My business got started because I lost a job, my last real job in a series of unrelated industries - aerospace, contract research, then medical products. I was VP of Development of a young company called Betagen (DNA blot imaging), which ran out of money before it ran out of ideas. I'd worked as a consultant in a large enterprise (Battelle), so what the heck, why not try that solo? The rest is history.

     As many of you can attest, when you start a company you often scramble about trying different things. Making money is often paramount. I was an analytical sort, a decent writer and researcher, not a bad leader/manager, and a pretty good business planner. So I did all those things. I did lots of work early on for other, more established service firms. Over the ensuing decades I did work for a wide variety of industrial companies, mostly large and small medtech and life science firms, and for investors.

     I won't bore you with the content. You can read about our current activities at the end of this newsletter and in samplings of our prior engagements in Devices, Diagnostics, Drugs and Lab Products.

     Enough about me. On the chance that you're contemplating a consulting or professional services business or have recently started one, let me point you to some potentially useful takeaways that might help you on the path toward your own "25". Check out my suggestions here.