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URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/2024-arizona-biopreneur-conference-thrivi
 ng-in-a-challenging-economy
SUMMARY:2024 Arizona BioPreneur Conference - Thriving in a Challenging Econ
 omy - ASU Health Futures Center - 15 Mar 24 08:30
DESCRIPTION:\nThriving in a Challenging Economy\n&nbsp\;\nFriday\, March 15
 \, 2024\n8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nASU Health Futures Center6161 E. Mayo Bl
 vd.Phoenix\, AZ 85054\nPlease join the Arizona bioscience innovation commu
 nity\, including startup founders\, investors\, researchers\, practitioner
 s\, service providers\, mentors\, and supporters\, for a day of learning a
 nd networking at the Arizona State University Health Futures Center adjace
 nt to the Mayo Clinic's Phoenix campus.\n\nThere is no cost to attend the 
 Arizona BioPreneur Conference. Your registration includes the all-day conf
 erence\, lunch\, and a networking reception.\nSession Highlights\nPreparin
 g for a Capital Raise\n\nWhen a company seeks to raise investment capital\
 , there’s certain things that must be paid attention to\, and certain th
 ings to ignore because they’re a waste of time. Knowing this difference 
 distinguishes the experienced from the inexperienced. Donald Laughlin and 
 Roger Rappoport will provide a simple structure for founders and executive
 s to prepare their companies for a capital raise.\n\nSurviving the Economi
 c Crisis and Achieving Liquidity\n\nVenture and public companies\, and inv
 estors who support those companies\, approach valuation through different 
 frameworks. Jerry Gibson and Rakesh Mehta will discuss the down-cycle of 2
 023 and how to prepare for continued survival and a successful liquidity e
 vent in the coming 24 months.\nAgenda\n\n\n\n8:30 a.m.\nRegistration\n\n\n
 9:00 a.m.\nWelcome\n\n\n\n\n 	Helen Goldstein\, Attorney\, Procopio (emcee
 )\n 	Hon. Mayor Kate Gallego\, City of Phoenix\n\n\n\n\n9:10 a.m.\nOpening
  Keynote&nbsp\;–&nbsp\;“The State of Risk Capital”\n\n\n\n\n 	Brando
 n Clark\, Director\, Life Science and Healthcare\, HSBC\n 	Introduced by J
 erry Gibson\,&nbsp\;Chairman and CEO\, Venclose Inc.\n\n\n\n\n10:20 a.m.\n
 CEO and Investor Panel&nbsp\;–&nbsp\;“How I Met My&nbsp\;Mother&nbsp\;
 Investor”\n\n\n\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Moderator:\n\n 	James Bates\, Fo
 under\, CEO and Chairman\, AdviNow Medical&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp
 \;Panelists:\n\n 	Tripp Shannon\, Angel Investor\n 	Richard Austin\, CEO\,
  Reglagene\n 	Heidi Jannenga\, Angel Investor\n 	Elsa Abruzzo\, CEO\, Anun
 cia Medical\n 	Joan Koerber-Walker\, Angel Investor\n\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m.\n
 “Preparing for a Capital Raise”\n\n\n\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Fireside
  Chat with:\n\n 	Donald Laughlin\, President and CEO\, White Mountain Econ
 omic Development and Managing Director\, EDGY\n 	Roger Rappoport\, Partner
 \, Procopio\n\n\n\n\n12:20 p.m.\nNetworking Lunch\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\nPanel&nb
 sp\;–&nbsp\;“Extend the Runway vs. Raise to Grow”\n\n\n\n&nbsp\; &nb
 sp\; &nbsp\;Moderator:\n\n 	Janelle Goulard\, Partner\, Pangaea Ventures\n
 \n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Panelists:\n\n 	Vikram Chaudhery\, Ph.D.\, Partne
 r\, Genoa Ventures &amp\; Co-founder\, General Inception\n 	Azin Radsan va
 n Alebeek\, Co-founder and General Partner\, Emmeline Ventures\n 	Ned Sche
 etz\, Founder and Managing Partner\, Aphelion Capital\n 	Rik Vandevenne\, 
 Managing Director\, RC Capital\n\n\n\n\n2:10 p.m.\n“Surviving the Econom
 ic Crisis and Achieving Liquidity”\n\n\n\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Firesid
 e Chat with:\n\n 	Jerry Gibson\, Chairman and CEO\, Venclose Inc.\n 	Rakes
 h Mehta\, Partner at Centerview Partners\n\n\n\n\n3:20 p.m.\nPanel – “
 Life after Exit”\n\n\n\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Moderator:\n\n 	Chris Yoo
 \, General Partner and Managing Director\, Xcellerant Ventures\n\n&nbsp\; 
 &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Panelists:\n\n 	Scott MacDonald\, Senior Vice President\, P
 rivate Wealth Advisor\, UBS Private Wealth Management\n 	Additional paneli
 sts to be named\n\n\n\n\n3:50 p.m.\nClosing Keynote Speaker&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n
 \n 	John Shufeldt\, M.D.\, J.D.\, MBA\, FACEP\,&nbsp\;Medical Entrepreneur
 \; General Partner\, Managing Director\, Xcellerant Ventures\n\n\n\n\n4:30
  p.m.\nNetworking Reception\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\nREGISTER\nQuestions\nContact W
 iley Larsen\,&nbsp\;Flinn&nbsp\;Foundation\, at&nbsp\;wlarsen@flinn.org.\n
 Hosted by\nArizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee&nbsp\;and the
 &nbsp\;Flinn&nbsp\;Foundation.
CATEGORIES:AZ - Central,Education
LOCATION:ASU Health Futures Center\, 6161 E Mayo Blvd\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 8505
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