47x Return for Companion Medical is Fourth Highest Exit in TCA History
By John Harbison, TCA Chairman emeritus
TCA members who invested in the Series A Round of Companion Medical in 2014 realized a 58x return when the company was acquired by Medtronic in August 2020 […]
What is your biggest error in company planning?
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation. It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of […]
Can you build a company, not just a product?
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
And sometimes that idea is just too small a slice of the big picture to be interesting to investors. There was a recent investor event where […]
What’s your personal-business end game?
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
Remembering our original vision
When we start a business, we are optimistic that we will succeed and dream of riches to 
What would happen to the business if you die, leave or are disabled?
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
Yes, we’re invincible when young
When we are young and early in our business lives, we feel infallible to the degree […]
Selling your company for less than expected?
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
How about outside investors?
Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists, or angels, have put in […]