In addition, through Oyster International, Don manages technology spinouts that have been developed within large global corporations and guides investments in venture opportunities that serve the strategic, portfolio, and growth ambitions of Oyster International’s clientele. Don, himself, is an investor and director of a number of early-stage ventures.

Don is author of the newly-published Venture Catalyst–The Five Strategies For Explosive Corporate Growth (Perseus Publishing,, October 2001) and The Real Work of Leaders (Perseus Publishing, May 2000), as well as co-author with Ronald A. Heifetz of “The Work of Leadership,” Harvard Business Review, January–February 1997.

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