Good Fortune, Dan

I think I was subscriber number 293 – certainly somewhere under one thousand. That got me the privilege of sharing a Dim Sum meal in Boston’s Chinatown with the curly haired, lightening talking, quick-fire questioning editor of what was then known as PE Week Wire. In...

Morning Person Lament: The Upside of the New Down

I’m a morning person. No, not the kind you are thinking. The type that goes to bed at 2:30 or 3:00 AM. You won’t find me at a power breakfast at a fancy hotel at 6:30 AM as I’ll be making breakfast for my 12 yr old daughter Celia and then jumping,...

Thankful to be Working in a Functional Organization

In a time when people are stressed about their jobs and doing what they have to in order to survive, it is a comfort to be working with a select group of individuals who can stay calm under pressure and work as a team to get the job done in a professional manner. My...

Board Knowledge and Perspective

I field calls from GPs and CEOs all the time. Invariably they are doing a deal, whether investment or acquisition, and need either verification that the technology and/or markets targeted are real or a product exists and someone wishes to buy it in the future. Less...

Hogs-Head of Marketing had by all

Marketing Due Diligence Last Thursday there was a Happening…Monsters of Pork… at Petit Robert as part of a spectacular program of market oriented seminars and symposia under the brand Future M. The pork party was a real experience. I had been to the location before...

A New BOSS Comes to Town

Hello, We have all had a new boss in our life. This is an announcement concerning a different sort of BOSS. We here at Semaphore are excited to let you know more about our Business Operations/Strategy Service and the addition of David Friend, M.D., MBA as part of our...