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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS, FALL 2008 (subject to change) |
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| 9 October 2008 | Roadmap for the Start-Up Company Pete Higgins (Second Avenue Partners)  PowerPoint (712 KB)
 Presentation (81 min)
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16 October 2008 |
The Founding Team Ralph Derrickson (Carena) PowerPoint (430 KB)
Presentation (48 min)
Q & A (29 min)
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23 October 2008 |
Making the Transition from Research to Start-Up Amber Ratcliffe (Nanostring Technologies) PowerPoint (3.5 MB)
Presentation (33 min)
Pierre Mourad (APL-UW, UW Neurosurgery, Ultreo) PowerPoint (9.2 MB)
Presentation (33 min)
Q & A, both speakers (8 min)
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30 October 2008 |
Product Positioning (is it a technology, feature, product or company?) James Robarts (EB Company) PowerPoint (155 KB)
Presentation (35 min)
Harvey Hauschildt (InstruMed) PowerPoint (1.7 MB)
Presentation (40 min)
Q & A, both speakers (10 min)
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6 November 2008 |
10 Reasons Why Early-Stage Companies Fail Geoff Entress (Madrona Ventures) PowerPoint (5.2 MB)
Presentation (57 min)
Q & A (20 min)
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13 November 2008 |
Case Studies: Dynamics of Entrepreneurship at the UW Vikram Jandhyala (UW EE, Physware)  PowerPoint (1.0 MB)
Presentation (31 min)
Buddy Ratner (UW BioE, Healionics) PowerPoint (2.3 MB)
Presentation (33 min)
Q & A, both speakers (13 min) |
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20 November 2008 |
Sources of Funding (bootstrapping, angels, VCs, strategic partners) Jens Quistgaard (Liposonix) PowerPoint, both speakers (1.4 MB)
Presentation and Q & A (65 min)
Trevor Moody (Frazier Health Ventures) Presentation and Q & A (22 min) |
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4 December 2008 |
Getting Started (equity, legal entity, resources on campus) Gordon Empey (HellerEhrman) PowerPoint (286 KB)
Presentation (53 min)
Connie Bourassa-Shaw (UW CIE) PowerPoint (236 KB)
Presentation (15 min)
Jim Roberts (UW TechTransfer) PowerPoint (460 KB)
Presentation (12 min)
Q & A, all speakers (9 min)
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