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Registration and Networking Breakfast

Start the day with a light breakfast and informal networking. Meet fellow startups, investors and industry mentors. 

9 – 9:30 a.m.

Ignite Pitches

Each startup will give an initial pitch to a select group of innovation experts and investors. This will provide mentors with a baseline of where a startup is in the innovation continuum and how they can best support them during the two-day Boot Camp.

What I Wish I Had Known When I Started

Engage with a panel of highly successful entrepreneurs and get a peek behind the process – lessons learned, mistakes made, and how they managed past the challenges to emerge successful. 

Moderator:
Chris Rowland, Founder and Managing Partner, KWGB Partners, LLC.

Panel Members:
Derek Herrera, MBA, CEO, Bright Uro
Britton Garrett, BA, CEO, IO Urology 
Topher Kinsella, MD, CEO,
Watershed Therapeutics 

Lunch
Sponsored by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Law

Fundraising and Investor Readiness Fireside Chat

This is a focused discussion with investment leaders on understanding what investors look for at different funding stages, crafting an effective pitch and data-driven investor deck, and alternative funding sources.

Moderator:
Sam Lipson, Special Council,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Panel Members:
Ryan Drant, Founder & Managing Partner, Questa Capital
Gavin Leonard, MBA, CEO,
MedTech Syndicate 

Founders’ Circle Roundtable

Discuss with mentors how to engage with pharmaceutical, device and healthcare companies for partnerships, understanding the pros and cons of licensing vs. acquisition and navigating collaborations with academic institutions and hospital systems.

Panel Members will include key leaders from:

• Boston Scientific – Matthew Dumont
• Calyxo - Sean Coyer
• Ferring Pharmaceuticals – Mohan Sowlay
• Johnson & Johnson – Chris Cutie
• Laborie – Terri Kapur
• Pfizer –Sergio Gatoulis
• Questa Capital - Ryan Drant
• Teleflex – Jen Schuler
• UroGen –Mark Schoenberg

Networking Coffee Break

Mentoring Roundtables: Pressure Testing Business Models 

Startups rotate through small-group discussions with experts on diverse topics critical to being successful as an innovator.

• Investor Perspective: What Makes a Startup Attractive?
  • Gavin Leonard, CEO, MedTech Syndicates
• Reimbursement & Payer Strategy: Getting Paid for Your Innovation
  • John McInnes & Amanda Cassidy, JD Lymon Group
• Medical Device Design & Manufacturing
  • Mark Stevenson, MedTech Syndicates
• Commercial and Go-To Market Strategy
  • Gabe Okpah, Veranex
• Legal Strategies and Insights
  • Jeremy Arak, Ari Bai, Claire Davies, Kathryn Pasinski, Polsinelli   
• Regulatory Approval: Navigating the Pathway
  • Goldbelt Frontier
• Clinical Evidence & Physician Adoption: Proving Value and Driving Uptake
  • Thomas Cherry, Cook Medical

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Breakfast and Networking

Start the day with a light breakfast and informal networking. Meet fellow startups, investors, and industry mentors.

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

What is Your Business Plan and How to Communicate It?

Opportunity to further leverage the expertise of mentors in small groups and one-on-one discussions. Dive deeper, working with mentors to refine your strategy and next steps.

10:30 – 12:30 p.m

Insight Session: Milestones Presentations

Regroup with the entire Boot Camp cohort, present strategy adjustments, learnings, and receive additional expert feedback in real-time with audience engagement.

Lunch 

1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Insight Session: Milestones Presentations

Regroup with the entire Boot Camp cohort, present strategy adjustments and learnings, and receive additional expert feedback in real-time with audience engagement.