ILSE Startup Series: Elevator Pitches & Most Common Mistakes

This session is designed for early-stage entrepreneurs, researchers, students, and innovators who want to strengthen their entrepreneurial skills and avoid the most common mistakes made at the earliest stages of venture development.

We will cover:

• What makes an elevator pitch clear, compelling, and effective
• The core elements every early-stage pitch should include
• The most frequent mistakes founders make when describing their idea, market, or solution
• How poor framing can weaken even strong ideas—and how to fix it
• Practical tips to improve your pitch immediately

The session will include examples, real-world insights, and time for discussion and questions.

Who Should Attend:

• Aspiring and early-stage founders
• Researchers and scientists exploring commercialization
• Students interested in entrepreneurship or innovation
• Professionals developing new products, services, or ventures
• Anyone who wants to communicate an idea more clearly and confidently

Details:

• Format: Virtual (Zoom information will be shared 2 days before the event). Please add a hold to your calendar once you register.
• Free

Important: Registrations with incomplete, inaccurate, invalid, or suspicious data entries will not be considered.

About ILSE

The Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE) is a New Jersey-based non-profit that aims to catalyze and accelerate the translation of breakthrough discoveries in the life sciences into safe and effective pharmaceutical, biological, medical device and biotechnology products. It has been designed to link together time-critical resources on a large scale from a broad spectrum of disciplines and players in academia and industry to advance innovation in the life sciences. The differentiating factors are the scale of the collaborative enterprise and the degree of integration of academic and industrial science.

Entrepreneur Training Program (ETP)

ILSE’s Entrepreneur Training Program (ETP) is a structured, multi-week educational program designed to guide early-stage innovators through venture development. The program runs every year in the Fall, and focuses on helping entrepreneurs become fundable. ETP combines practical instruction, real-world examples, and personalized mentorship to equip participants with the tools and confidence needed to move their ideas and technologies forward.