| Product Development | March 07, 2004 |
Gajus Worthington
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Fluidigm |
Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series |
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| Video 6 of 22 from this talk |
- 04:06Forming the Founding Team and Seizing the Opportunity
- 05:21The Breakthrough Idea
- 00:47Breaking Convention: Technology First, Market Opportunity Second
- 04:12Building a Team and Picking the Right VCs
- 02:38The Challenges of Building a Company
- 04:05Product Development
- 03:47Keeping a Financial Focus
- 03:17Raising Money and Recognizing Interest in VCs
- 02:15Can You Continually Increase Value?
- 01:39Recruiting the Best
- 01:10Challenges of Managing: Firing People
- 01:47How to Recruit Top Talent
- 01:42To MBA or Not?: Technical Degree or MBA
- 01:53Envisioning the Future: Other Potential Applications of the Technology
- 02:43Lowest Lows and Highest Highs
- 02:17Going Global: Why Singapore?
- 01:06Founding Team: Technical or Business Saavy?
- 01:07Experimenting with New Technologies
- 01:48Finding a Market
- 01:58Disposable vs. Reusable in Biology
- 01:56Establishing a Market
- 02:54How Do You Establish a Decision-Making Process?
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After bringing together the best team, raising money in tough environments, and establishing and living by core values, says Worthington, Fluidigm focused on launching the product. The product development went much faster than anyone could have hoped and soon they had a product with many important features, including an immediate economic benefit to the customers, he notes.
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