Past Events

3/10/10 How I Started My Company and Why: Four entrepreneurs describe how they got their businesses off the ground. Approximate # of Attendees 150.

5/19/10 How to Get Government Grants: The Insider’s View. Panel discussion on NIH grant funding with lead presentation by John Finn of Trius Therapeutics. Approximate # of Attendees 160.

7/28/10 How to Get Seed Funding: Court Turner of Avalon Ventures & others discuss early stage funding models. Approximate # of Attendees 191.

10/13/10 Intellectual Property and Licensing: Roundtable with William Comer of NeuroGenetic, Magda Marquet of Althea Technologies and others. Approximate # of Attendees 172.

3/9/11 Global Climate Change and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the New Decade: Opportunities in Green Business for Biotech Entrepreneurs. Approximate # of Attendees 133.

6/9/11 Serial Entrepreneurship: Success and Failure: Gail Naughton, Scott Salka, Neil Senturia, & Vicki Neinaber. Approximate # of Attendees 230.

9/28/11 Starting and Supporting a Business with Grants: In the trenches with NIH- and DoD-funded entrepreneurs, John Cashman of HBRI, Greg Hook of Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Keith Davis, Integrity Applications Inc. Approximate # of Attendees 166

10/27/11 Intensive Workshop for Entrepreneurs – How to get NIH/SBIR grants: Group discussions with San Diego based SBIR grantees; Deborah Slee, Co-Founder Aspyrian Therapeutics, Scott Thacher, CEO, Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, Douglas Lappi, CEO, Advanced Targeting Systems, Leah Shriver, Co-Founder Therakinetix, and Scott Struthers, Founder and President, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. Sold-Out! (40 participants)

12/1/11 Being “Fundable” and “Getting Funded” For High Tech and Biotech from Angels and VCs: Panel Discussion with Jack Porter (Venture Partner at The Entrepreneur Fund, and Founder Swarmology), Peppi Prasit (CEO, Inception Sciences), David Barach (Board Member and Active Investor, Tech Coast Angels). Also an introduction to the new Janssen Labs incubator by Diego Miralles (Site Head, J&JPRD, West Coast Research Center) & Melinda Richter (Founder and CEO, Prescience International). (>300 participants)

3/21/12 Surfing the Air Waves for Health:  What Makes San Diego a Mecca for Wireless Health:  San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange Forum was held at AMN Healthcare. Presentations by: Jack J. Young (Senior Investment Manager, Qualcomm Ventures), Joseph M. Smith, MD, PhD, FACC (Chief Medical Officer, West Wireless Health Institute), Robert B. McCray (President/CEO, Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance), Dirk Lammerts, MD (Managing Director, Digital Health, Burrill & Company),  Kian Saneii (Founder/CEO, Independa) and Mehrdad ‘Ron’ Hashem (Vice President of Engineering, PatientSafe Solutions).