Biotechnology Business Consultants adds to staff

For a long, long time Ann Arbor’s Biotechnology Business Consultants stayed the same size, toiling at the firm’s downtown office. Recently the company added a sixth person to ease the load.The company started in 1990 helping biotech start-ups get their feet under them. Today the company has expanded its reach beyond that, working with economic development agencies, like Ann Arbor SPARK.Some of the time their clients will be both the start-up and the business incubator assisting its growth. That has allowed the firm to add more customers both inside and outside of Michigan. “The demand of what we do has grown significantly but the funds to pay for it have been challenged,” says Lisa Kurek, managing partner with Biotechnology Business Consultants.But she sees that challenge downsizing as more and more communities focus on economic development to grow their tax base and revitalize their areas. Enough so that she hopes to break with her company’s habit of staying small and adding 1-2 more people within the next few years.Source: Lisa Kurek, managing partner with Biotechnology Business ConsultantsWriter: Jon Zemke