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LSN Summer Reading Series Chapter 9: “Global Target List—Match Your Firm with Investors That Are a Fit”

4 Aug

By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

Last week, we provided an overview of the infrastructure required to execute an outbound campaign.  This week, we take a deeper look at how to build your target list of investors.

Chapter 9: “Global Target List—Match Your Firm with Investors That Are a Fit” explains the importance of finding alignment between your life science company and an investor’s interests.  Here we outline how to use information on past financing rounds to uncover potential investors, and how to screen these leads to find active investors that may be interested in your company’s technology.  Finally, we’ll anatomize an investment mandate, and examine the factors that determine fit, including your location, the type of product you’re developing, and the stage of development your asset has reached.

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Next week, join us for Chapter 10: “Phone Canvassing.”

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LSN Summer Reading Series Chapter 8: “Leveraging a Cloud Infrastructure to Manage an Outbound Campaign”

28 Jul

By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

For those that have been following the summer series thus far, you now have a firm hold on the legal landscape for fundraising as well as the importance of and what constitutes a strong set of marketing materials. In order to organize your outreach and keep track of whom you are sending those materials to, we have found that the proper utilization of cloud infrastructure is the best method to maximize your campaign’s efficiency.

Chapter 8 of The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto, “Leveraging a Cloud Infrastructure to Manage an Outbound Campaign,” provides a framework for and describes the key functionality that makes some of today’s cloud infrastructure so valuable in any type of outbound campaign. From task management to content delivery and large-scale email campaigns with metrics and tracking, this chapter provides an in-depth look at the value these cloud based products can provide.

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Next week we introduce Chapter 9: “Global Target List—Match Your Firm with Investors That Are a Fit,” where the importance of having a global list of relevant investors and the process of creating this list will be discussed.

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LSN Summer Reading Series Chapter 7: “Establishing a Web Presence”

14 Jul

By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

If investors find interest in your slide deck and executive summary, what is the next thing they typically do? They look you up on the internet. A fundraising entrepreneur would not want to miss out on this opportunity to connect with interested investors. As a key component of your branding and messaging strategy, a good website provides a fully integrated and interactive package of information about your story, technology, team, and most recent updates. In this week’s edition of summer reading series, we will explore the issues a life science executive must consider when creating a strong web presence.

Chapter 7 of The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto, “Establishing a Web Presence,” discusses what makes a simple and effective website, whether to do it yourself or hire a web designer, how to employ search engine optimization to drive traffic to your site, and the importance of constantly managing and updating your content.

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Over the past few weeks, we have laid the groundwork for a marketing campaign. Join us next week as we go outbound in Chapter 8, “Leveraging Cloud Infrastructure to Manage an Outbound Campaign,” where we identify useful tools for managing your outbound activities.

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LSN Summer Reading Series Chapter 6: “Branding and Messaging”

7 Jul

By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

Last week we discussed how to determine where your company fits within your marketplace. Once you have completed that process, the next step in a fundraising campaign is to develop your marketing materials. In this week’s edition of the summer reading series, we describe the importance of and what constitutes a strong set of marketing materials in the life science fundraising world. While your team and your technology are what will ultimately secure an allocation, having marketing collateral that clearly and concisely communicates your message will help you tremendously in getting in the door with investors.

Chapter 6 of The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto discusses in depth the different pieces of marketing collateral you should be putting into the marketplace and how to develop everything from your logo to your pitch deck.

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Join us next week for Chapter 7: “Building a Web Presence,” where we take an even deeper dive into how best to use a website as a fundraising tool.

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LSN Summer Reading Series Chapter 5: “Knowing Who and What You Are, and Where You Fit”

30 Jun

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

In this latest edition of the summer reading series, we will be explaining the importance of understanding where your opportunity fits within the marketplace. Knowing who you are and how you compare with other companies in the space is crucial in determining the investors to whom you should be reaching out, what you should be highlighting in your marketing materials, and, in some cases, whether you need to “pivot,” or change, your commercialization plan.

Chapter 5 of The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto, “Knowing Who and What You Are, and Where You Fit,” discusses how to define yourself and your market, as well as the importance of being able to pivot after receiving feedback and how to identify when it is strategically relevant to do so.

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We hope this text proves to be informative. Join us next week for Chapter 6: “Branding and Messaging”, for some tactical tips on how to build a brand for your company.

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LSN Summer Reading Series Issue #4

16 Jun

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

This week in the summer reading series, we explore the current categories of early stage life science investors. As a result of the significant changes the investor landscape has undergone in the past few years, many traditional players have moved downstream to later stage investments or out of the space entirely, and new faces have stepped in to fill the void. Understanding what motivates these different groups and how they operate is crucial when looking for a successful financial partnership.

Chapter 4 of The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto “Categories of Life Science Investors” explains how and why the funding landscape has changed, the types of investors who are currently funding companies, and, in general, the approach these entities take toward investing.

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We hope this text proves to be informative. Next week we will turn the focus inward with Chapter 5: “Knowing Who and What You Are, and Where You Fit.”

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LSN Summer Reading Series Issue #3

9 Jun

By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

With the third installment of the summer reading series we take a look at the important decision of whether or not one should use a fundraising partner to help them in securing capital. Chapter 3 of The Life Science Executive’s Fundraising Manifesto “Going It Alone or Choosing a Fundraising Partner,” tackles this question head-on, describing what companies would be a suitable fit for fundraising partners, providing a breakdown of the different types in the marketplace today, and advising readers on how to go about vetting a potential partner.

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We hope you enjoy this chapter. Next week, join us for “Chapter 4: Categories of Life Science Investors.”

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