Develop the perfect pitch for Life Sciences investors. Receive hands on company specific training from US professionals in a number of 2 hr sessions (March 26th-29th, 2018 - Ghent)!
Pitching your company and business concept to investors and potential partners is one of the most critical skills for young entrepreneurs.
In collaboration with imec, flanders.bio is pleased to invite you to a pitching training week (March 26th-29th, 2018) led by Christa Bleyleben: a high level pitching and business plan coach with 25+ years of experience leading to investment flows exceeding $200MM. Christa is currently active in the renowned CIC incubator in Boston, Massachusetts (US).
WHAT TO EXPECT?
TARGET AUDIENCE
active in therapeutics, diagnostics, medtech, digital health, agro-food or industrial life sciences.
MAKE YOUR PITCH!
This training is an important preparation for two pitching sessions hosted by flanders.bio during Bio€quity 2018 & knowledge for growth and all other international partnering conferences we support.
PRICE
This registration fee includes the participation of 2 employees to the training programme (March 26th-29th).
This training is sponsored by
In collaboration with
26/03
09:00-18:009:00 Introductions – Start-up Program
10:00 Massachusetts and US (MassGlobal Partners)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Discussion of US Funding Environment: Different Investor Types and What Motivates Them (e.g. venture capital, angels, corporate, family offices, etc)
12.30 High level overview of differences between a US and European termsheet (NautaDutilh)
13:00 Lunch: Discussion of US Business Practices
14:00 Delivering a Great Pitch: Positioning/Value Proposition & Communication Tools Needed (MassGlobal Partners)
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 Each company get’s the opportunity to pitch their business and receive feedback from the coaches and group (you can choose which type of pitch)
18:00 Wrap Up and Adjourn
27/03
1 on 1 Meetings with the trainers to prepare pitches. This will include presentation reviews, value proposition, presentation/pitch training
(1 x 90 minutes per company)
A detailed schedule for this day will be send to all participants.
29/03
08:30-12:30Final polishing of your pitch, including feedback by trainers and other participants.
Closing with a lunch.
Date:
Location:
Gent, Belgium
Price:
flanders.bio members: 700€ (VAT excl.)
non-flanders.bio members: 1500€ (VAT excl.)
Cancellation Policy:
Notifications received 2 months before the start of an event, get refunded for 100% minus an administrative fee of 50 euro. All notifications received between 1 and 2 months before the start of the event, get refunded for 50% minus an administrative fee of 50 euro.
Cancellations requests received less than 1 month before the start of the event won't be refunded. Replacement by a colleague is always allowed.
Language:
English
