Ricky Spero

Networking advice: Why you want biotechies to come to your parties

Posted by Ricky Spero | Sep 23, 2014

Editor’s note: Why do you want biotech industry representatives at your networking event? Ricky Spero, co-founder and VP of Product Development at Rheomics, offers his thoughts in a post written for ExitEvent. Rheomics is a startup born at UNC with a test for measuring the strength of clots to help doctors control bleeding in sick and injured patients. ExitEvent is a news partner of WRAL TechWire. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – I was happily nodding along with Bill Bing and Joe Procopio’s recent posts advocating a better exchange of ideas in Triangle Startup. Then a comment by Joe made me...

Why You Want Biotechies to Come to Your Parties

Posted by Ricky Spero | Sep 19, 2014

Ricky Spero is co-founder and VP of Product Development at Rheomics, a startup born at UNC with a test for measuring the strength of clots to help doctors control bleeding in sick and injured patients. I was happily nodding along with Bill Bing and Joe Procopio’s recent posts advocating a better exchange of ideas in Triangle Startup. Then a comment by Joe made me pause: I haven’t cracked the puzzle of getting the gamers more involved at startup events and vice versa. I don’t know if it’s about the fragmentation of the industry or just an independent streak. Maybe it’s like biotech, where those folks...

What Happens After Your IPO

Posted by Ricky Spero | Nov 20, 2013

Ricky Spero is co-founder and VP of Product Development at Rheomics, developing a next-gen blood coagulation diagnostic. Last saturday, I went to the Startup Giveback. Local startups Coursefork and Shoeboxed had arranged a corn hole tournament and hooked us up with donated Fullsteam Beer and BBQ from The Pit. But for an event about giving, I was struck by how little of the conversation was actually about giving. Which got me thinking, what should we have been talking about? Here’s a suggestion: let’s talk about what happens after the exit event. What happens if your company is a hit?...

How Do I Get Involved in the Startup Scene?

Posted by Ricky Spero | Jun 27, 2013

Ricky Spero is co-founder and VP of Product Development at Rheomics, developing a next-gen blood coagulation diagnostic for surgeons. He is also founder of Mint Market, making it easier for farmers and chefs to do business with each other. A friend recently wrote to let me know that he’d returned to the Triangle after some time away. He was looking for a job and was interested in startups. His question was, basically, “Where do I begin?” My first reaction was, hey — Let Me Google That For You. But to my surprise, what I found was mostly lists of...