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Entrepreneurship

Working Towards a Project Launch

When Kennedy said “By the end of this decade, we will land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth,” he should be: Concrete. Goal He could have said “We should aim to dominate the space race.” But what would that mean? Sending a monkey to...

August 21, 2012July 4, 2017

Venture Capital

5 Reasons “Dumb Money” is OK

There is a common view in the start-up investment world that “smart money” is worth a lot more to a company than “dumb money”: the latter being worth just its monetary value, while the former might warrant additional considerations (e.g. board seats, etc.). The use of a pejorative word...

August 15, 2012July 4, 2017

Technology

Three Core Tech Trends

There are, in my mind, three major technology trends in this decade’s consumer electronics world: narcissism, visual realism, and naturalism in interaction. 1) Narcissism Narcissism is less interesting to TandemLaunch, but has become a major driver of our economy. We all want to be famous, we all want to...

August 2, 2012July 4, 2017

Entrepreneurship

On Communication, Dentists, and Project Management

A couple of weeks ago I found myself in a situation that we all fear and try to avoid as much as possible: I was lying in a chair while a complete stranger poked around in my mouth with instruments that seem to have their origin in a medieval...

July 24, 2012July 4, 2017

Entrepreneurship

How Incentive Models Skew Behaviour

I have been on a bit of a kick about employee incentive plans lately, and observed an interesting trend earlier this year while we were looking to hire a CFO here at TandemLaunch Technologies. Based on the limited sample of a few dozen finance executives who I interviewed, it...

July 19, 2012July 4, 2017

Entrepreneurship , People

Linearity and Employee Incentives Plans

In my last blog post I talked about the fundamentals of effective employee incentive plans: Proportionality, Transparency, Appropriateness, and Certainty. To my mind of thinking, creating linearity in your employee incentive plans is essential to achieve Transparency and Proportionality, and I’d like to elaborate on that a bit using the...

July 3, 2012July 4, 2017

Entrepreneurship

How to Create Meaningful Employee Incentives

The purpose of incentive plans is to do exactly what the name implies – incentivise the people in your company (both executives and employees) to contribute more than they normally would. In other words, you want them to work harder, move faster, take on more ownership, and generally make...

June 26, 2012July 4, 2017

IP & Tech Transfer , Tech Transfer & IP

Regionally-Focused VS. Domain-Focused University Tech Transfer

Some Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) have been exploring the idea of domain-focused rather than regionally-focused technology transfer recently. This shift is an extremely powerful idea in my mind. In fact, the advantages of domain-focus are the reason TandemLaunch has the specialization it does in consumer electronics market. Yet the...

May 30, 2012July 4, 2017

Entrepreneurship , People

The CTO Role Broken Down

The CTO fills a critical role in a technology startup. The title is really broad, and people tend to cling to different aspects of it, but what do you really need your CTO to do in a startup? Here’s a quick breakdown for aspiring Chief Technology (or Technical) Officers....

May 22, 2012July 4, 2017

Uncategorized

Helge Seetzen, CEO of TandemLaunch, strategic partner for research based startups

“Interview with Mr Helge Seetzen, CEO of TandemLaunch and serial entrepreneur, presenting his experience as a specialized investor in research based startups. Helge presents TandemLaunch services and business model, a strategic partner for high end entrepreneurs. Mr Seetzen also discusses the specifics of being based in Montreal and the...

April 11, 2012August 1, 2017