THE BIOTECH FORUM ENTREPRENEUR BOOT CAMP:
LEARN THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LAUNCHING A LIFE SCIENCE VENTURE
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - Thousand Oaks, California
By Invitation Only
The BioTech Forum Boot Camp teaches the fundamental steps for becoming a successful entrepreneur. This program features a group coaching session presented by seasoned experts and Forum Co-Founders, Brent Reinke and John Dilts, who have decades of experience in providing valuable guidance and advice to entrepreneurs. Keith Leonard, CEO of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, and former Senior VP of Amgen Europe will also share his lessons learned in making the transition from Amgen executive to entrepreneur and in building a thriving, emerging-growth life sciences company.
This powerful seminar will give you the essential tools and strategies for creating your business plan and raising start-up capital from angel and venture capital investors. Many entrepreneurs have promising businesses but are not skilled in how best to describe the nature and benefit of their innovations, how they intend to approach and capture their market opportunity and how they will roll out their products or services in the most effective and scalable manner.
This highly interactive Boot Camp will teach these important entrepreneurial strategies via collaborative exercises and structured networking activities:
- Make a Successful Investor Pitch
- Create an Effective Executive Summary
- Develop a High-Impact Slide Presentation
- Personally Align with Your Company Vision
- Understand the Entrepreneurial playing field
- Enroll and Leverage Resources for Growth
- Pressure-Test Your Business Model and Strategy
- Avoid Red Flags and Common Mistakes
- Important Legal Issues to Consider
| Program Agenda |
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Check-In and Registration |
| 4:00-4:45 p.m. |
Interactive Boot Camp
Coaching Session |
| 4:45-5:00 |
Break |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. |
Interactive Boot Camp Coaching Session |
| 6:00-7:30 p.m. |
Facilitated Networking Program and Cocktail Reception |
Registration for the Boot Camp is required ahead of time for admittance.
Members:
Click here to register for the Boot Camp
Non-Members:
Click here to register for the Boot Camp
Cost to Attend:
Members: Free
Non-Members: $75
Seating is Limited. The target audience for this event is entrepreneurs, executives, scientists and investors involved in the life sciences industry.
Thank you to the generous support of our event sponsors: Merrill Lynch, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Musick Peeler & Garrett, Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, and Baxter.
For information: events@thebiotechforum.com
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The Biotech Forum made headlines in September 2007, launching with a timely event entitled: “Challenges and Opportunities to Funding and Starting a Biotech Company.” Since the launch, word has quickly spread throughout the Conjeo Valley biotech community garnering the support of leading biotech executives, city officials and corporate partners. The Forum founders, John Dilts and Brent Reinke, took a moment to share their insights into the emergence and evolution of their rapidly expanding networking organization.