Tuesday, July 17th, 5:30-7:30pm, Mission Bay. Lean LaunchPad for Life Science/Healthcare Information Session and Mixer. Join us to learn about the Entrepreneurship Center's new course, Lean LaunchPad for Life Science/Healthcare, debuting this Fall. Find team members or a team to join. This exciting first-time UCSF course will be taught by acclaimed entrepreneur/educator Steve Blank (Stanford, Berkeley, NSF) and a life sciences teaching team. It's designed for people who want to understand what's needed to build a company in the real world. The course begins October 1 evenings at UCSF Mission Bay (see course description below). Tickets.<http://ucsf.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d82d0db4c138570c62798b0b5&id=d67ab291c8&e=6990fb5049>
Wednesday, July 24th, 5:30-7:30pm, Parnassus. Speakers Series: So You Want to Start a Device Company? Learn what's involved in starting a medical device company, raising funds and strategies to create value from a panel of entrepreneurs and a VC. Veteran serial entrepreneur Rich Lotti, President and CEO, PQ Bypass has started many companies and just raised a funding round. Victor McCray MD, Cofounder and CEO of Ocular Dynamics, did his residency at UCSF, was a Stanford Biodesign Fellow and is a practicing surgeon. Venture capitalist Jay Watkins, Managing Director at De Novo Ventures, cofounded a medical technology startup that was purchased by Eli Lilly and has been investing in device companies for the past decade. These experienced players and a new entrepreneur will inform you about what it takes to get a medical device company off the ground. Tickets.<http://ucsf.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d82d0db4c138570c62798b0b5&id=27ebcd96a6&e=6990fb5049>
Tuesday, July 30th, 1:00-2:30pm, Mission Bay. Funding for Early-Stage Ventures from the National Cancer Institute. Michael Weingarten, Director, NCI SBIR Development Center and Jennifer Shieh, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow will be at Mission Bay campus to describe the SBIR and STTR programs to fund and support small biomedical technology companies, policy changes that now make venture capital backed companies eligible and tips for writing a strong application to this competitive program. Michael and Jennifer will be available during the afternoon from 3 pm to 6 pm for one-on-one meetings. You will need to send a one page overview or executive summary by July 22 tokyra.davis@ucsf.edu<mailto:kyra.davis@ucsf.edu>. Tickets<http://ucsf.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d82d0db4c138570c62798b0b5&id=45e5150d8e&e=6990fb5049>.
The Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF provides the knowledge, support and connections needed by scientists and clinicians to become entrepreneurs. The Center seeks to create an innovation community and commercialize UCSF inventions through startup ventures. We are a part of the Office of Innovation, Technology, and Alliances.
Kyra Davis
Marketing & Programs Coordinator
Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF
Office of Innovation, Technology, & Alliances
3333 California Street| Suite S-11
San Francisco, CA 94143-1209 (for express mail and deliveries use 94118) 415.502.1612 | cbe.ucsf.edu