Our lecturers and group leaders live in this world and deliver useful knowledge for your startup roadmap. Our Faculty includes serial entrepreneurs, investors, attorneys, regulators, and other experts devoted to life sciences and healthcare.
We teach from a Silicon Valley perspective, emphasizing best practices from the world’s most prolific startup ecosystem. You will get a feel for our unique culture that powers a vibrant ecosystem.
This is a 10 week class, 2+ hours per week, with lectures and small discussion groups. Times rotate to accommodate global time zones.
Topics
•Life as an entrepreneur • Whether your idea can be a company • Sizing the commercial opportunity • Customer discovery • Importance of product/market fit • Business model alternatives • Building a winning team • Protecting your invention legally • The FDA model of regulation • US healthcare system • Insurance reimbursement • Partnering with Pharma and other corporates • Angel investment • Early stage venture capital requirements • Entrepreneur stories • Opportunities in the future of medicine
For additional information please visit: https://innovation.ucsf.edu/global-entrepreneurship-class
Tentative Course Schedule:
October 2: 9 am – 11 am
October 9: 5 pm – 7 pm
October 16: 9 am – 11 am
October 23: 5 pm – 7 pm
October 30: 9 am – 11 am
November 6: 5 pm – 7 pm
November 13: 9 am – 11 am
November 20: 5 pm – 7 pm
Thanksgiving Break
December 4: 9 am – 11 am
December 11: 5 pm – 7 pm
*all times are Pacific Time - Schedule is subject to change
