Jim Jordan, a Distinguished Service Professor of Healthcare & Biotechnology Management and Senior Director of Healthcare and Biotechnology Programs at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, serves as the Chief Investment Officer of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, a public-private economic and venture fund owned by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. As an accomplished Fortune 20-level executive with companies such as Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and McKesson, Jim has leveraged his experience in several startup ventures and is active on multiple Boards of Directors. Through the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, he has applied his 25 years of experience in industry, consulting and academia to work with over 400 life science startup companies, with direct investment in 75 of them.
""So how do you get more new innovative technology to market? Well, you take risks for sure, but you have to have a process for churning the evolution of technology and turning concepts in the minds of researchers and entrepreneurs into commercialized products in the market. The contents of this book will not only do that for the reader, but the book will also show the pitfalls to avoid along the way. Not every good idea is able to get to market. … And what causes innovators to fail? The answers to these and other important questions are addressed in the book."" —From the Foreword by John W. Manzetti, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, Founder, Managing Director, PLSG Accelerator Fund ""This book, and the approach the author describes in it, is based in extensive real-life experience. The author gives the reader the theory behind innovation and commercialization, but then adds the application details only an experienced professional can deliver. ... I like the fact that the book is driven from the perspective of the investor versus the technologist or policy analyst. ... I think the author has written a very useful guide that is clear and compelling."" —William Donaldson, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, USA