This Friday from 12:30pm – 1:15pm, amplifyHERscience is hosting: Coming out of the Shadows: Broaden your Reach, Increase your Impact, a virtual training event we highly encourage anyone interested in entrepreneurship to attend! In addition to Gilda’s expertise and practical advice, the amplifyHERscience team invites you to stay on from 1:15pm – 1:30pm to say hello, e-meet, and we would love to answer any questions you may have about applying for Blavatnik funding!
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Coming Out of the Shadows: Broaden Your Reach, Increase Your Impact
October 15th, 2021
12:30PM - 1:15PM
Zoom Webinar
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- Hesitant to apply for the Blavatnik Fund or to embark on an entrepreneurial journey of any kind?
- Worried that your work isn't ready?
- Concerned this isn’t the right opportunity for you?
- Not sure it's worth it?
Join Gilda Bonanno, Expert on Speaking, Presentation Skills, & Leadership (See more about Gilda here) for an informative and encouraging webinar to learn:
- Why and how to use this opportunity to increase the impact and reach of your ideas, technology and new inventions
- How to overcome the "imposter syndrome" and silence your inner critic
- How to demonstrate confidence without being perceived as cocky
- How your application and success can help to promote greater diversity in the bio-entrepreneur ecosystem and inspire others to follow your example
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Calling all Yale PIs!
Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale
JOIN AN INFOSESSION TO LEARN MORE. See below.
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Submissions now open for Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale!
"The Fund is expanding its reach beyond therapeutics and medical devices and calling for applicants working in the digital health, healthcare IT and related spaces to submit proposals for funding consideration. The Fund is setting aside a significant portion for digital health and healthcare IT this year, and we aim to make a number of awards in the space to jump start this exciting initiative."
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How to Apply For Blavatnik Funding by Bill Wiesler & Thinking like an Entrepreneur: an in depth workshop on creating a startup value proposition by Colin Foster
Wednesday, October 13 from 2 - 3 PM (VIRTUAL)
Please join Colin Foster, Yale Entrepreneur-In-Residence and CEO of iSci Management LLC, who will discuss how to put together a successful pitch. All Yale innovators are welcome.
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How to Apply For Blavatnik Funding
Thursday, October 14 from 12-1 PM (VIRTUAL)
Please join Bill Wiesler, Director of New Ventures and of The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, who will discuss the process and best practices for applying for Blavatnik funding. Attendance is limited to principal investigator participants who would be prospective PIs on 2021-22 Blavatnik applications.
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How to Apply For Blavatnik Funding
Wednesday, October 20 from 4 - 5 PM (IN-PERSON)
Please join Bill Wiesler, Director of New Ventures and of The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, who will discuss the process and best practices for applying for Blavatnik funding. Attendance is limited to principal investigator participants who would be prospective PIs on 2021-22 Blavatnik applications. To reserve your spot, send a note with your interest in applying to michelle.mcqueen@yale.edu.
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How to Pitch your Digital Health Idea for Blavatnik and Venture Capital Funding
Friday, October 22 from 12:00-1:00 PM (VIRTUAL)
Manny Stockman of Osage University Partners will provide guidance and advice on how to best present a Digital Health Idea to prospective investors.
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ABCT Info Session
(TOMORROW!)
October 13th, 2021
1:00PM-2:00PM
Zoom Webinar
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HAVE AN INVENTION? THINKING OF LAUNCHING A COMPANY?
ABCT can help. Our program prepares scientists and engineer inventors to evaluate the commercial potential of their inventions and develop the skills to navigate the challenges of advancing their inventions in the complex biosciences business world.
You’ll receive education and mentorship, and join a community, a network, of program alumni, inventors just like you, as well as experienced experts in various business and scientific disciplines.
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You can now RSVP for Yale Lifesciences PitchFest & Get Early Bird Rate (Free for Yale)! |
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Yale Lifesciences Pitchfest 2021, presented by the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, will take place on Friday, December 3rd from 11am – 5pm ET. Join us for a full day of live pitches featuring the top biotech and digital health/healthcare IT opportunities developing within Yale.
Register by October 31, 2021 to receive the early-bird rate of $25. Those with a @Yale.edu email address will get free admission.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND DEADLINES |
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DEADLINE
October 15, 2o21
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Fall Accelerator Application Deadline |
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IndieBio is a leading life science accelerator, investing in over 160 companies across human and planetary health. Our 4-month acceleration program includes $525K funding, dedicated mentorship, and fully-equipped laboratories in San Francisco and New York. During the program, teams are focused on turning science into product, closing customers, and raising investment.
