Idea to IPO...and Beyond 2012

Announcements:

Course schedule (application/pdf, 21.7 kB, info)
syllabus (application/pdf, 42.2 kB, info)

Resources for business plans:

Components of business plans bplan
Template for start-up business (MS Word (application/msword, 131.6 kB, info))
Business plans and financial statement templates (SCORE)
Business plan template (SBA)
Kaufmann Foundation's Entrepreneurship Resource Center
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliances resource page
Naeem Zafar's '7 Steps to a Successful Startup'
Tim Berry's Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan
The Entrepreneur's Guide to a Biotech Startup, Peter Kolchinsky

Steven Burrill, CEO Burrill & Company

Designed for scientists and clinicians interested in entrepreneurship, this program advances the development of innovative ideas.

“Idea to IPO” teaches the nuts and bolts of launching a successful life science business through a unique blend of group projects, selected readings, lectures by industry executives, and mentoring by venture capitalists.

“Idea to IPO” participants experience an intense and lively introduction to life science entrepreneurship, with practical information and exercises on the following key topics:

Attracting financing sources
Protecting intellectual property
Conducting market assessments
Building corporate infrastructure
Understanding regulatory issues
Developing elevator pitches
Creating business plans

Invitation to Innovation – Everyone (including faculty) is invited to participate in this exciting program and encouraged to bring innovative ideas to the first class on January 4. Participants will form teams around real technologies and formally present them to a panel of prominent venture capitalists at the class finale.

Applicable Fees:

UCSF Grad Students - $0.00
Non-UCSF Grad students- $100.00
PostDocs - $200.00
Academic Staff - $400.00
Faculty/Alumni - $800.00
Corporations/biotech/pharma - $2400.00