Biotech Startup Support

Informative articles geared towards life science startup founders, with a specific focus on biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals.Topics include company formation, legal basics, finance basics, common founder mistakes, lab operations, and more.

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What Is a C-Corp & Why Do Investors Prefer It?

A huge part of being an entrepreneur in the life sciences is fundraising. The amount of money (and time) it can take to fund research and development and bring a product to market, whether it’s someth...

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Business Entities & Their Differences: LLC vs. S-Corp vs. C-Corp

How Do Business Entities Differ From One Another? Are you a new business owner or aspiring entrepreneur trying to figure out the differences between business entities? The similarities and differences...

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Should You Incorporate Your Biotech Startup in Delaware?

Advantages & Disadvantages of Incorporating in Delaware Are you a biotechnology or life sciences startup co-founder? Have you recently incorporated your early-stage startup? Like entrepreneurs in ...

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February 7, 2022

How to Write a Business Plan for Your Biotech Startup

Do you always need a written business plan? Keeping track of every part of your business in your head is an impossible task, and the components of cash flow–sales, costs, expenses, assets, liabil...

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February 7, 2022

How to Fund an R&D Startup: First Steps a Founder Can Take

The life sciences and healthcare industries have changed over the last decade. That change has only accelerated since 2019 and the start of the pandemic. More and more companies were founded or spun o...

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February 7, 2022

How to Write a Lean Business Plan for Biotechs

Having a lean startup plan, or lean business plan, is an excellent way to understand exactly how your startup or small business will work, what market it will fit in, and how it will grow. It can also...