Comments on: Medical Device Business Failures http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/device-companies-bankrupt/ Exploiting the Business Internet Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: KennethSPoodale http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/device-companies-bankrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-329 KennethSPoodale Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:45:42 +0000 http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/turning-out-the-lights-proquo-venture-capital-dispatch-wsj/#comment-329 The main purpose of bankruptcy laws is to give people hopelessly overburdened with debt a <a href="http://www.chapter7bankruptcyreviews.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>chapter 7 bankruptcy</b></a> financial fresh start. Bankruptcy filings are public records. However, under normal circumstances, no one will know about the bankruptcy. Credit Bureaus will maintain a record of the bankruptcy and it will remain on the credit record for 10 years. The main purpose of bankruptcy laws is to give people hopelessly overburdened with debt a chapter 7 bankruptcy financial fresh start. Bankruptcy filings are public records. However, under normal circumstances, no one will know about the bankruptcy. Credit Bureaus will maintain a record of the bankruptcy and it will remain on the credit record for 10 years.

]]> By: stevensreeves http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/device-companies-bankrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-30 stevensreeves Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:58:59 +0000 http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/turning-out-the-lights-proquo-venture-capital-dispatch-wsj/#comment-30 HI Patrick<br><br>thanks for taking the trouble to comment.<br><br>I'm more than a little confused about how this process of VC funding happens but, from what I've seen, those guys don't get involved unless they're guaranteed a winner. And then I came across this list of failures.<br><br>From what you've said this is natural fall out caused by both the trading environment deteriorating and VC's change to appetite for risk.<br><br>Presumably we'll go back around the cycle in a few years time.<br><br>The one thing I was interested to see was the fire sale of assets. Presumably the big companies pick up some interesting and inexpensive IPR this way? HI Patrick

thanks for taking the trouble to comment.

I'm more than a little confused about how this process of VC funding happens but, from what I've seen, those guys don't get involved unless they're guaranteed a winner. And then I came across this list of failures.

From what you've said this is natural fall out caused by both the trading environment deteriorating and VC's change to appetite for risk.

Presumably we'll go back around the cycle in a few years time.

The one thing I was interested to see was the fire sale of assets. Presumably the big companies pick up some interesting and inexpensive IPR this way?

]]> By: pdriscoll http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/device-companies-bankrupt/comment-page-1/#comment-29 pdriscoll Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:12 +0000 http://avantrasara.com/2009/11/04/turning-out-the-lights-proquo-venture-capital-dispatch-wsj/#comment-29 To a large degree, you have to look at the amount of VC investment in each company as a measure of the associated risk of that business. The size of the investment is as likely a measure of the company's risk of failure as its risk of success. Moreover, the medical device market has gotten no less competitive over the past two years and, with investment actually being squeezed or just put on hold due to concerns about the economy, pending healthcare reform legislation and other limiting factors, it has caused more companies to cross the line at which they simply do not have the funds to operate anymore. To a large degree, you have to look at the amount of VC investment in each company as a measure of the associated risk of that business. The size of the investment is as likely a measure of the company's risk of failure as its risk of success. Moreover, the medical device market has gotten no less competitive over the past two years and, with investment actually being squeezed or just put on hold due to concerns about the economy, pending healthcare reform legislation and other limiting factors, it has caused more companies to cross the line at which they simply do not have the funds to operate anymore.

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