Hope you all are doing well. Tina and I would first like to start out this month’s blog by congratulating Jamie from our team and her husband Hayden on the arrival of their new son. We consider it a privilege to see many of the different events that our team experiences. While most things we get to witness are joyous such as the arrival of a new baby, getting married, purchasing a first home, or learning a new skill that they then can apply within the company, some are not

Hope you all are doing well. I cannot believe that summer is already beginning to wind down. You really start to notice it when we see darkness setting in earlier each day. It was always more evident when our kids were younger, as we started to get them ready to head back to school. For the past 23 years, late July through August has seen a slowdown in business as people head out on vacation. Several countries in Europe, for example, have several weeks off in the summer.

Hope you all are doing well. Science is a strange occupation. I know that some of you may be saying that you understand that, but it’s not what you are thinking. Many people learn a certain set of skills and they will apply those skills on a daily basis. There are definitely exceptions to this rule in that a person might need to lean into some historical knowledge to solve a problem. A car mechanic comes to mind. For example, we are constantly driving our mechanic Bob c

There are many things I have written about over the past several years since I began writing a blog about BioSurfaces. I started this journey to give you a sneak peek into what it takes to run a small company, often sharing personal insights about around the struggles we face each and every day. Even with many challenges, one area that Tina and I have been truly blessed with over the past 23 years is to have met, worked with and broken bread with many great people who have

Hope you all are doing well. I wanted to start this week by acknowledging the great teamwork going on at the company, most of which is never seen by anyone outside of the company. From doing the little things like restocking the lab, cleaning the space, chasing customers/leads and filling out paperwork to more in-depth work like making our Bio-Spun® products, building new equipment, electrospinning materials or making sure we are compliant with our quality system, there is

Hope you all are doing well. On April 26th, we celebrated BioSurfaces’ 23rd year in business. It is hard to believe that we have been able to stay in business for this long, especially with all the headwinds that all companies face. Only people who run their own business will really understand the challenges. Every time Tina and I speak with a small business owner, we can see in their face all the different stresses that they face. These can be something small or things

Hope you all are doing well. Things have been a little hectic at BioSurfaces since my last blog. Like many companies in this current topsy-turvy economic environment (especially as it relates to science and investment), we are having to be even more conservative as compared to last year so every area of the company is affected. I wish we were like some of the few chosen companies where money just seems to flow like a river. That has never been the case for us. What is mo

Hope you all are doing well. As you might have heard, we recently announced that the name for our technology, which we call Bio-Spun, is now a registered trademark (Bio-Spun®). This was exciting news as it provides the company with a strong marketing tool to bring brand recognition to our electrospun materials. Sometimes it’s very easy to overlook what it has taken to get to this point. Over 22 years of hard work, trial and error, some promising results, more trial and er

Happy New Year! Hope you and your family had a great holiday season too! It was nice to get some down time with the family over the holidays. Unfortunately, when you own a business, this time is always limited. It is self-imposed so I’m not saying this so you feel bad for us, but just stating it as a fact of life for most entrepreneurs. In some ways, I long for the time long ago where the “worries of the world” did not appear at my door almost every day. When I first star

Hope all is going well. Hope that our US readers had a great Thanksgiving! I want to take this time to wish a Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish readers. Cannot believe that Christmas is under a week away. Time between Thanksgiving and Christmas just seems to fly by each year. It is hard to sometimes take stock in such a special time of the year. In year’s past, business tended to slow down each day in December as the holiday closed in. This has not been the case this