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EVENT
October 21, 2o21 | 3-6PM
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Second Annual Founders Showcase |
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WIB’s Entrepreneur Center is hosting our second Annual Founders Showcase. Be a part of it by joining our audience to watch the 15 to 20 women Founders or co-Founders of life science start-up companies that have been selected to deliver their pitches to experts. Each of our Founders will present a five-minute pitch plus three minutes of Q&A with investors/stakeholders.
3:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. Intro
3:05 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. Keynote
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 2-3 parallel tracks of 5-6 showcase presentations plus Q&A by the judge(s)
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DEADLINE
October 25, 2021
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2022 ABCT Cohort Application |
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The Accelerator of Biosciences in Connecticut, ABCT, is open to research scientists, engineers, clinicians, undergraduates, graduate students, post docs, faculty, MBA's technologists and inventors seeking to build a business in Westchester, New York who meet certain eligibility requirements - click here for details.
To assist prospective applicants to learn about the program, ask questions of alumni and ABCT team members, we schedule in person information sessions and webinars and recommend you attend. The schedule of info sessions, regularly updated, is found here.
In September and October applicants are encouraged to attend the ‘Strengthening your application’ online workshop. In this workshop you will gain tips to write the strongest application, re draft answers and include material based on our team’s analysis of external reviewers’ comments from previous years.
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EVENT
October 27, 2021
5 - 6:30 PM
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De-Risking Biotech: Deep Dive Into What Corporate Sponsors Are Looking For |
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This upcoming virtual panel on October 27th from 5:00-6:30pm, De-Risking Biotech: Deep Dive Into What Corporate Sponsors Are Looking For. This event will explore strategies and considerations around corporate partnerships as a mechanism for de-risking biotech startups. During this session we will get the perspective of some the largest and most influential corporate business development and investment teams on how to attract and create such partnerships.
Our speakers include Rana A-Hallaq, PhD, from Pfizer, David Blair, PhD, from Boehringer Ingelheim, Stephen Pitt, PhD, from JLABS and Johnson & Johnson and Jeffery Smith, PhD, from Bristol Myers Squibb.
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A Day to Celebrate Progress in Cancer Research and Entrepreneurship |
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Jointly presented by AIMPHI Accelerator Fund and the National Foundation for Cancer Research.
Why Should You Attend This Event?
- Be inspired by world-renowned speakers on the latest landscape change of translational cancer research
- Actively engage in thought-provoking discussions with key opinion leaders
- Personally interact with award-winning pioneer scientists and join the celebration for their breakthrough cancer discoveries
Agenda
- The Symposium for Translational Cancer Research, including sessions on the critically important topics of Immunotherapies, Personalized Treatments and Investment for Oncology Start-Ups
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Announcement of the winner of the AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition
- Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research Awards Ceremony
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EVENT
October 26, 2o21 | 1-2PM
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A Gearing up for Fundraising: Conversation with Biotech Investors |
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Fundraising can be a stressful and overwhelming process. Many of our biotech founders have questions about how to scale and drive their businesses forward effectively as they prepare for their next stage of growth. Join us to learn from a panel of biotech investors on how they evaluate businesses and how to best present your case to them.
Panelists
Mimi Carter, Director, Pasadena Angels
David Abraham, CEO, Phoenix Pharmaceutical Group
Marc Appel, CEO, Orange Grove Bio (Yale OCR EIR!)
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Women in Bio
Organization
Women In Bio's mentoring programs support women in various stages of their career and personal development. Many chapters have implemented and continue to develop exciting new programs that will grow within the Women In Bio community.
Join the WIB community and be a part of the fastest-growing organization of professionals committed to promoting careers, leadership, and entrepreneurship of all women in the life sciences.
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Theia
Organization
Theia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to inspiring and empowering the next generation of women entrepreneurs and investors in healthcare. Their resources will support you in your entrepreneurial journey and pursuit of changing healthcare. Gain insight into entrepreneurship with their framework for company building and their podcast, “Spotlight on Women in Health Ventures.” Join their virtual network of rising young professionals and successful entrepreneurs and investors on Instagram and LinkedIn!
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WEST Women Entrepreneurs
Organization
Boston based WEST helps women in science, technology, and engineering advance their careers. Our members are committed to developing themselves as leaders through learning, networking, and sharing.
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The amplifyHERscience team
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