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The Bio2Device Group is the first volunteer organization of its kind in Silicon Valley to focus on the convergent needs of engineers, scientists, business, regulatory and other biospace professionals working in the biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics and pharmaceutical industries.

The Bio2Device Group's goal is to create interdisciplinary opportunities for this unique community of talented professionals, to exchange information, educate, and network with other Bay Area Biospace Professionals. The Bio2Device Group meets on Tuesday starting at 8:30 AM at Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA . On the second Tuesday of each month, we hold an evening meeting instead of the daytime meeting. That meeting (RSVP required) begins with a light meal at 6 p.m. and is held at The TIPS Group at 1000 Elwell Court, Suite 150 in Palo Alto, 94303 .

This week's meeting is described below. A calendar of B2DG and Bay Area Biospace events can be found at This Week's BioSpace Events . bio-space events

          
 


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TIPS Group provides technology & intellectual property strategies to companies ranging from start-ups to major international corporations. The firm consults on business formation, financing, and operation, technology development and protection, and provides legal services with emphasis in the areas of corporate, patent law, licensing and dispute resolution. TIPS Group maintains offices in Palo Alto, California and Washington, D.C.

     

THIS WEEK'S EVENT

Bio2Device Group, Tuesday Morning, April 28, 2009

Bio2Device Group

July 21, 2009

 

 

Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Start a Company

 

Amish Parashar,

Entrepreneur-in-Residence,

CONNECT and Adjunct Professor,

International Technology University, Sunnyvale

 

This talk focuses on recent developments in entrepreneurship, particularly in light of the current economy. In some ways, now has never been a better time to start a business.  Amish will share  best practices, common pitfalls, and recent developments in the funding ventures, the building of teams, and the transition from lab to market.

 

Amish Parashar is the founder and Board Chairman of the Humanitarian Foundation.  He is also a founder of NeoVention, LLC, a medical technology development company.  He has served on two more other founding teams. He has been an invited lecturer at the Tuck School of Business (at Dartmouth College), The Rady School of Management (at UC San Diego), and various professional conferences and seminars.

Amish serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for CONNECT's Springboard program, which fosters technology and life-science startups in the San Diego region.


He is an Instructor at the Silicon Valley Extension of UC Santa Cruz and an Adjunct Professor at ITU. He has advised dozens of life-science entrepreneurs.

Amish holds a BA in Engineering Sciences, a BE in Biomedical Engineering, both from Dartmouth College, and an MSc from the University of London.  He received a Post-Graduate Diploma from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for his work at the University of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.


He has published articles on topics as diverse as venture creation and cardiac surgery.  Amish holds several patents (granted and pending) for public safety, medical, and surgical technologies.


          
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