What makes for a successful pitch? Is it the same for pitching to investors, to potential customers, to future employees, to the local Rotary, and on and on...What makes for success in any endeavor? We’ve measured many aspects of funding success – when startups...
Here at WKI we are lucky to spend our days in the world of new science and technology innovations -- renewable energies, medical devices, AI, and the like. I enjoy seeing our design frameworks help new and often novel approaches find their way to market to make an...
Many thanks to those who requested the written version of last week's audio blog...here it is: Chasing Capital Redux I originally wrote this Blog months ago – and never published it. I wrote it before we knew what would happen with vaccine development; and before we...
Listen to this blog post in audio format below. After spending an hour on a call today with a new seed fund it really got me thinking about the importance of startup...
WKI would like to recognize and congratulate the University of Delaware SBDC, a WKI Certified organization, on receiving the 2020 Tibbitts Award. The award is named after Roland Tibbetts, who was instrumental in developing the SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research...
Thank you to USF Connect for hosting our Virtual Fireside Chat yesterday. We had an energetic, founder focused discussion around Building a Winning Startup. We covered a wide range of topics thanks to the questions posed by the attendees: building a startup from the...
I have seen multiple reports claiming that something like over 40% of startups fail because they offer something the market doesn’t need. As I dug into the data, I think it should be interpreted more as 40% of the failures can be attributed to not meeting a market...
Clinics on Wheels - https://clinicsonwheels.com Meet my friend and serial entrepreneur Tony Cowan. Tony has a long and dedicated career helping to provide recovery and assistance to many of the nation’s and the world’s disasters. The latest vaccine distribution...
Join us for this inspiring, educational and interactive session as we share a conversation among four innovative and entrepreneurial trailblazers who’ve been there and done that successfully. Darlene Boudreaux, a former pharma CEO and Executive Director of TechFW,...
Fifteen years ago as I was finishing my first book introducing the So what? Who cares? why you? methodology, I was fortunate to meet Tech Fort Worth. They were launching a new entrepreneurial incubator in Fort Worth, Texas and we became fast friends and partners,...
WKI Recognizes 2020 EDA Build to Scale Grantees. Offers WKI Online Trial Accounts to All Grantees. WKI - wendykennedy.com inc. is pleased to recognize the following WKI Certified sites that are part of this year’s EDA Build to Scale grant award recipients -- First...
October 22, 2020 For Immediate Release WKI Celebrates FAST SBIR-STTR Award Winners WKI - wendykennedy.com inc. is pleased to recognize the WKI Certified sites that are part of this year’s SBA’s FAST grant award recipients. These organizations include the University...
