Next Phase Newsletter

By Antoinette Lowre, Manager of Business Development, LSN

Life Science Nation (LSN) is now focusing our efforts towards planning our upcoming fully virtual conference, Digital RESI, March 14-16. Digital RESI March will include all of the RESI favorites – Investor panels, Innovator’s Pitch Challenge, and workshops. In addition, a NEW entrepreneurial education track, the LSN Global Partnering Campaign and Roadshow Preparation course.

The LSN team hosts virtual webinars leading up to Digital RESI March to help our community of startups prepare for meeting with investors and strategic partners alike. Check out the recordings and sign up for upcoming webinars.

February 1, 12 PM EST

Delivering a Successful Virtual Pitch

The Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) returns across the upcoming 3-day digital conference, Digital RESI, March 14-16th. Being able to successfully deliver a powerful and compelling pitch to portray why your company’s unique technology should be an investor’s top interest. This workshop gives you tips from the application process, execution of the pitch and preparing for investor-led Q&A.

February 7, 12 PM EST

Tech Hub Exposure at RESI

This webinar is designed for tech hub organizations ranging from accelerators, incubators, non-profits, universities, tech transfer offices, regional organizations, and more who set up their early-stage life science startup constituents for success with their entrepreneurship and fundraising journey. It will showcase the tools and resources that LSN makes available for Tech Hubs to help their startups who’ve raised less than $2M USD in capital expand their outreach from Regional to Global, build a target list of investors, get involved with the RESI conference series, and more.

February 15, 12 PM EST

Tagline & Elevator Pitch

Distilling your company identity into a 5-7 word tagline and then expanding upon that in a 5-7 sentence elevator pitch is one of the most fundamental business development skills that early-stage entrepreneurs must master when launching global partnering campaigns. Join us to learn how to develop a compelling tagline and convincing elevator pitch to grip the attention of your target investors and licensing partners.

March 1, 12 PM EST

Strategies for Successful Partnering

Take a deep dive into your outreach campaign. Learn more about our proven successful strategy and how to craft your messages from your initial outreach and each follow up message after that.

By Erika Wu, Business Development Manager, Global Tech Hubs, LSN

Mansfield Bio-Incubator Chief Operating Officer, Alexander Margulis has been in the Life Sciences industry for over 20 years and is passionate about creating a robust and accessible entrepreneurial community among local universities, startups, and investors. Less than 1-hour away from Boston and Cambridge, the facility provides mentorship, networking opportunities and affordable private and shared spaces for research labs. In addition, they offer several resources such as access to professional advisors and assistance with government and private funding research applications. Currently, Mansfield Bio-Incubator hosts over 20 early-stage startups ranging from therapeutics to medical devices in the life sciences areas of oncology, women’s health, animal health, biomaterials, and more.

Listen to our conversation to learn more about how Alexander and his team are creating, growing, and ensuring the success of the next generation of life science companies at Mansfield Bio-Incubator.

Contact Erika Wu, Business Development Manager, Global Tech Hubs of LSN to learn about tech hub offer.

By Caitlin Dolegowski, Marketing Manager, LSN

2023 is an important year for LSN’s Entrepreneurial Education programs. We have devised 16+ focused and very practical 1-hour classes that address genuine issues facing startups. At Digital RESI March Life Science Nation will be offering an educational track for the first time, consisting of 6 focused classes over 3 days and covering topics:

It All Starts with The Story

Tuesday, March 14, 11 AM EDT

The most successful entrepreneurs are always the best storytellers. Finding a way to naturally formulate your company’s unique story and portraying this through multiple modalities whether it be a 1-minute elevator pitch, or a 12-slide pitch deck is one of the most effective ways to get potential investors and partners on board with your value proposition. This bootcamp will cover the importance of entrepreneurial agency, finding your voice and developing a compelling narrative for the different players that will emerge along a deal chain, and language tools to refine your hook.

First-Time CEOs: Avoiding Pitfalls

Tuesday, March 14, 12 PM EDT

This session will cover some of the most common pitfalls that catch first-time and serial entrepreneurs off guard. From false premise and being tentative to surrounding yourself with executives that do not have augmentative and complimentary skillsets, there are many things that can slow the growth of your early-stage life science entity. By learning how to avoid these issues and not run yourself over, your chances of making it to the market will increase greatly.

Tagline & Elevator Pitch

Wednesday, March 15, 11 AM EDT

Distilling your company identity into a 5–7-word tagline and then expanding upon that in a 5-7 sentence elevator pitch is one of the most fundamental business development skills that early-stage entrepreneurs must master when launching global partnering campaigns. Join us to learn how to develop a compelling tagline and convincing elevator pitch to grip the attention of your target investors and licensing partners.

Executive Summary & Tear Sheet

Wednesday, March 15, 12 PM EDT

This session will cover how to develop a compelling 2-page executive summary and 1-page tear sheet, two of the most important materials to have at the ready for interested investors and licensing partners. While the executive summary covers a deeper dive into your company’s history, product, and management team, the tear sheet can be used to synthesize all of the most important elements of your company in 5-10 minutes (ideal for partners looking to skim through a document).

Pitch Deck & The 10 Myths of Fundraising

Thursday, March 16, 11 AM EDT

The pitch deck is the final piece of marketing collateral (having previously established your tagline, elevator pitch, executive summary, and tear sheet) that can help cogently tell your company’s unique story and highlight its key value points. As the pitch deck is one of the most requested materials by investors and licensing partners, this session will also cover the 10 myths of fundraising to help elucidate some common misconceptions when launching global campaigns.

Strategies for Successful Partnering

Thursday, March 16, 12 PM EDT

Take a deep dive into your outreach campaign. Learn more about our proven successful strategy and how to craft your messages from your initial outreach and each follow up message after that.

Additionally, this registration includes access to investor panels, pitch sessions and workshops live or recorded for $295. (No Partnering)