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The credit crisis of 2008 and collapse of major investment banks shuttered the IPO window, and VC investments slowed to a trickle in the first half of 2009. Yet some observers are seeing strong signs of a rebound in the market and in liquidity opportunities for venture-backed startups. Connect has organized a panel of financial, … Continue reading “After The Crunch: The Return of Public Equity Markets”

Many companies based in San Diego are making breakthroughs and driving changes with their leading technologies. The San Diego Biotechnology Network has organized a panel and brainstorming session about who’s adapting to changing scientific and business models and how they’re doing it. Speakers include representatives from Molecular Alliance, ENRQI, Johnson & Johnson PRD, Verenium, and Anaphore. … Continue reading “Who’s Transforming the Biotech Business Model”

StartupCircle presents a pair of talks by entrepreneurs Karim Pirani and Moshe Barken. From the event listing: “Growth entrepreneur Karim Pirani is founder and President of SafeList Ventures, Inc. Safelist is built upon the belief that we are continuing to evolve the worldwide web and as the Net proliferates, the concern for personal and physical … Continue reading “Entrepreneurs: “Follow the Yellow Brick Road””

Characteristics traditionally defined as “feminine traits” are playing an important role in the business world today as the days of the tough masculine approach give way to more realistic and nuanced management. Learn which traits are in the highest demand, how to be a leader within the context of your business, and how to enhance … Continue reading “Pink Cashmere in the Boardroom”

This breakfast seminar will include practical wisdom that CEO Kim Shepherd has to share on dealing with the recession and taking advantage of opportunities, as well as how to inspire and encourage productivity in employees. The session includes pointers on how to prepare for the economic turn around, tactics for maintaining your brand during difficult times, Engaging Gen … Continue reading “UCSD Extension HR Breakfast Seminar”

An inside look at San Diego’s first non-profit business incubator. EvoNexus is focused on communication technology start-ups, and provides office space, mentoring programs, educational programs, workshops, and all the utilities and resources a budding business would want. If you are interested in applying with your business, or getting involved you won’t want to miss this event! … Continue reading “EvoNexus 101”

CommNexus, the San Diego telecom trade group, has organized the ninth annual GadgetFest as an opportunity for tech companies large and small to show their wares and compete to have their technology named “Greatest Gadget.” The exhibit, networking, and registration begin at 4:30 p.m. More information is available here.

CommNexus, San Diego’s wireless industry trade group, has asked Clint McClellan, Qualcomm’s senior director of market development, to provide an overview of the wireless health industry. McClellan also will talk about the significance of San Diego’s new West Wireless Health Institute. Registration and networking begins at 7:30 a.m., or you can register online here.

Biocom has organized this legislative roundtable meeting with State Sen. Christine Kehoe, the Democrat whose 39th Senate District includes much of San Diego, Del Mar, and Lemon Grove. Sen. Kehoe chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, and is a member of the senate committees on banking, finance and insurance, energy, local government, natural resources, and transportation … Continue reading “Biocom Roundtable with State Sen. Christine Kehoe”

Biocom has scheduled its regular monthly breakfast meeting, but the agenda remains unsettled. For more information, check out Biocom’s event calendar here.

The San Diego Venture Group’s annual summer social is a tropical picnic in paradise. In this case, paradise takes the form of the extraordinary, ocean-front conference center at the southern end of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus. More information is available here.

Biocom, the San Diego life sciences trade association, opens its doors for a back-to-basics afternoon for enjoying food, drinks, and conversation with 400 life sciences colleagues. More information and online registration is here.

San Diego’s early success in academic and industrial biotechnology research has helped to establish the region with an early lead in the fast-paced industrial development of algae-based biofuels technologies. If successful, startups such as Synthetic Genomics and Sapphire Energy could eventually replace petroleum fuels with a renewable energy industry, and transform San Diego into a world leader in renewable … Continue reading “Algae, Biofuels, and Logarithmic Growth”

Connect’s Frontiers in Science and Technology hosts Eric Topol, the cardiologist and Scripps Health chief academic officer, to discuss the advances he is seeing. Topol also serves as director of the NIH-funded Scripps Translational Science Institute, as a senior consultant cardiologist at Scripps Clini, and as chief medical officer of the West Wireless Health Institute. More … Continue reading “The World According to Eric Topol”

Selected entrepreneurs will make a two-minute quick pitch presentation to members of the San Diego network of Tech Coast Angels. A panel comprising veteran CEOs and startup investors will score both the substance of your presentation and the quality of your presentation itself. Winners will receive valuable services and awards plus great exposure. Only the … Continue reading “Throw Out The First Pitch! San Diego Tech Coast Angels Host Third Annual Quick Pitch Competition”

The Algal Biomass Organization, which promotes the development of viable commercial markets for renewable and sustainable biofuels and other algae-based commodities, is hosting its 3rd Annual Algae Biomass Summit in downtown San Diego. The keynote speaker is J. Craig Venter, the human genome pioneer and co-founder of San Diego’s Synthetic Genomics and the Maryland-based J. … Continue reading “A Green Confab: The 3rd Annual Algae Biomass Summit”

The San Diego Software Industry Council has organized a seminar to make your sales skills sharper than a Cutco paring knife. The seminar is led by Peter J. Boylan III, Executive Vice President of Sales at NTN Buzztime Inc. in Carlsbad. Online information and registration is here.

San Diego Venture Group has organized a panel discussion on the future of investing in biotech startups. Pockets of resources are emerging around the world in an effort to fundamentally change drug development and healthcare strategy. The panel, moderated by Venrock partner William Rastetter, includes Frazier Healthcare partner Bob Moore, Lilly Ventures Managing Director Edward … Continue reading “The Future of Successful Investment in Biotech”

Denise Ducheny, D-San Diego, has served in the California State Senate since 2002. Sen. Duchney represents the 40th District, which includes portions of San Diego and Riverside Counties and all of Imperial County. She chairs the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Select Committees on California-Mexico Cooperation and the … Continue reading “Biocom Lunch with State Senator Denise Ducheny”

The San Diego Biotechnology Network has organized a presentation by Dan Shoemaker, the chief technology officer at Fate Therapeutics, and Stephen Chang, the chief scientific officer of Stemgent. They will give a short talk on the industrialization of advanced technology for drug discovery and development based on induced pluripotent stem cells. More information and online … Continue reading “Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and You”