Life Science Venture Fast Track

Overview

Tuesday, November 18, 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: $70.00 - a limited number of scholarships are available to full-time students through StayinMA

AEP Members: $80.00- Join Now

Regular: $150.00

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

Agenda

November 18, 2014
8:30 am - 5:00pm
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210

Agenda:

8:30-9:30am: Registration

9:30 – 10:30am: Do you have a company or just science?

Sometimes you have to slow down to speed up. Do you have a product that fills an unmet need? Learn if it’s also feasible as a company. You’ll leave this panel with a Feasibility Checklist to identify your user need and what stage your company is in.

-Mirena Bagur, CONTeXO

-Mike Henry, AboGen

-Craig Mauch, MPR

10:30-10:45am: Break

10:45 – 11:25am: Breakout 1

Option A: Regulatory Strategy

Is your product or medical device FDA-friendly? Learn about how to get a safe and effective product into the market, confronting risk management, complaints, and remediation services.

-Mack Rubley, Boston Biomedical Associates

Option B: Working with Strategics

Do you take money, and does it compromise your exits? What does it mean to have the 1000lb gorilla in your company? Does it change your interests? Learn how to work with the big guys to prove your product quickly.

-Gina Villani, BCBSMA

-Liz Asai, 3Derm

11:30am – 12:10pm: Breakout 2

Option A: Reimbursement

Are you building on an exisiting code? Do you have new technology for an old device? Where does your company sit in the revenue cycle? Is there a code for the thing you have, what you do, and what you do with it? Your emerging company strategy is informed by regional codes and you need to understand where you fit on the reimbursement continuum. Get all your questions answered in this session.

-Maria Shinn Bouck, Cohen Healthcare Consulting

Option B: Building the Team

In Life Sciences, building a team can be very different from startups in other sectors. We’ll address the differences and discuss options on how to get the right people working with your company.

-Win Burke, iGetBetter

-Eric Evans, Mass Med Angels; Launchpad Venture Group; Hub Angels

12:15 – 2:00 Mentor 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 Building Your IP Strategy

A discussion to about strategies and techniques proven to be effective to add value to early stage life science companies. This interactive small group setting provides an opportunity to learn about IP basics, strategies for building an IP portfolio, and the role of IP in corporate transactions. Learn how these IP assets play a role in the value of a company, and how they impact the success a company will have in its capital raising efforts. IP broadly encompasses many different types of corporate assets. Businesses in any industry must be aware of the ways in which the company’s future success can be enhanced by an appreciation of IP and its strategic use.

-Mike Curley, Thermedical

-Heather Repicky, Nutter McClennen & Fish

-Derek Roller, 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

-Paulina Hill, Polaris Partners

-Gail Hoffman, Golden Seeds

3:45 – 4:00 Break

4:00 – 5:00 Pitching the Plan

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

-Barbara Fox, Avaxia Biologics

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

Registration:

Students: $70.00 - a limited number of scholarships are available to full-time students through StayinMA

AEP Members: $80.00- Join Now

Regular: $150.00

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.