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Entrepreneuring 3.0: More success; less risk? lecture by Richard Caro.
View Abstract Here (PDF) 
I will be giving three lectures on this general theme in Australia:
Governor's lunch, Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering
Theme: Innovation Policy & Business Creation
Speakers: Dr Terry Cutler & Dr. Richard Caro
Melbourne, Aug. 18, 2010.
By Invitation only.
C4CUBE Bootcamp 2010
Richard Caro on: "I need everything - Money, people, space, advisors. What comes first?". Reno, NV, Date TBD, 2010.
Acceleration Co-op goes live.
An online community of experts with deep domain expertise in various market verticals.
April, 2010
Archive
Mentoring, Q1/Q2, 2010
Two interesting stealth-mode UC Berkeley startups (pro-bono):
Lectures, October, 2009
During a two week trip to Australia, Richard Caro gave these talks.
West Coast Green, 2009
Richard Caro was a mentor; "Social Entrepreneur Training Session", Oct. 2nd.
West Coast Green 2009.
Cleantech Open (US), 2009
In 2009, Richard Caro was a mentor for semi-finalist OndaVia, in the Air, Water & Waste section of the competition. Richard was also a "mock judge" in the Green Building section.
About the Cleantech Open.
"Growing a Cleantech Industry", lecture by Richard Caro.
Victorian Government, Australia, March, 2009.
View Abstract Here (PDF) 
"Applied Entrepreneuring and the Path to Impact", lecture by Richard Caro.
CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, March, 2009.
View Abstract Here (PDF) 
Business Plan Mentoring, March, 2009, San Francisco.
Richard Caro was a mentor for two different business plan competitions: at UC Berkeley, and at USF.
Finding the right financing source (new article)
While venture capital is the financing source you always hear about, for many new businesses there are other options. A recent article describes how to match "type of venture" with "class of cash" (Int. Journal of Tech Transfer and Commercialization). More ....
California Cleantech Open, 2008
Sequesco was a finalist in the 2008 California Cleantech Open. Sequesco was mentored in the competition by Richard Caro (pro bono).
Product Development in "Second Life"
Richard Caro co-taught a product development course (Q1/2, 2008) at the University of San Francisco, where he is an adjunct faculty member. The course was built around the immersive environment of "Second Life".
USF International Business Plan Competition, April, 2008, San Francisco. Richard Caro was a judge and mentor. About the competition....
"Applied Entrepreneuring", lecture by Richard Caro.
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, April 9, 2008.
View Abstract Here (PDF) 
"Avoiding the Valley of Death", lecture by Richard Caro.
Small Technologies Cluster, Melbourne, Australia, April 2, 2008.
Details, including Live Recording
Third Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. retains TangibleFuture, Inc. More....
WTBQ Radio inteview with Richard Caro, on entrepreneurship. More....
M&A target selection: BNET video interview with Richard Caro.
"Innovation 3.0: How changes in the global innovation ecosystem create new opportunities for entrepreneurs in regional economies." R.G. Caro.
TechBA preacceleration program, San Jose, CA, USA, Dec. 4, 2007.
Zaybec wins University of San Francisco (internal) Business Plan Competition.
Richard Caro was one of the judges. Nov. 9, 2007.
FUMEC Technology Commercialization Course, October 5, 2007.
Lecture: “Technology Commercialization
& Project Valuation”, R.G. Caro.
Details, including Live Recording
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia, August 7, 2007.
Lecture: “Commercializing Science”, R.G. Caro.
Graduate School of Business & Management, University of
San Francisco, July 9, 2007.
Lecture: “Applied Entrepreneuring”, R.G. Caro.
Merck, Sharpe and Dohme Life Sciences Innovation Awards, Mexico City,
June 8, 2007.
Keynote: “Fine-tuning the innovation ecosystem”. R.G. Caro.
PATCA, Silicon Valley, April 12, 2007
“Warning signs of an unhealthy startup”, R. G. Caro
Awards for Innovation in Health and Food,
Mexico, 2006
Richard Caro was a judge for this competition, organized by
Merck, Sharpe and Dohme and several other institutions.
Read more...
MANCEF's COMS 2006, St. Petersburg, Florida, Aug. 28, 2006
"Using the cashflow
fingerprint of a business, and the Innovation Continuum to decide how best to
finance a business"
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
PhotonForum 2006, Cambridge, MA USA, April 25, 2006
The Top 10 (avoidable)
Startup Errors!
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
Chinese Information & Networking Assoc., Mountain View,
CA USA, April 13, 2006
Learn
From History: 10 common (and avoidable) reasons startups fail
Speaker: Richard G. Caro
Innovation in Life
Sciences, Mexico City, Mexico, March
30, 2006
The
Ingredients of a Successful Life Science Business
Concept
Speaker: Richard G. Caro
VibraQ, a startup mentored
by Richard Caro, wins AnzaTech "best pitch"
award.
Read
more....
Siemens TTB, a TangibleFuture
client, profiled in the Wall Street Journal
10/14/05.
Startups
Get a Chance With Siemens Backing
By Daniel Rosenberg
SDForum, San Jose, CA USA,
Oct. 28, 2005
Business
Books that Matter - Blue Ocean Strategy
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
EuroNanoForum 2005,Edinburgh, Scotland,
Sept. 7, 2005
Applied
Entrepreneuring: from lab to clinic
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
MANCEF's COMS 2005, Baden Baden, Germany,
Aug. 25, 2005
Commercializing
nanotech: lessons from the photonics bubble
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
Victorian Expatriate Network, Melbourne,
Australia, Aug. 3, 2005
"Systematic
Value Creation: Turning Science into Profits"
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
Helping Australian Entrepreneurs,
Australia, August 2005
Richard Caro participates in Anza Technology Network's
"US Experts Tour" of Australia.
Helping Mexican Entrepreneurs,
Mexico, July 2005
Richard Caro participates in TechBA's five city Mexican lecture
tour "Preparing
Entrepreneurs to Compete in the USA".
ASTEC Assoc. of Technology Entreprenuers,
Santa Clara, CA USA, June 25, 2005
"Applied
Entrepreneuring: Turning Technology into Profits"
Speaker: Dr. Richard G. Caro
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