Life Science Venture Fast Track

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Overview

January 21, 2014
8:30 am - 5:00pm
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210

Are you a physician, innovator, or entrepreneur with a commercial idea and ready to make it a fundable company? Join us for this full-day program to understand today’s unique challenges for life science, med device, and healthcare entrepreneurs starting companies and raising capital. Learn from and meet some of the leading life science investors, entrepreneurs, and early-stage experts in New England.

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 full-day seminar designed to provide entrepreneurs and innovators an in-depth understanding of what it takes to raise early stage capital for a life science startup.

Registration:

Students: $80.00 - a limited number of scholarships are available to full-time students through StayinMA

AEP Members: $80.00- Join Now

Regular: $150.00, but take this survey to save $50!

We have a few sponsored scholarships available to entrepreneurs. If you are interested in a scholarship please email [email protected]

Agenda

January 21, 2014
8:30 am - 5:00pm
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210

Agenda:

8:30 – 9:00 – Registration

9:00 - 9:15 Introductions and Getting to Know Your Fellow Entrepreneurs

Get to know who your spending the day with and find out who you want to connect more with. This morning ice breaker session will get your day going.

9:15 - 10:15 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.

- Mirena Bagur, CONTeXO Group

- PJ Anand, Alcyone Lifesciences

- Corey McCann, MPM Capital

10:15 -11:15 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?

- Lauren Celano, Propel Careers

- Jill Wittels, Launchpad Venture Group

- David Lucchino, Semprus Biosciences

- Mark Tepper, JB Therapeutics and MassMed Angels

11:15 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 12:30 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.

- Leslie Williams, ImmusanT

- Konstantin Linnik, Nutter McClennen & Fish

- Nandini Murthy, ENEM Consulting LLC

- Nancy Briefs, Info Bionic

-Emily Walsh - Tremont Therapeutics

12:30 - 2:00 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 & Advisers tab

2:00 pm - 3:00 Funding Options

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.

- Yumin Choi, HLM Partners

- Ben Gardner, Linkwell Health

- Jeremy Halpern, Nutter McClennen & Fish

3:00 -3:45 Understanding Term Sheets

As an entrepreneur, understanding the parts of an Angel or Venture Capital term sheet can be a daunting task. The session discusses common practices and pitfalls surrounding the use of term sheets and the current market terms for early-stage angel and venture investments. Some sample term sheets will be reviewed and explained.

- Adam Ghander, Nutter McClennen & Fish

- Pravin Chaturvedi, TiE Angels

3:45 - 4:00 Break

4:00 - 5:00 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.

- Jeremy Halpern, Nutter McClennen & Fish

**After the final session join us for the Fast Track Slow Down (optional) to catch up with the panelists and other entrepreneurs.**

Registration:

Students: $80.00 - a limited number of scholarships are available to full-time students through StayinMA

AEP Members: $80.00- Join Now

Regular: $150.00, but take this survey to save $50!

We have a few sponsored scholarships available to entrepreneurs. If you are interested in a scholarship please email [email protected]

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.