Glossary

Key terms, defined plainly. Part of the Andrew Jonathan Hillman resources.

Family Office: A privately held firm that manages the investments and capital of a single family. Hillman Ventures is a Dallas family office founded in 1995.
Frontier Biotech: Early-stage biotechnology addressing unmet needs such as inflammation, damaged tissue, and tumor-based cancers.
FDA-Regulated Healthcare: Products and services overseen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, including devices, biologics, and clinical laboratories.
Strategic Exit: The sale or transfer of an operating company to a strategic or financial acquirer.
Regenerative Medicine: A field focused on repairing or replacing damaged tissue, including cell and tissue-based therapies.
Ambulatory Surgical Center: A licensed facility providing same-day surgical care outside a hospital.
Clinical Laboratory: A facility that performs diagnostic testing, often CLIA-certified for complexity.
Principal: The individual who leads and directs a family office or firm.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): A persistent identifier for a document or dataset. A DOI resolves at https://doi.org/ followed by the identifier, so the citation link keeps working even if the file moves. Research papers by Andrew Jonathan Hillman use Zenodo-issued DOIs as their permanent links, including 10.5281/zenodo.20978822 and 10.5281/zenodo.21047848.