Can't Tame a Mongoose: Memoir of a Genomics Entrepreneur

Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in Memoirs (Career) IPPY Awards Gold Medal Winner in Best First Book-Nonfiction International Book Awards Winner in Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business International Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir and in Business: Motivational Stan Rose's approach to life and business is a story of persistence and resilience and a nearly unstoppable drive to achieve his goals. An MIT biologist turned entrepreneur, Dr. Rose has created and led multiple businesses in the emerging fields of DNA analysis and genomics. After several successful ventures, he was suddenly diagnosed with a life-threatening genetic disease. Some of the same technologies he had helped bring to the clinic became critical to his own survival. Following a kidney transplant, he continued to contribute to science and medicine, cofounding a new company commercializing products that might extend the lives of organ-transplant recipients. In Can't Tame a Mongoose, Stan Rose shares stories from his own life illustrating the inevitable, unexpected events that may impact a business or life and strategies to increase the likelihood of overcoming unanticipated challenges or seizing emergent opportunities

About the Author :
Dr. Stan Rose is a biologist and serial entrepreneur. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has spent over three decades working with leading scientists and clinicians to create substantial commercial value from inventions related to DNA and genome analysis. He continues to work with early stage companies developing innovative, high-impact life science products and services through Rose Ventures Inc. To learn more visit roseventures.net.

Review :
"People like Stan Rose were instrumental in making the genomic revolution happen, but technology alone would not have been sufficient without the drive, passion, and determination that Stan so clearly illustrates in Can't Tame a Mongoose. A must read for anybody that thinks a great idea is all you need to be successful." -Riccardo Pigliucci, technology executive/board member "The vast majority of technology-based start-ups don't survive five years. Stan Rose uses personal stories to illustrate how unexpected events-and the inability of leaders to be prepared to address them-contribute to this high failure rate. Stan also shares values and skills that enhance the likelihood of successfully navigating such events. Aspiring entrepreneurs, early-stage executives, and investors would benefit from reading this book." -Sue Siegel, chairman of the board of The Engine, built by MIT, where she is a sr. lecturer at the Sloan School of Management; Board of Directors: Align Technologies, Illumina, Nevro, KFF "Anyone considering investing in a young company developing a 'leapfrog' technology for an existing market should read Can't Tame a Mongoose. Stan's real-life story of overcoming technical, financial, and competitive hurdles shows how the right responses in dire situations can make or break the business. As an investor in Stan's start-ups, I have watched him raise money in very difficult venture financing markets, prevail in the face of cutthroat marketing by established large competitors, and build very successful companies." -L. Robert Johnson, Founders Capital Partners "A well-written, insightful, and from-the-heart account by an extraordinary scientist and entrepreneur. By sharing his life experience with candor and clarity, Stan Rose will inspire and energize a new generation of thinkers to leverage their intellectual and pragmatic talents to our collective greater good." -Lena Chow, founder and president of Bob's Last Marathon Foundation and City of Paris, Inc. "A thoughtfully written account, by a successful serial entrepreneur in the genomics space, of a palpable real-life experience with a focus on dealing with uncertainties and unexpected turns. A treasure trove of lessons learned, and practical insights." -Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA, surgeon, scientist, and cofounder of Transplant Genomics Inc. "I worked with Stan closely on his Transplant Genomics business build. He is a mission-driven leader with incredible savvy to navigate the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial and genomics world. He has so much to offer. This is an essential read for any entrepreneur, investor, or executive." -Rob Webb, healthcare investor "Stan Rose has a long track record of recruiting and working with diverse groups of people around the world, always considering ethics when making difficult decisions, and refusing to work with certain groups or people whom he felt did not adhere to a similar approach. In Can't Tame a Mongoose, he illustrates the trials, tribulations, and successes encountered along this thrilling journey. His most important message is that in life and in business one must expect the unexpected. One needs to be aware of the possibility of unexpected events occurring and should plan accordingly to overcome such challenges." -M. Roy First, MD, former president of American Society of Transplantation "This story is about passion, persistence, adaptability, and an insatiable curiosity-in science, in foreign culture, or in new markets. Fascinating!" -Manfred W. Baier, PhD, biotechnology and business expert in diagnostics