Calera
Dr. Constantz specializes in novel, high-performance cements. He is the inventor on more than 60 issued U.S. patents, as well as many pending U.S. and foreign patent applications on the subject. Prior to founding Calera, he was the founder and CEO of three successful medical device companies: Norian, Skeletal Kinetics, and Corazon. His bone-fracture cements can be found in most orthopedic operating rooms in the Western world.
A Consulting Professor at Stanford University, Dr. Constantz has taught courses in biomineralization, carbonate sedimentology, and bone mineralization, and has conducted numerous seminars and Continuing Medical Education courses on the use of cement in bone fracture management. He serves on the board of directors of the Stanford Environmental Molecular Science Institute and is affiliated with the Woods Institute for the Environment, where his expertise is carbon dioxide sequestration in concrete and the built environment.
Dr. Constantz received B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California, and received a post-doctoral appointment at the U.S. Geologic Survey and a Fulbright Scholarship at the Weizmann Institute.
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Last Updated: Tue, Jan 11, 2011
| Category | Title | Author/Speaker | Organization | Length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Advisory Boards and Operating Plans | Brent Constantz | Calera | 02:24 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Be Your Only Board Member | Brent Constantz | Calera | 02:05 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Big Visions are Right Visions | Brent Constantz | Calera | 01:38 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Business Plan Beliefs | Brent Constantz | Calera | 00:48 | 01/2011 |
| Podcast | Following Your Startup Vision | Brent Constantz | Calera | 01:00:03 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Following Your Startup Vision [Entire Talk] | Brent Constantz | Calera | 59:29 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Make Cleaning the Environment a Prosperous Opportunity | Brent Constantz | Calera | 01:49 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Starting Avalanches and Building Fires | Brent Constantz | Calera | 01:07 | 01/2011 |
| Video | Tension Between Goals and ROI | Brent Constantz | Calera | 01:51 | 01/2011 |
Serial entrepreneur and Calera Founder Brent Constantz creates amazing advisory boards and regularly updates company operating plans. By doing both of these things, even the craziest of ideas can gain the credibility needed to gain momentum and thrive in the business world.
Upon starting his third company, serial entrepreneur Brent Constantz decided not to take on outside investment, a decision that reaped benefits. Constantz also describes serving as the sole board member, which meant avoiding the loss of time management teams suffer when dealing with larger boards. Constantz states this saved time can then be put toward a better use ? fulfilling the company's vision.
When entrepreneurs are working with big ideas, they also need to remember to grow the company, says Calera Founder Brent Constantz. But with that said, Constantz also urges founders with big ideas not to be easily lured from their big vision, due to external pressures to accumulate small monetary wins.
Founder Brent Constantz says his firm, Calera, has never had a written business plan. As a serial entrepreneur, Constantz has developed a few ideas about business plans: 1) Only competitors read business plans, and 2) A business plan is the only thing that is never going to happen.
Calera founder Brent Constantz is an innovator who believes that successful entrepreneurs are the ones who follow through on their original vision. Drawing upon his deep background as a successful serial entrepreneur, Constantz shares his entrepreneurial experiences and discusses many of the competitive and strategic issues facing his current ventures.
Calera founder Brent Constantz is an innovator who believes that successful entrepreneurs are the ones who follow through on their original vision. Drawing upon his deep background as a successful serial entrepreneur, Constantz shares his entrepreneurial experiences and discusses many of the competitive and strategic issues facing his current ventures.
Founder Brent Constantz describes the early breakthrough moments at Calera, including realizing the value in actively sequestering carbon dioxide. According to Constantz, this insight supports his idea that the most successful strategy for cleaning up the environment is to make doing so a prosperous opportunity for businesses and investors.
Serial entrepreneur and Calera Founder Brent Constantz shares what is the coolest thing about starting companies. Constantz enjoys watching the building excitement of employees and customers around a new venture. He describes this powerful experience as similar to building fires and starting an avalanche. 
Serial entrepreneur and Calera Founder Brent Constantz discusses the tension that can develop between a founder's goals and an investor's desire for a quick return on investment. Constantz shares a story from his days in the med-tech sector to illustrate this point.