Achievement Start-up to Exit – Lessons for Success
Continental Breakfast, Lunch, and Free Parking are included.
The Life Sciences Collaborative presents its inaugural event designed to deliver impactful learnings from regional industry veterans on building, financing, operating and exiting a life sciences company. The event objective is to provide you with direct, hands-on stories, experiences and guidance across the lifecycle of building a company. You should expect to enrich your knowledge, add to your network of industry mentors and walk away with several executable ideas to further advance your leadership success. Richard Caruso, PhD, Founder and Chairman of Integra Life Sciences, is the Keynote speaker and will close the event with his signature thoughts. The event will be conducted in a conversational, armchair setting. The target audience is entrepreneurs and senior leaders from start-up and emerging pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.
Hourly Schedule
Full Agenda
- 07:00 - 08:00
- Registration and Networking
- 08:00 - 08:15
- Welcome
- 08:15 - 09:25
- Finding the Money
- Answering the critical questions. -> What will it take, dollars, data, & resource. -> How can you raise capital, especially in this region. -> Are the investors committed—Closing the deal
- 09:30 - 10:40
- Surviving to Flourishing
- Discussions surrounding managing expansion and balancing demand through strategic hiring, utilizing outsourced partners, and collaborations.
- 10:40 - 11:00
- Break
- 11:00 - 12:45
- Exit: Show Me the Money
- Candid experiences with making the decision to sell, preparing for the sales process, and the prime-time reality of getting the deal done.
- 12:45 - 01:00
- Closing Remarks
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Speakers:
Richard Caruso
- 01:00 - 02:00
- Lunch and Networking
Speaker
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Richard CarusoFounder & Chairman, Integra Life Sciences