Life Science Venture Fast Track
Overview
February 12, 2013
8:00 am – 4:15pm
Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210
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Are you a physician, innovator, or entrepreneur with a commercial idea that might be a startup? Join us for this half-day event to discuss today’s unique challenges for life science, medical, and health entrepreneurs starting companies and raising capital. Learn from some of the leading life science entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers, and accountants in New England and network with other life science entrepreneurs.
Building on the success of The Capital Network’s annual Fast Track Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs, this Life Science Fast Track is an intensive, interactive half-day seminar designed to provide entrepreneurs and investors an in-depth understanding of what it takes to raise early stage capital for a life science startup.
Registration includes admission to the all day fast track plus a follow-up IP Lunch on March 1.
Regular Registration – Register now to save
$150 – January 1, 2013 – January 31, 2013
$200 – February 1, 2013 – February 12, 2013
$250 – Day of registration
Other Registration types:
Season Pass: $80 until 2013, then $100
Students: $100 free admission with a StayinMA scholarship 
A limited number of scholarships are available – please email meredith@thecapitalnetwork.org for more information
Agenda
February 12, 2013
8:00 am – 4:15pm
Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210
8:00 – 8:30 – Registration
8:30 -9:30 Unique challenges for life science entrepreneurs
What steps can you take during the early stages of your business development to put your company in the best position to address with these challenges? How can you address and deal with these challenges? This panel discussion, featuring an entrepreneur, an investor, and a lawyer will give an overview of today’s challenges for life science entrepreneurs and set the stage for the day’s program.
Experts:
PJ Anand – Founder and CEO, Alcyone LifeSciences
Geoff Whitehead – Principal, Flagship Ventures
Michelle Basil – Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
9:30 – 10:30 Angels,VC or public funding – Can your company attract the capital?
So you have a product, but how do you know if you should start a company? This panel will feature an entrepreneur, angel, and a VC and will explore the differences between the various fundraising sources. The panel will focus on determining the market for your product and which funding source is most appropriate to maximize the exit for your company.
Experts:
Yumin Choi – Senior Associate, HLM Venture Partners
Bill McPhee – Managing Director, Praxis Advisors LLC
Pamela Norton – VP Industry Relations and Programs at Massachusetts Life Science Center
10:30 -10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Building the team
It is an oft repeated truism that angels and venture capital firms invest in teams more than they invest in ideas and technologies. Topics discussed will include:
- What is a founder’s role on the management team?
- Is the current team complete enough for the stage of the company?
- Does the current team need someone to play an interim role to fill in a critical need?
- At what stage of the company growth would it be appropriate to have a management reorg?
12:00 – 1:00 – Mentor:Mentee Lunch
The Mentor:Mentee lunch session is an opportunity for the Boot Camp entrepreneurs to ask questions and receive advice from experienced entrepreneurs, strategic professionals, or early stage investors and who are active supporters of New England’s entrepreneurial community. The lunch will be structured for 3 entrepreneurs to be matched and eat lunch with 1 entrepreneurship expert. In addition to the educational learning the Mentor:Mentee lunch will help foster community to provide networking and communication support, and to accelerate the success of New England’s innovation economy.
For a full list of Mentor Faculty please click on the Faculty & Advisors tab
1:00 pm – 2:30 – Does Your Company Have the Big 3? – Intellectual Property, Regulatory, and Reimbursement
You may have developed breakthrough technology that is safe and effective, but it won’t generate the revenue you anticipate unless it can be properly protected, approved, and reimbursed. This session will review the three keys to success: Intellectual Property Protection, Regulatory Strategy, and Reimbursement Approval. Topics will include understanding patent strategy, impacts of design change, clinical trial costing and methodology, and business model integration that dovetails with payor priorities.
Experts:
Bill Gruber – President and CEO at Solace Therapeutics
Leslie Williams – President and CEO, ImmunsanT
Lisa Adams – Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Enrico Picozza – Venture Partner, HLM Venture Partners
2:30 -3:30 Operational Issues to Get Your Company Up and Running
Life Science entrepreneurs face unique challenges in operationalizing their companies. This session will review the alphabet soup of important players that every life science entrepreneur should know and what role they play in your start-up. A panel of experts will also discuss reimbursing your employees and developing a strategy for building and managing industry partnerships.
Experts:
Martin Reynolds – Director, New Business Development, Johnson & Johnson
Dave Greenwald, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Relay Technology Management
Mirena Bagur – CONTeXO Group
Emily Walsh – Principal Consultant, Halloran Consulting Group Inc
3:30 4:15 –The Pitch
So you have built an amazing early stage life science company. Now you need to explain it. This panel will cover how to concisely communicate a company’s value proposition to investors in a variety of formats including the elevator pitch, an angel presentation and a VC meeting.
Experts:
Barbara Fox – Founder and CEO, Avaxia Biologics
Jeremy Halpern – Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Regular Registration – Register now to save
Registration includes admission to the all day fast track plus a follow-up IP Lunch on March 1.
$150 – January 1, 2013 – January 31, 2013
$200 – February 1, 2013 – February 12, 2013
$250 – Day of registration
Other Registration types:
Season Pass: $80 until 2013, then $100
Students: $100 free admission with a StayinMA scholarship
A limited number of scholarships are available – please email meredith@thecapitalnetwork.org for more information
Faculty & Advisors
The Capital Network has assembled a world-class faculty to lead the Life Science Fast Track, and experienced mentors with entrepreneurial and early-stage investing background to provide added guidance to attendees.
Mentor Matching Lunch
Doc Honan – Partner, Venture Advisors
Barbara Fox – Founder and CEO, Avaxia Biologics
Yumin Choi – Senior Associate, HLM Venture Partners
Leslie Williams – President and CEO, ImmunsanT
Mike Koeris, Founder and COO, Sample6Tech
Dave Greenwald, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Relay Technology Management
Rana Gupta – Former CEO, HistoRX
Katie McCarthy, Halloran Consulting Group Inc
Emily Walsh – Principal Consultant, Halloran Consulting Group Inc
Michelle Hylan – Halloran Consulting Consulting Group Inc
Barbara Nelsen – Principal Nelsen Biomedical
B. Christopher Kim, Co-Founder Haben and Partner, Oxford Bioscience
Eric Evans – MassMed Angels, Targeted Cell Therapeutics
Ed Ross – Excelerate Ventures LLC
Greg Martin - Scientific and Business Advisory Board Member, Fractyl Laboratories Inc.
Enricco Picozza – HLM Venture Partners
Lisa Adams – Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Michelle Basil – Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Jeremy Halpern – Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Ron Cahill, Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Alex Glovsky, Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Jim Dawson, Partner, Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP
Regular Registration – Register now to save
Registration includes admission to the all day fast track plus a follow-up IP Lunch on March 1.
$150 – January 1, 2013 – January 31, 2013
$200 – February 1, 2013 – February 12, 2013
$250 – Day of registration
Other Registration types:
Season Pass: $80 until 2013, then $100
Students: $100 free admission with a StayinMA scholarship
A limited number of scholarships are available – please email meredith@thecapitalnetwork.org for more information
