2012

Earlier today I got the opportunity to provide witness testimony for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space,

Tags : Innovation, National Science Foundation

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2012 Illinois Nanotechnology Report

Neil Kane / June 27, 2012

Illinois Partners is proud to have contributed to the Illinois Nanotechnology Report, a work spearheaded by the Illinois Science and