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Charles Hamilton Explains Decisions About Seeking Venture Capital

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  • Date Added : 5/13/2010
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Charles Hamilton

  • President, Novomer
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1973 (Age: 51 years old)
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Biography

Charles Hamilton has led the commercial development of Novomer's technology since 2006. He has been involved in the creation of several companies based on Cornell technologies and worked previously for Microsoft, POP, and other high tech firms.

Charles Hamilton graduated with honors from Cornell in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources. In 2004 he received an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management where he was a Park Leadership Fellow and winner of the Global Social Venture Competition in London.

The four of us made that decision and we made it on I think it on Tony's porch at his house and we'd been talking about it for a long time. We had been kind of stumbling along and we had been getting contracts and we had been getting some grants and great success in grants, you know a great success...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Decision To Go With Novomer
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
  • 5/13/2010
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Video 2 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Decision To Follow an Entrepreneurial Path
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
  • 5/13/2010
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Video 3 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Desire to Build Businesses That Will Impact the World
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 4 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Being Hired
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 5 of 32 Charles Hamilton Explains Division of Roles Between Science and Business Within the Company
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 6 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Prioritizing Opportunities And Migrating From Research Into Development
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 7 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Ten Thousand Hours Of Work
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 8 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Decision Making and the Challenge of Ignoring Sunk Costs
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 9 of 32 Charles Hamilton States Importance of Building a Team That Can Make The Necessary Decisions
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 10 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Mistakes And Dealing With Them
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Video 11 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Basic Principles in Starting a Company
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 12 of 32 Charles Hamilton Explains Decisions About Seeking Venture Capital
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 13 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Concept of a Language Barrier in Business
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 14 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Selling Equity In Your Company
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 15 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Closing The Investment
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Video 16 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Lessons Learned From Venture Capital
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 17 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses It Is Hard To Start The Right Business
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 18 of 32 Charles Hamilton Explains What VCs Bring To The Business
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 19 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Picking The Right Investor
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 20 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Determining Which VC To Go With
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 21 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Dealing With VCs
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 22 of 32 Charles Hamilton Explains Second Round Of Fund Raising
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 23 of 32 Charles Hamilton States Importance of Making Decisions In Business
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 24 of 32 Charles Hamilton Addresses Emotions In Business
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 25 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Resilience Towards Success
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 26 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Importance of Not Rushing Decisions
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 27 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Hiring Slow and Firing Fast
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 28 of 32 Charles Hamilton States Equity Percentage Should Reflect Risk
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 29 of 32 Charles Hamilton Explains Funding Pathways
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 30 of 32 Charles Hamilton States Importance of Hiring Right Team To Meet Company Goals
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
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Video 31 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Exit From Novomer
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
  • 5/13/2010
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Video 32 of 32 Charles Hamilton Discusses Excitement In Being Involved With Early Stage Of Businesses
  • Charles Hamilton - Interview - Experiences With a Startup
  • 5/13/2010
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  • 3 min. 50 sec.

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