"Vanguard's approach as a venture company is one of a cohesive partnership. We do not believe in hierarchy and instead respect the different experiences we bring to the partnership. In addition to experience in several different industry sectors, we also have different expertise in key business operations like marketing and sales, operations and R&D. We can call on this experience to examine potential deals. If we find deficiencies in an otherwise promising company, we can suggest ways those problems can be overcome.

"We focus solely on early stage companies. Because many of us know our way around science and laboratories, we are willing to make investments in technologies we know can create breakthrough products and pioneer important new markets, even when the opportunity is so early that it doesn't even have founders. We are able to help start and build new companies confidently because we have a lot of experience in operations and know what a young company needs to get off the ground. We can use the cuts and bruises we earned along the way in our own business careers to help new companies avoid mistakes and develop sound business practices from day one.

"My greatest personal satisfaction is turning technology into successful commercial products. It's what I've done all my life, whether it was in product development, business development, being a CEO of a start up, being an incubator president, or being a VC. It's what I do and it's what gets me out of bed looking forward to each day. In life sciences in particular, I find great satisfaction that we have a chance to create a truly win/win situation - for investors, for the company and the people who will be helped by the product."


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