Writing
Bill is an experienced writer, published author and editor, with a keen sense for wording, style, accuracy and precision. He’s also a grammatical purist!
When first published, Seed-Stage Venture Investing, 2nd Edition took a fresh and candid look at the world of start-ups, focusing on life-science and technology spinouts from academic and biomedical research centers. Today, the book is a work of ancient history! Almost everything about starting and funding start-ups has changed since 2011, except for the human factor: the people, personalities and motivations that drive new ventures.
Co-authored by Bill Robbins and Jonathan Lasch, Ph.D., former Executive Director of the Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Seed-Stage Venture Investing, 2nd Edition, provides a substantial update to the 1st edition (authored by Bill), explaining the challenges of financing research-intensive academic spin-outs and offering insights and advice about evaluating technology, navigating the technology transfer process, developing intellectual property, and applying for grant funding under the NIH SBIR Program.
If you would like to know what building start-ups was like before social media, smartphone apps and the cloud changed everything, you might get a kick out of Seed-Stage Venture Investing, 2nd Edition.
Written primarily for academic faculty members, Ph.D. students and post-docs, as well as business entrepreneurs, start-up managers, and new investors, Seed-Stage Venture Investing, 2nd Edition cuts to the chase, offering readers practical information not typically covered in graduate school courses on technology transfer and entrepreneurship.
Aside from writing about business and investing, Bill also likes to write about shooting, science, technology, military matters, history and the outdoors.