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HONING THE EDGE: GREEN MAN; THIRTEENTH IN A CONTINUING SERIES ON INNOVATION IN MINNESOTA; CLEAN CONTENDER; If Minnesota becomes an alternative-energy powerhouse, Doug Cameron will likely have played a key role.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Publication Date: 23-FEB-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: HONING THE EDGE: GREEN MAN; THIRTEENTH IN A CONTINUING SERIES ON INNOVATION IN MINNESOTA; CLEAN CONTENDER; If Minnesota becomes an alternative-energy powerhouse, Doug Cameron will likely have played a key role.(BUSINESS INSIDER)(SERIES: HONING THE EDGE)

Article Excerpt
Byline: THOMAS LEE; STAFF WRITER

Why on earth would Doug Cameron leave a cushy job at a top Silicon Valley venture capital firm in sunny California to work at a struggling investment bank in cold and blustery Minnesota?

Because he's Doug Cameron. That's why.

At heart, Cameron, 51, is a scientist who manages his life with the same precision and logic he would apply to a chemistry equation. He has already been a researcher, teacher, entrepreneur, corporate officer and venture capitalist. Joining Piper Jaffray & Co., Cameron says, will simply round out a career that has mostly focused on early stage innovation. "As a professor, I got to see the early research side of how a new innovation occurred," he said. "As a VC (at Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif.), we took small ideas from research labs and turned them into start-ups. But how do you turn a small little start-up company into a big successful corporation? That was a real gap. How do you do the end game? I'm like a chess player who only knows how to do the opening move. I'm looking at how do you play the final moves of the game." Officially, Cameron is chief science adviser to Piper Jaffray, where he will help guide the bank's...

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