SmartAccelerator Program for Bio executives

smartacceleratorSM is a program designed to accelerate the growth and development of high tech startup companies. The program provides training, networking, introductions to funding sources, and technical assistance to CEOs and their management teams.

March 12 and March 17,2004
Maryland Technology Development Center, 9700 Seneca Highway, Rockville, Maryland

Day 1: Accelerating Sales and Marketing
Key Success Factors in Managing a Bio Tech Startup
Defining Your Market and Your Business Plan
Getting Revenue: Your Marketing and Sales Programs Luncheon Panel featuring Ed Rudnic, President and CEO of Advancis Pharmaceuticals, Rachel King, President of GlycoMimetics, and Paul Silber, President of InVitro Technologies.

Day 2: Accelerating Funding and Organizing Your Business
Organizing and Resourcing Your Business
Financing a Bio Tech Business Luncheon Panel featuring Wei-wu He, General Partner, Emerging Technology Partners, LLC and Dr. Michael Strauss, Angel Invester and CEO of Naviscan PET Systems.

Day 3: Skills in Presenting Business Plans to Investors
This module will assist you in refining your presentation to investors and intial customers, and introduces you to a wide range of investors. Workshop Leader: Dr. John Holaday, founder of EntreMed, Inc., co-founder of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., and founder of MaxCyte, Inc. Over the past 15 years, John has raised over $300M in private and public rounds of financing for these companies. He holds over 30 U.S. patents, has published over 200 scientific articles and reviews, and has edited 5 books.

SPONSORED BY: The Economic Development Adminstration of the U.S. Department of Commerce

Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship
Participants: Senior Executives of Regional Incubator Companies and Senior Executives of Start-up Bio Tech Companies (Workshop limited to 25 participants)

Cost: $75 for Incubator Residents, $150 all other attendees

Dates: March 12 and 17, 2004 (Day 3 to be held Summer 2004)

Time: 9:00am until 5:00pm

Location: Maryland Technology Development Center, 9700 Seneca Highway, Rockville, Maryland

Curriculum and registration details:www.umbc.edu/entrepreneurship/courses