Excedr

Blog posts by Excedr

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February 2, 2023

How to Minimize Overhead Costs

Saving Money While Running Your Startup: Part 2 In our series opener, we discussed the basics about keeping business costs low when launching your startup. In part 2, we are going to focus on some of …

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February 2, 2023

Marketing & Sales Strategies for Startups

Saving Money While Running Your Startup Series: Part 5 No matter how unique or advanced the concept, a sales and marketing strategy can be essential for successfully selling a product or service. Even…

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February 2, 2023

Software Tools for Keeping Startup Costs in Check

Saving Money While Running Your Startup: Part 4 When running a startup or small business, it’s important to use tools that improve efficiency for several reasons. Working smarter, not harder, is…

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January 31, 2023

Guide to Reducing Startup Costs & Expenses

Saving Money While Running Your Startup: Part 1 Launching a biotech startup can be a challenging, complex, and expensive process. There are many obstacles that must be overcome, including securing fun…

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January 31, 2023

Guide to Life Sciences Licensing Agreements

Licensing has been highly useful in the life sciences industry, time and time again, because it allows companies to access and use new technologies and intellectual property developed by other organiz…

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December 22, 2022

Common Mistakes Biotechs Make & How to Avoid Them

Launching a startup or small business is a serious exercise in risk-taking and risk management. Startups often fail for all different types of reasons. Many of these reasons can involve a mistake or s...

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December 22, 2022

When & How to Pivot a Biotech Startup

Although “pivot” can be described as a buzzy word in the startup world, turning a failure into a success by pivoting is well documented. For instance, what do Netflix, Instagram, Slack, and Nintendo s...

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December 22, 2022

How Do Core Labs Support Life Science Research?

Benefits & Drawbacks It’s amazing—and often exasperating—how much equipment scientists actually need to complete their research. If you’re lucky, you only need a few instruments and a small amount…

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December 22, 2022

Guide to Choosing & Collaborating with a CRO

In the life sciences industry, the name of the game is often getting through preclinical studies and clinical trials. However, this feat is easier said than done. Many biotech, biopharma, pharma, and …

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December 22, 2022

Guide to Choosing & Collaborating with a CMO

Thousands of scientists and researchers work to discover new treatments each year to improve healthcare outcomes for physicians and patients. This requires extensive research in the lab, something in ...