The Entrepreneurship in Texas Biosciences
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
On the heels of my return from Phoenix Biosciences Core and a talk about the Arizona startup ecosystem, Texas announces ARPA-H funding, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health supporting transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs. It didn’t luck into it with a last-minute pitch deck and a prayer. Four major cities put aside their egos, formed
- Published in Biosciences, healthcare, Regional Development, Texas Startups
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Phoenix Not Copying Silicon Valley is the Winning Lesson
Monday, 13 April 2026
Ninety percent of startups fail, and the standard response from the startup industry encouragement because we “learn from failure.” The work I do in legislative affairs and ecosystem development is oriented precisely to improving that number, and a recent trip to Phoenix reminded me that the cities doing interesting things are not the ones trying
- Published in Regional Development
Startup Founders’ Mental Health
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Inspired by changes in professional sports, where a growing number of high-profile athletes have gone public with their mental health and psychological struggles, Felicis founder Aydin Senkut and partner Dasha Maggio, announced in September that Felicis Ventures will commit 1%, on top of every check the firm writes, in non-dilutive capital earmarked for “founder development”
- Published in Insights / Research, Featured, Startups
The Three Most Important Startups of 2014
Tuesday, 06 January 2015
Blah blah, great intro about how cool 2014 was for innovation. Let’s get to why you’re here: Slack’s team communication in one place, everywhere. Admit it, workplace collaboration, messaging, intranet, project management, etc. sucks. They all do. I haven’t been satisfied with internal communication since I worked at Yahoo, more than a dozen years ago when
- Published in Insights / Research, Mobile, Startups




