SoCalBio Boot Camp for Emerging Company
Catching The Wave
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
350 S. Bixel Street, Los Angeles, California 90017
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
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This boot camp is designed for biotech, Medtech, Dx and digital health companies selected to make presentations during the Annual SoCalBio Conference. It will provide emerging entrepreneurs and innovators with an in-depth understanding of what it takes to raise early stage capital and/or forge partnerships. Issues covered run the whole gamut from how to make effective presentations and IP protection to reimbursement and meeting FDA regulatory requirements.
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Agenda
10:00 am | Welcoming Remarks by Ahmed Enany, President & CEO, SoCalBio |
Finding your Voice | |
10:20 am | What Constitutes an Effective Pitch: Finding and Projecting your “Mojo,” by Steven Goldman, Investor, Keiretsu Forum SoCal and President & CEO, World Wide Mind |
10:30 am | “Want to Find Investors for your Research Idea? Change the Way you Pitch,” Presentation by David Rubenson, Director of the Scientific Communications, NoBadSlides.com |
10:40 am | Interactive Session |
11:00 am | Break |
Making your Company Irresistible to Investors | |
11:10 pm | “What Every Bio Entrepreneur Must Know about IP and How it Impacts Financing,” Presentation by Lara Dueppen, Partner, Perkins Coie |
11:20 pm | “Building an Entrepreneurial Management Team: Implications for Strategy and Finance,” Presentation by Stephen Williams, PhD, Partner, Catalyst Advisors LP |
11:30 pm | “How to Leverage Non-Dilutive Funding to Support your Product and Business Development Activities,” Presentation by David Hood, President & CEO, DH3 |
11:40 pm | Interactive Session |
12:00 noon | Break and Lunch |
Show me the Money | |
12:30 pm | “Where to Find Investors in Southern California and elsewhere,” Presentation by Ahmed Enany, President & CEO, SoCalBio |
12:50 pm | Case Study: SnapMD President & CEO David Skibinski Shares Tips on Fund-Raising |
1:10 pm | “Are you ready to Engage a Strategic Partner,” Presentation by Alex Rabiee, Vice President of Business Development at Provention Bio |
1:30 pm | Interactive Session |
1:50 pm | Break |
Negotiation with Confidence | |
2:00 pm | “Valuation and Due Diligence,” Presentation by Ben Wei, Managing Partner, Clarion Consulting Group, LLC |
2:10 pm | “The Terms of Term Sheets”, Presentation by George Colindres, Senior Counsel, Perkins Coie |
2:20 pm | Interactive Session |
2:40 pm | “Concluding Remarks” by Ahmed Enany, President & CEO, SoCalBio |
3:00 pm | Bootcamp Adjourns |