Donald B Hawthorne

Donald B Hawthorne - Member Profile

Boston, MA

MBA, Stanford
Ampersand Ventures
Donald B Hawthorne Boston, MA MBA, Stanford Ampersand Ventures
Donald B Hawthorne

OUR MISSION

In a world where 70+% of products flop or fail outright, we help life science companies land in the 30% success category.

HOW WE HELP COMPANIES

Serving as a GTMarchitect, we work with executive teams to design demand-first strategies that favorably resolve struggling moments at each of these 4 key company value inflection points:

–Preventing misalignment between executive team, Board and investors.
–Ensuring new product investments do not waste capital or time.
–Addressing current product performance gaps before they become crises.
–Pressure-testing due diligence readiness with investors, corporate partners, or potential acquirers.

OPERATING EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE & MINDSET

Drawing on experiences in 12 C-suite roles (CEO-6, COO-2, CFO-4) and 5 Board roles, I serve as a peer-level partner with CEOs and other C-suite members as well as their investors and Board members. In addition, I have:

–Worked in or with 52 companies, with most funded by venture capital, angel & private equity investors.
–Led GTM strategy workshops with over 150 companies.
–30+ years of life science industry experience.
–Raised $317 million of debt & equity monies, closed 10 business development deals, and been involved in 5 M&A transactions.
–MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. BS, Harvey Mudd College.

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