Author Archive | Jay Morreale

NSF Seed Fund Webinar

The NSF hosted a webinar describing the NSF SBIR and STTR programs that provide early stage R&D and product development capital for small business. The NFS invests up to $1.5 M is small companies and takes 0$ equity. The webinar is now available on demand.

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US Tech Funding June 2015

Andreessen Horowitz gave a presentation on US Tech Funding in June 2015 about the state of VC funding. According to the presentation, it’s never been cheaper to startup a software company, but it’s costly to scale up for 3 billion people. They say things are different this time because of mobile.

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C&EN Virtual Symposium on Advances in Drug Discovery and Development

The second annual C&EN Virtual Symposium on Advances in Drug Discovery and Development will be held live on September 16, 2015 at 7:30 AM EDT. The symposium topics include: Organic synthesis for novel drugs Personalized and precision medicine Structure-based drug design Business and collaborative strategies Gene regulation in cancer Informatics in the R&D environment Genome […]

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Cancer Research and Oncology Virtual BioConference Sep 30 – Oct 1, 2015

Labroots is hosting the Cancer Research and Oncology Virtual BioConference on Sep 30 and  Oct 1, 2015. Topics include Cancer Immunotherapy, Targeted Precision Cancer Therapies for Advanced Disease, Detection of Rare Cancer Mutations and Implications for Treatment, and Cancer Metabolomics, for example. There will also be two mini-symposia on prostate cancer and melanoma.

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The Art of Startup Finance

The Kauffman Founders School has posted a new course on startup finance. The Founders School courses have been excellent. The Art of Startup Finance has nine modules that include: The Startup Finance Pyramid Financial Foundations: Your Balance Sheet Financial Foundations: Your Capitalization Table Financial Processes: Your Income Statement Financial Processes: Your Cash Flow Business Processes: […]

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2015 Entrepreneur University Programs

The 2015 Entrepreneurs University program schedule is shown below along with a preview of two of the 2016 programs. Special programs are shown in bold. Thu. 8 Jan’15 – Writing Fundable Business Plans: Tips, Tactics, and Techniques Wed. 21 Jan’15 – Proof of Concept Clinical Trials programs in NYC Tue. 3 Feb’15 – Intellectual Property […]

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