iSelect Monthly Update: March 2018

iSelect Monthly Update: March 2018

Peter Thiel Is Bullish on the Midwest. So Are We Peter Thiel is one of the savviest investors of our time. His $2.5 billion net worth is proof of that. So when Thiel says the next big innovations will be born in the American Midwest, it’s probably a safe bet that he’s... Read more
The New American Entrepreneur – Euclises

The New American Entrepreneur – Euclises

Euclises is drug discovery and development company targeting some of the deadliest cancers out there—cancers that combine to cause over 200,000 fatalities each year in the U.S. alone. By offering new treatment options for cancer patients suffering from colorectal,... Read more

Evidence Based Innovation 1.0 – Recap

An Event to Connect Investors with Health Care Startups While early-stage startup companies talk a lot about investment, the one thing every young company needs is a customer. Last Tuesday, more than 20 early-stage St. Louis medical and biotech companies got the... Read more

A Q&A session with Euclises’ John Talley

[iSelect] You have the honorable position of being one of the leading medicinal chemists in the world. [John] It’s funny.  I don’t think of myself that way at all.  I’ve had the great fortune to work with really great people on really good projects. We worked on some... Read more
Every Company Needs a Customer

Every Company Needs a Customer

In chapter two of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom’s Aunt Polly makes him paint her white picket fence. It’s a Saturday morning and the last thing Tom wants to do is work while his friends are out on “delicious expeditions.” Being the enterprising young... Read more
A Pay It Forward Culture

A Pay It Forward Culture

Before I became an entrepreneur, I spent more than 15 years working in corporate America where I helped build and manage one of the largest technology platforms in the world for Boeing Corporation. One would think that this experience would have prepared me well for... Read more